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Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Re: strange behavior of MetaFun Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:55:35 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1096916277 25951 80.91.229.6 (4 Oct 2004 18:57:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 18:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Oct 04 20:57:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CEY1i-0003Gf-00 for ; Mon, 04 Oct 2004 20:57:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C1D1278B; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:57:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23177-03; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:57:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA8ED1276C; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:55:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE6E31276C for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:55:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 23009-08 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:55:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from 21cn.com (unknown [202.105.45.50]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 5B053126F8 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:55:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from siegfried([127.0.0.1]) by 21cn.com(AIMC 2.9.5.6) with SMTP id jm164161b093; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 02:57:23 +0800 Original-Received: from siegfried([80.139.111.150]) by 21cn.com(AIMC 2.9.5.4) with SMTP id AISP action; Tue, 05 Oct 2004 02:57:23 +0800 Original-To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" X-Mailer: Foxmail 5.0 [cn] X-AIMC-AUTH: msun X-AIMC-MAILFROM: msun@21cn.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:16585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:16585 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 > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl >----------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context@ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ? ?! ??? msun@21cn.com 2004-10-04