From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/9673 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: MP Graph and texnum.mpx Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:35:33 +0100 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ref.ntg.nl Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20021028133336.030ff5e0@server-1> References: <20021027161215.19954@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035808812 13931 80.91.224.249 (28 Oct 2002 12:40:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ConTeXt Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1869Be-0003c5-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:40:06 +0100 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F369310AE6; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:41:15 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from mail.solcon.nl (mail.solcon.nl [212.45.33.11]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B28910AE6 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:40:06 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-ade.nl (wc-58016.solcon.nl [212.45.58.16]) by mail.solcon.nl (8.12.5/pre1.0-MySQL/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9SCXmxt024906; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:33:49 +0100 Original-Received: from LAPTOP-3.wxs.nl (laptop-3 [10.100.1.191]) by server-1.pragma-ade.nl (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9SCe1gi025463; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:40:01 +0100 X-Sender: hagen-mail@server-1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Original-To: "Adam Lindsay" In-Reply-To: <20021027161215.19954@news.comp.lancs.ac.uk> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (mail.solcon.nl) Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ref.ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ref.ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:9673 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:9673 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------