Re: mptopdf missing

[Ernesto Posse <eposse@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
> On 29-11-2011 18:07, Ernesto Posse wrote:
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Mojca Miklavec
>> <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:44, Ernesto Posse<eposse@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi. I have a fresh installation of ConTeXt on Ubuntu 11.10, straight
>>>> from Ubuntu's repository (version 2011.05.18.20110627-1) but the
>>>> mptopdf script seems to be missing, and mtxrun doesn't show any
>>>> available scripts. What could be the problem?
>>>
>>>
>>> I would suggest to ask the Ubuntu maintainer of TeX Live package. I
>>> can tell you that mptopdf is a different package in TeX Live 2011, but
>>> ConTeXt should have a dependency on that package. What exactly Ubuntu
>>> did on their system ... I have no idea. The developer is free to ask
>>> questions here, but in principle we cannot help you much unless some
>>> Ubuntu freak speaks up.
>>
>>
>> I thought that mptopdf was part of ConTeXt... to is it part of TeX Live
>> instead?
>
>
> It is part of context but as context moves on (mkiv) no user will use
> mptopdf as (1) mp processing is built into the core, and (2) fo rstand alone
> graphics the mkiv related context and metapost scripts can do the same as
> mptopdf.

I'm using it for stand-alone graphics, to be included in a latex file,
to be compiled with pdflatex. In short, I have a diagram in mp, and I
used to do the following:

mpost diagram.mp
mptopdf diagram.1

My understanding is that the .1 file generated by mpost is actually an
.eps file, but pdflatex doesn't accept it, and that's why I used
mptopdf. I do not see any options in either mpost or context that
would allow me to do that. How could I use any of these to get a pdf?


> Hans
>
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Ernesto Posse

Modelling and Analysis in Software Engineering
School of Computing
Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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