Re: [NTG-context] Bug in supp-pdf.tex/supp-mis.tex (?)

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 02:30 PM 10/18/2002 +0200, Andreas Fieger wrote:

search in supp-pdf for you name, and patch:

            \def\dodo##1% Andreas Fieger's bug: (\304...)
              {\edef\!!stringa{##1}% and another one: ( 11) -> \ifx 11
               \ifx\!!stringa\MPspacechar\MPspacechar\else\expandafter##1\fi}%

please test this with previous files as well

>Hello,
>
>though this is only partly a context question, I think this is the
>best place to ask. I am creating MetaPost figures containing text.
>When these are included in a TeX document processed by pdfLaTeX,
>context's supp-pdf.tex is loaded to perform the conversion.
>
>Consider the simple MP file (the space is essential)
>--------------------------------------
>defaultfont:="ptmr8r";
>beginfig(1);
>   label(" 11", origin);
>endfig;
>--------------------------------------
>
>This will result in a file like
>%%Page: 1 1
>-6.25003 -3.38997 moveto
>( 11) ptmr8r 10.00005 fshow
>showpage
>%%EOF
>
>If this MP file is included in a context document,
>everything is fine.
>--------------------------------------
>\starttext
>\placefigure[][]{}{\externalfigure[minimal.mps]}
>\stoptext
>--------------------------------------
>
>If it is included in a LaTeX document
>--------------------------------------
>\documentclass{article}
>\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
>\begin{document}
>\includegraphics{minimal.mps}
>\end{document}
>--------------------------------------
>converted to ps with dvips, still everything
>is fine.
>
>When using
>--------------------------------------
>\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
>--------------------------------------
>and pdfLaTeX to compile the file (this is
>when supp-pdf.tex is used), the " 11" disappears.
>
>I found this problem with every number from 11, 22,
>to 99 with a leading space -- even in the middle of
>a string: "Text: 118" would come out as "Text: 8".
>
>I don't have any clue what's going wrong.
>Any ideas?
>
>PS: Hans was so kind to provide a new supp-pdf.tex
>   after a similar problem with labels
>   startimg with an umlaut?
>
>   file=supp-pdf.tex  version=2001.07.27
>   file=supp-mis.tex  version=1997.01.04
>   are used.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Andreas
>--
>Dr. Andreas Fieger
>ServiceBarometer AG
>Tel (089) 896669-17
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