From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/65096 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: howto start with presentations? Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:41:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <5tnnv7-ala.ln1@news.jonasstein.de> <3A1A7168-CF6C-4066-931D-9A2BB502378B@gmail.com> <6sfpv7-4r4.ln1@news.jonasstein.de> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294620096 31371 80.91.229.12 (10 Jan 2011 00:41:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:41:36 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Mon Jan 10 01:41:32 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pc5pE-00031o-17 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B380CAA77; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:31 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nbNLmT7bsNa0; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C6FCAA56; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:28 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFAB0CAA56 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id IE15NgP819LG for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571E4CAA52 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.12.86]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p0A0fBOh016854 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:41:15 +0100 Original-Received: FROM adi-netbook (bas3-montreal02-1096683238.dsl.bell.ca [65.94.14.230]) By tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4D2A55A5.D0181.29630 ; Authuser adityam; 9 Jan 2011 19:41:10 EST In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.5 (Score 0, tokens from: ) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=141.211.12.86; country=US; region=MI; city=Ann Arbor; postalcode=48109; latitude=42.2923; longitude=-83.7145; metrocode=505; areacode=734; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.2923,-83.7145&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0bDRAFcHu - b162aaa8861d - 20110110 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:65096 Archived-At: On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Jonas Stein wrote: >>> I put \runMPgraphicsfalse in the first line of test.tex. >>> That changed nothing. >> >> Do you have the metapost executable and format. Does a minimal metapost >> file work. > > i think i have metapost installed: > > # whereis mpost > mpost: /usr/bin/mpost /usr/share/man/man1/mpost.1.gz Does it work? That is if you compile beginfig(1) draw fullcircle scaled 3cm ; endfig ; end ; using `mp file.mp` do you get a correct file.1 file (open it using a ps viewer). Otherwise I don't know why you are getting erratic behavior with metapost. Sometimes, an extra run helps. >>> Hans response on the mailing list >>> write 18 is a hack and pdfshellescape a sane replacement >>> in luatex it will probably be gone completely since there we have >>> \directlua 0 { os.execute("...") } >>> """ >>> >>> I wonder if write18 is necessary 5 years later. >> >> You need to use MkIV to get the new features :) > > OK lets try. I have installed the package context 2010.07.30-1 [1] > on my system. > > I tried > texexec --lua test.tex > and > context test.tex > > but both generate no pdf. > > they tell me: > ==================== > MTXrun | forcing cache reload > MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found > MTXrun | resolvers > MTXrun | resolvers > MTXrun | the resolver databases are not present or outdated > MTXrun | resolvers: using sufffix based filetype 'lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: remembering file 'mtx-context.lua' > MTXrun | resolvers: using suffix based filetype 'lua' > MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' > ==================== As explained on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV you need to run luatools --generate. (the format generation is now done automatically). 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