more metafun issues?

more metafun issues?

[Bruce D'Arcus]

I can't seem to get Metafun to run on my OS X tetex installation (at 
least I assume this is the problem, since metapost works).  If I 
run the following test example from the manual...

\starttext
\setupcolors[state=start]
\startMPpage
colorcircle(10cm,red,green,blue) ;
\stopMPpage
\stoptext

..I get a blank pdf and an error from Acrobat Reader "contents object 
has wrong type" (console output below).  If I run one of the 
presentation files included with ConTeXt, I get the same error, though 
this time a page with the text but missing any graphics.

Where is the problem here?  Is it likely something to do with my tetex 
installation?  If it is, can someone tell me what I should tell the OS 
X tetex guy to help him figure it out?

 TeXExec 2.6 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001

            executable : pdfetex
                format : cont-en
             inputfile : test
                output : pdftex
             interface : en
          current mode : all
               TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 
7.3.7)
entering extended mode
(./test.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt  ver: 2002.1.24  fmt: 2002.7.3  int: english  mes: english

language       : language en is active
system         : cont-new loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems        : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
)
system         : cont-old loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading        : Context Old Macros
)
system         : cont-fil loaded
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex
loading        : Context File Synonyms
)
bodyfont       : 12pt rm is loaded
language       : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-nl-2 loaded
specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system         : test.top loaded
(./test.top
specials       : loading definition file tpd
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex
specials       : loading definition file fdf
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 
3>
<unprotect 4> <protect 4> <protect 3>)
specials       : fdf loaded
<unprotect 3> <protect 3>)
specials       : fdf,tpd loaded
) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) 
(./test.tuo)
(./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) 
(./test.tuo)
(./test.tuo)
systems        : begin file test at line 1
color          : system rgb is global activated
Randomizer initialized to 794720716. [MP mpgraph.1] [1.1]
systems        : end file test at line 6
end.
[flush and process mpgraph.mp afterwards] )
Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 792 bytes).
Transcript written on test.log.

              run time : 3 seconds
   generating graphics : metaposting mpgraph.mp

 TeXExec 2.6 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001

              metapost : mpgraph
                format : metafun
This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.7)
(mpgraph.mp
        total run time : 1 seconds
  sorting and checking : running texutil

 TeXUtil 7.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2000

                action : processing commands, lists and registers 
                option : sorting IJ under Y 
                option : converting high ASCII values 
            input file : test.tui 
           output file : test.tuo 
       passed commands : 6 
         remapped keys : 0 
      register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references 
       synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries 
        embedded files : 1 

        total run time : 7 seconds

Re: more metafun issues?

[Randall Skelton]

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Hi Bruce,

The line that worries me is:

> ConTeXtver: 2002.1.24 fmt: 2002.7.3 int: englishmes: english
              ^^^^^^^^^
This seems woefully out of date. I had similar problems when I tried to
get ConTeXt working under OS X almost a year ago. In short, I think the
default TeXLive version of ConTeXt is broken.  To get things working I
would:

(1) d/l and install the latest version of TeXLive-teTeX available from:

  http://www.rna.nl/tex.html.

(2) because the version of ConTeXt in this package (and the one shown in
your example) is out of date, you should d/l the latest ConTeXt beta (or
stable version) from the pragma site and install it.  You can either
create a local ConTeXt tree in your ~/Library/texmf directory or install
globally (i.e.  for all users) in one of the local branches described on
the TeXLive site above.

Good luck,
Randall

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> I can't seem to get Metafun to run on my OS X tetex installation (at
> least I assume this is the problem, since metapost works).  If I
> run the following test example from the manual...
>
> \starttext
> \setupcolors[state=start]
> \startMPpage
> colorcircle(10cm,red,green,blue) ;
> \stopMPpage
> \stoptext
>
> ..I get a blank pdf and an error from Acrobat Reader "contents object
> has wrong type" (console output below).  If I run one of the
> presentation files included with ConTeXt, I get the same error, though
> this time a page with the text but missing any graphics.
>
> Where is the problem here?  Is it likely something to do with my tetex
> installation?  If it is, can someone tell me what I should tell the OS
> X tetex guy to help him figure it out?

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