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From: Maurí­cio <briqueabraque@yahoo.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Unicode error in embedded metapost
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:50:15 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fde2kh$bc8$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6faad9f00709250318p4a9e278enac517b5487cf3791@mail.gmail.com>

>>> (...)
> 
> Metapost can only handle very basic strings. Don't use Metapost for
> writing text.
> 
>>> (...)
> Indeed. Using \sometxt{...} is strongly recommended. btex ... etex
> behaves strange and consumes a considerable amount of extra time to
> compile your document.
> 
> Mojca

Interesting. I also wasn't aware that btex ... etex could not handle 
string variables, as I learned from your documentation (I've just 
started learning metapost).

Thanks,
Maurício

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      reply	other threads:[~2007-09-26 16:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-24 21:58 Maurí­cio
2007-09-25  7:19 ` Thomas A. Schmitz
2007-09-25 10:18   ` Mojca Miklavec
2007-09-26 16:50     ` Maurí­cio [this message]

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