Re: Re: strange behavior of MetaFun

["???" <msun@21cn.com>]

thanks a lot Hans, now it works perfect! maybe later you can write a script to make the installation and configuration automatic? ConTeXt is great, but sometimes it's a little boring to make it working properly. Thanks again for your nice ConTeXt!

best regards,
Minchao
  

======= 2004-10-04 ???????:=======

>Sun Minchao wrote:
>
>> 
>> /Hi,/
>> // 
>> /recently I've installed ConTeXt and after all the complicated 
>> configurations I could finally write my first chinese text, but as I 
>> tried MetaFun today, I got very strange error message: I tried to 
>> compile the trivial sample on the first page of "metafun-p.pdf":/
>> // 
>> /\starttext
>> \startuseMPgraphic{dummy}
>> fill fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor red ;
>> \stopuseMPgraphic
>> \useMPgraphic{dummy}
>> \stoptext/
>> // 
>> /I invoked "texexec test", after some messages scrolled by it stopped 
>> and show: /
>> // 
>> !Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean)
>> local_multi_par_area:=false;
>>  
>> /I traced to that line in the file "test-mpgraph.mp" which has been 
>> produced by texexec in the first step and I simply deleted it, then I 
>> ran "mpost test-mpgraph" manually and got "test-mpgraph.1" without any 
>> problem, but as I viewed it with GSview there was only a quarter of 
>> disc, which should be a 5cm filled circle. I've also tried with other 
>> Metapost files but got always the same result: that line will always be 
>> added to the intermedia file. I think it's not because of a wrong 
>> configuration of ConTeXt but something "deep inside". /
>> /btw. I'm using MikTeX 2.2, ActivePerl 5.8, ConTeXt is the newest 
>> version while TeXExec somehow old (v3.1), but I don't think the problem 
>> lies there because exept metapost the other part works well, for the 
>> configuration of MetaFun I've done following:/
>> // 
>> /I first edited the corresponding part of 
>> /texmf/context/config/texexec.ini to be suited to MikTeX, then after 
>> refreshing MikTeX name database I did a "texexec --make --alone 
>> metafun", it produced metafun.mem in /localtexmf/miktex/fmt, I moved it 
>> then to /localtexmf/miktex/mem/
>> // 
>> /now I absolutely have no idea about it... I would be very thankful if 
>> someone can tell how to fix around, besides I do want to know what's wrong./
>
>it look slike you have a mixed up system:
>
>make sure that there is
>
>   metapost/context/base -> files
>
>and not at the same time:
>
>   metapost/context -> files
>
>the extra level base has been added about a year ago.
>
>After fixing this, run
>
>   texexec --make --alone metafun
>
>and make sure that the mem files goes to where it belongs
>
>Hans
>
>
>
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