Re: Metapost

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 02:57 PM 11/9/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>I have tried to repeat the example in the file "Creating metapost examples"
>(mmakempy.pdf) and I receive result as below and empty place in my document.
>Can anyone give me a hint?
>
>This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2002.10.31)  31
>OCT 2002 22:25
>**&metafun mpgraph
>(mpgraph.mp
>{randomseed:=3603}
>  (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp
>(d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/format.mp
>(d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)
>(d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp
> >> d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp
> >> texnum.mpx
>! Unable to make mpx file.
>l.14 init_numbers(btex
>                       $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex,
>The two files given above are one of your source files
>and an auxiliary file I need to read to find out what your
>btex..etex blocks mean. If you don't know why I had trouble,
>try running it manually through MPto -tex, TeX, and DVItoMP.

you have a name clash with a system file (somewhere else in your tex path); 
this can be solved by making sure that in case of context, tex searches on 
the local path first (can be done in texmf.cnf); i'm a bit puzzled, because 
context should make a fake file on the current path). Another option is to 
protect your temp job files with (in cont-sys.tex):

   \protectbufferstrue

or more obscure, you can change the name of the temp files,

   \def\MPgraphicfile{\bufferprefix mp\ifMPrun run\else graph\fi}

say mp -> mps , but first try the buffers

Hans

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