Re: thelabel problem

[luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Alfredo Catalina
<alfredo.catalina@gmail.com> wrote:
> I installed ConTeXt in 2009 in my laptop and wrote some documents. Now I
> have installed ConTeXt in other computer and tried to process some of those
> documents but it doesn't work.
>
> It looks that there is something wrong with Metapost/Metafun. I have tried a
> simple program like
>
> \starttext
>
> Testing
>
> \startuseMPgraphic{gh}
> draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a) withcolor .625red ;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> \useMPgraphic{gh}
>
> \stoptext
>
> Then I get:
>
> system          > begin file kk2.tex at line 1
> metapost        > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun'
> metapost        > loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two)
> ! terminal: >> a
>>> (3,0)
> ! Not implemented: (unknown numeric)+(pair).
> <to be read again>
>                    -
> thelabel->...((EXPR4)+labeloffset*laboff(SUFFIX2)-
>
> (labxf(SUFFIX2)*lrcorner.p...
> <*>  draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a)
>                                          withcolor .625red ; ;
> .
> system          > tex > error on line 10 in file kk2.tex: terminal: >> a
>>> (3,0)
> ! Not implemented: (unknown numeric)+(pair).
> <to be read again>
>                    -
> thelabel->...((EXPR4)+labeloffset*laboff(SUFFIX2)-
>
> (labxf(SUFFIX2)*lrcorner.p...
> <*>  draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a)
>                                          withcolor .625red ; ;
>
>
> Any ideas? Thank you.
>
>
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What is the value of a ?

This is ok with mkii

\setupcolors[state=start]
\starttext

Testing

\startuseMPgraphic{gh}
pair a;
a:=(0,0);
draw thelabel.rt("the right way",a) withcolor .625red ;
\stopuseMPgraphic

\useMPgraphic{gh}

\stoptext


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luigi
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