Unicode error in embedded metapost

Unicode error in embedded metapost

[Maurí­cio]

Hi,

This small piece of code gives me a wrong
result:

\startuseMPgraphic{teste}
z7 = (5cm,0);
label.lrt("Pontão",z7);
\stopuseMPgraphic

I just have to change 'btex Pont\~ao etex'
for 'Pontão' and everything goes fine.

Best,
Maurício

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Re: Unicode error in embedded metapost

[Thomas A. Schmitz]

On Sep 24, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Maurí cio wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This small piece of code gives me a wrong
> result:
>
> \startuseMPgraphic{teste}
> z7 = (5cm,0);
> label.lrt("Pontão",z7);
> \stopuseMPgraphic
>
> I just have to change 'btex Pont\~ao etex'
> for 'Pontão' and everything goes fine.
>
> Best,
> Maurício
>
>
\enableregime[utf]

\starttext
\startuseMPgraphic{teste}
z7 = (5cm,0);
label(\sometxt{Pontão},z7);
\stopuseMPgraphic

\useMPgraphic{teste}

\stoptext

http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/sometxt.pdf

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=minxampl

HTH

Thomas
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Re: Unicode error in embedded metapost

[Mojca Miklavec]

On 9/25/07, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 11:58 PM, Maurí cio wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > This small piece of code gives me a wrong
> > result:
> >
> > \startuseMPgraphic{teste}
> > z7 = (5cm,0);
> > label.lrt("Pontão",z7);

Metapost can only handle very basic strings. Don't use Metapost for
writing text.

> > \stopuseMPgraphic
> >
> > I just have to change 'btex Pont\~ao etex'
> > for 'Pontão' and everything goes fine.
> >
> label(\sometxt{Pontão},z7);

Indeed. Using \sometxt{...} is strongly recommended. btex ... etex
behaves strange and consumes a considerable amount of extra time to
compile your document.

Mojca
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Re: Unicode error in embedded metapost

[Maurí­cio]

>>> (...)
> 
> 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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