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From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: \externalfigure doesn't find mps file in subdirectory
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:00:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5200206D.4070708@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF=dkzwFUBKDqwc46tONVVM3T4yrEwDYcnVS47yuos0xW1xqHQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/5/2013 11:18 PM, Sietse Brouwer wrote:
> Hi Sanjoy,
>
> Sorry for the late reply; I had to dig around in grph-inc.lua, and I'm
> a bit rusty at source-diving.
>
> Yep, that’s a problem all right. A bug, even: when you put `simple.1`
> in the same directory as the `.tex` file, it is correctly identified
> as MetaPost; when you put the exact same file in a subdirectory like
> `./fig`, you get the problem you describe. No clue why.
>
> Until Hans fixes this, you can force ConTeXt to treat a file as
> MetaPost, JPEG, etc. by passing the `method=` paramater to
> `\externalfigure`. For MetaPost, write `method=mps`; I don’t know why
> the MetaPost code is not `mp`. (Perhaps that could be made a synonym?)
>
> Complete example below. I hope this workaround helps? Good luck with your work!

you can test with this (line 767 in grph-inc):

             askedformat = format -- new per 2013-08-05
         elseif trace_figures then
             report_inclusion("unknown format %a",askedformat)
         end


> Cheers,
> Sietse
>
>      % test.tex
>      \setupexternalfigures[directory={fig}]
>      \enabletrackers[graphics.locating]
>
>      \starttext
>          \externalfigure[simple.1][width=10cm, method=mps]
>      \stoptext
>
>      % fig/simple.1
>      %!PS
>      %%BoundingBox: 0 0 29 29
>      %%HiResBoundingBox: 0 0 28.34645 28.34645
>      %%Creator: MetaPost 1.803
>      %%CreationDate: 2013.08.04:0841
>      %%Pages: 1
>      %%BeginProlog
>      %%EndProlog
>      %%Page: 1 1
>       0 0 0 setrgbcolor
>      newpath 0 0 moveto
>      28.34645 0 lineto
>      28.34645 28.34645 lineto
>      0 28.34645 lineto
>       closepath fill
>      showpage
>      %%EOF
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-05 22:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-04 13:04 Sanjoy Mahajan
2013-08-05 12:37 ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2013-08-05 21:18   ` Sietse Brouwer
2013-08-05 22:00     ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2013-08-06  9:04       ` Sietse Brouwer
2013-08-06 12:38       ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2013-08-06  7:50     ` Alan BRASLAU

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