Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
David Arnold wrote: makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx Does this create an mpx file? What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file? Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx Does this create an mpx file? What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file? there's also mptopdf useemp.mp or (more clever): texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote: Aditya, I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should). Yes, same error message.

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
Taco, Not sure what you mean here, so I ran: latex useemp.tex And got: No file useemp.aux. emp: File useemp.1 not found: emp: Process useemp.mp with MetaPost and then reprocess this file. [1] (./useemp.aux) ) Output written on useemp.dvi (1 page, 400 bytes). Transcript written on useemp.log.

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
Hans, On Jun 28, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx Does this create an mpx file? What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file? there's also mptopdf useemp.mp qdf $

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
Aditya, On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:08 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote: Aditya, I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp on your shell. Do you get the same

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
David Arnold wrote: Now, the strange thing is that everything works if I change mpost - tex=latex \jobname to mpost \jobname in useemp.tex. That is why I asked whether the 'latex' command works in the first place. -- Taco ___ ntg-context mailing

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
David Arnold wrote: Taco, Not sure what you mean here, so I ran: latex useemp.tex And got: correct output And now I am lost as well. Nothing useful in the mpxerr.log, I assume? Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread David Arnold
OK. Clean directory. qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.stydev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $ useemp.tex:

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
David Arnold wrote: And mpxerr.log: qdf $ cat mpxerr.log This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=latex 2006.6.27) 28 JUN 2006 09:10 entering extended mode **mpx509.tex (./mpx509.tex LaTeX2e 2003/12/01 Babel v3.8d and hyphenation patterns for american,

Re: [NTG-context] emp.sty and metapost

2006-06-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote: All, Not strictly a context question, but it has to do with Metapost, so maybe someone can help. I have a file of macros called qdftools.mp: numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s); def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle