Re: problem with \usemodule[chart]

Re: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Helmut Schwertner]

Hallo Eckhart,

vielen Dank für Deine Antwort. Ich habe mir daraufhin einige
Installationshinweise (u.a. von fiee http://www.ramm.ch/fiee/texnique/)
angesehen und insbesondere die sogenannten "Aufrufe" von MetaPost angesehen
und diese in die entsprechenden Konfigurationsdateien auf enable gestellt
bzw. hinzugefügt. Leider gehen die meisten Text nicht von Miktex (Win) aus
(was ich ja gut verstehen kann), was aber dazu führt, dass bestimmte,
genannte, Dateien so unter Miktex gar existieren. Das erleichtert mir als
Sozialwissenschaftler, der noch nicht mal versteht, wie ein Kühlschrank
funktioniert, aber dennoch schon jahrelang recht ordentliche Text mit latex
bzw. pdflatex produziert, die Sache nicht gerade.

Ergo: Trotz \write18 (miktex.ini) auf enable und weiteren Modifikationen
leider kein Metapost. Ich erhalte folgende Hinweise beim Aufruf: texexec
--pdf flowtest

initexmf: don't know how to dump metafun
cannot make metafun.mem
I can't find the default mem file!

Hast Du vielleicht noch eine Idee, der ich nachgehen könnte?

Vielen Dank nochmal und herzliche Grüße,

helmut



> On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 08:32:18PM +0200, schwertner@t-online.de wrote:
>> I'd like to draw up a simple chart (\usemodule[chart]), but I get only
>> the "text" (not really
>> a document) and no "shape" on the PDF. I use a current version of Miktex
>> total (Win)
>> and the newest ConTeXt. What can I do?

> Did you enable the \write18 feature? This allows tex to run external
> programs, needed for inline metapost graphics like flow shapes. I don't
> remember how to do this for miktex, but it is described in the
> context installation manual, together with some more hints for a
> context friendly setup.

> --
> Eckhart

Re: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Willi Egger]

Hi Helmut,

Though I a m not using Miktex it seems that you might have to make the mem
file (format file ) for metafun yourself.

texexec --make metafun

Keep in mind, that the mem-file is dumped into the directory where you run
the texexec command.
So please move that mem file to the place where the other format files
reside (Web2c).
Do run mktexlsr  in order to update the database or whatever Miktex needs to
achieve the same purpose.

I hope this will solve the problem.


Willi

Re[2]: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Friday, May 16, 2003 Willi Egger wrote:

WE> Hi Helmut,

WE> Though I a m not using Miktex it seems that you might have to make the mem
WE> file (format file ) for metafun yourself.

WE> texexec --make metafun

WE> Keep in mind, that the mem-file is dumped into the directory where you run
WE> the texexec command.

Worse :) In my MiKTeX distribution it's dumped where the TeX
formats are. It has to be moved where the other .mem files are
...

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re: Re[2]: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Willi Egger]

Buona sera Giuseppe chi lavora quasi sempre ...

Mi dispiace molto, ma MikTex è un "libro chiuso" per me  :-)

Buona fine settimana  Willi

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From: "Giuseppe Bilotta" <gip.bilotta@iol.it>
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Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:24 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [NTG-context] problem with \usemodule[chart]


> Friday, May 16, 2003 Willi Egger wrote:
>
> WE> Hi Helmut,
>
> WE> Though I a m not using Miktex it seems that you might have to make the
mem
> WE> file (format file ) for metafun yourself.
>
> WE> texexec --make metafun
>
> WE> Keep in mind, that the mem-file is dumped into the directory where you
run
> WE> the texexec command.
>
> Worse :) In my MiKTeX distribution it's dumped where the TeX
> formats are. It has to be moved where the other .mem files are
> ...
>
> --
> Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
>
>
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Re[4]: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Friday, May 16, 2003 Willi Egger wrote:

WE> Buona sera Giuseppe chi lavora quasi sempre ...

WE> Mi dispiace molto, ma MikTex è un "libro chiuso" per me  :-)

WE> Buona fine settimana  Willi

Well, you may not know aboiut MiKTeX as much as I do, but at
least your Italian is much better than my Dutch :)

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Re[2]: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Hans Hagen]

At 22:24 16/05/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Friday, May 16, 2003 Willi Egger wrote:
>
>WE> Hi Helmut,
>
>WE> Though I a m not using Miktex it seems that you might have to make the mem
>WE> file (format file ) for metafun yourself.
>
>WE> texexec --make metafun
>
>WE> Keep in mind, that the mem-file is dumped into the directory where you run
>WE> the texexec command.
>
>Worse :) In my MiKTeX distribution it's dumped where the TeX
>formats are. It has to be moved where the other .mem files are
>...

hm, so do we need to configure this in texexec.ini ? (if present)

Hans
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Re[3]: problem with \usemodule[chart]

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

Saturday, May 17, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote:

HH> At 22:24 16/05/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>>Worse :) In my MiKTeX distribution it's dumped where the TeX
>>formats are. It has to be moved where the other .mem files are
>>...

HH> hm, so do we need to configure this in texexec.ini ? (if present)

No. The bug is in LocatedFormatPath: the routine asks for the
appropriate directory by calling `kpsewhich --show-path=fmt`,
which is correct when looking for the formats path, but not
when looking for the MetaPost formats path; instead, even
RunMpFormat calls LocaltedFormatPath.

I assume that a correction should be something along the lines
of having a LocatedMpFormatPath which instead calls `kpsewhich
--show-path=mem`. Keep in mind, though, that MiKTeX supports
--show-path=fmt but not --show-path=mem; you may want to ask
for --show-path=fmt and then replace the last occurrence of
"fmt" with "mem".

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta