Re: MP Graph and texnum.mpx

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 04:12 PM 10/27/2002 +0000, Adam Lindsay wrote:
>Hi ConTeXters,
>
>I've been using the MPGraph part of MetaPost and its corresponding m-
>graph ConTeXt module this week. I've been getting very attractive results
>that I will encourage my partner to use in her PhD.
>
>I was baffled for a while why I could get graphing to work beautifully in
>one directory, but in no others. I finally tracked it down to the system
>requiring texnum.mpx in the current working directory. I believe this
>file contains the MP-ified numbers that MPGraph puts on the axes.
>
>My question is: why should this be? I *think* I have done everything else
>necessary to get MP working in ConTeXt. How can I automatically generate
>texnum.mpx in a way that 1) another user doesn't have to worry about it
>or 2) it sits in the path permanently?
>
>
>Some system details: I'm running a fresh TeXLive 7 install, with the
>latest ConTeXt from the website. I have \write18 enabled,
>\runMPfraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, and MPXCOMMAND = texexec --
>mptex. On the slightly unusual side, I have \forceMPTEXgraphictrue, which
>seemed necessary at one point, and no \recycleMPslotstrue, which seemed
>unnecessary.

get the latest version from out site, and load graph module:

\usemodule[graph]

This will provide you with integration of the graph package (with a few 
advantages, like properly typeset labels and so);

As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/
>texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph
>plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in
>MetaPost.

no, texnum cum suis are actulay spoiling the game, but it should work ok now

Hans
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