[NTG-context] Re: Status of Asymptote

2023-12-30 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On 30/12/23 30/12/23, 12:04, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: It would be nice to either support Metapost 3D Very simple MP pseudo 3D is included in tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-tres.mpiv Alan

Re: [NTG-context] simpleslides gives 'input stack overflow'

2021-05-11 Thread luigi scarso
designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' > and method 'default' > metapost> loading 'metafun' as > '/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method > 'default' > metapost>

Re: [NTG-context] simpleslides gives 'input stack overflow'

2021-05-09 Thread Adam Reviczky
'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled' input stack overflow mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 256 Commenting out "StartPage"

[NTG-context] simpleslides gives 'input stack overflow'

2021-05-09 Thread Adam Reviczky
d method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled' input stack overflow mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 256 MWE from the documentation: \us

Re: [NTG-context] custom zig zag sidebars

2021-04-29 Thread Otared Kavian
>>> I made an experiment to add alternatives to sidebars (see attachment). >>> >>> I discovered the sidebar is drawn by anch_sidebars_draw in >>> metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-apos.mpiv. >>> >>> I've redefined it locally to add alternative

Re: [NTG-context] custom zig zag sidebars

2021-04-29 Thread mf
Il 28/04/21 17:53, Hans Hagen ha scritto: On 4/28/2021 5:27 PM, mf wrote: Hello, I made an experiment to add alternatives to sidebars (see attachment). I discovered the sidebar is drawn by anch_sidebars_draw in metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-apos.mpiv. I've redefined it locally to add

Re: [NTG-context] custom zig zag sidebars

2021-04-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/28/2021 5:27 PM, mf wrote: Hello, I made an experiment to add alternatives to sidebars (see attachment). I discovered the sidebar is drawn by anch_sidebars_draw in metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-apos.mpiv. I've redefined it locally to add alternatives. To make fancy, zig zag bars I

[NTG-context] custom zig zag sidebars

2021-04-28 Thread mf
Hello, I made an experiment to add alternatives to sidebars (see attachment). I discovered the sidebar is drawn by anch_sidebars_draw in metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-apos.mpiv. I've redefined it locally to add alternatives. To make fancy, zig zag bars I defined a macro, draw_pattern_bar

Re: [NTG-context] Conflict between MetaPost (LMTX) and cmarrows

2021-04-27 Thread Jairo A. del Rio
pair) > > I don't know, but from the message it looks like some 'local' > variables > > is not saved and defined. I'm surprised that loading some mf file > works > > at all (because it also assumes some mf related definitions). I also > > hav > > eno clue

Re: [NTG-context] Conflict between MetaPost (LMTX) and cmarrows

2021-04-26 Thread Hans Hagen
t; metafun > log > error: Equation cannot be performed (numeric=pair) I don't know, but from the message it looks like some 'local' variables is not saved and defined. I'm surprised that loading some mf file works at all (because it also assumes some mf related definitions). I a

Re: [NTG-context] Conflict between MetaPost (LMTX) and cmarrows

2021-04-26 Thread Jairo A. del Rio
I don't know, but from the message it looks like some 'local' variables > is not saved and defined. I'm surprised that loading some mf file works > at all (because it also assumes some mf related definitions). I also hav > eno clue if such a package adopts 'core' metafun code (and mpiv meta

Re: [NTG-context] Conflict between MetaPost (LMTX) and cmarrows

2021-04-26 Thread Hans Hagen
a package adopts 'core' metafun code (and mpiv metafun is different from mpii). Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands te

[NTG-context] tex live code freeze

2021-03-05 Thread Hans Hagen
to what extend updates to those engines have side effects for context, but I assume none. Let me know if there are problems. The MKIV code (mkiv, mkvi, mpiv, lua files) has changed but not much, mostly as a side effect of the code split and move to LMTX where the focus is on now. There have

Re: [NTG-context] possible problem with MPinstance or MPinclusions? works in 20200920 but not in the current 20210124 ...

2021-01-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/27/2021 3:08 PM, Rudd, Kevin wrote: thanks, Hans--- with the only change being the lmtx release, I get: in 2020.09.20: resolvers       > tex > 'file' closer: '/local/Software/lmtx/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpxl' closed metapost      

Re: [NTG-context] error running wiki example with labels

2020-06-26 Thread Jan-Erik Hägglöf
ame '/Users/janneman/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/meta-imp-dum.mkiv' metapost> library 'dum' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/Users/janne

[NTG-context] error running wiki example with labels

2020-06-24 Thread Jan-Erik Hägglöf
dum' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/Users/janneman/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpxl' using method 'default' metapost>

Re: [NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-09 Thread Henri Menke
ding latin modern fonts (second stage) > > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > > metapost> initializing instance 'doublefun:1' using format > > 'metafun' and method 'double' > > metapost> loading 'metafun' as > >

Re: [NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-09 Thread Hans Hagen
en making vardef's one need to omit the final semi colon in order to apply more properties to the 'return value'. At some point I will update the metafun manual which means: remove old methods and exclusively use the new ones (currently the manual also discusses mpii while in context mkiv/lm

Re: [NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-09 Thread Gerben Wierda
lts in: >>> >>> system > files > jobname 'testcolor', input './testcolor', result >>> 'testcolor' >>> fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded >>> languages > language 'en' is active >>> open source

Re: [NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-09 Thread Taco Hoekwater
>> 'testcolor' >> fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded >> languages > language 'en' is active >> open source > level 2, order 3, name './testcolor.tex' >> fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) >> fonts

Re: [NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-09 Thread Gerben Wierda
modern fonts (second stage) > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > metapost > initializing instance 'doublefun:1' using format 'metafun' > and method 'double' > metapost> loading 'metafun' as > '/usr/local/context-osx-64/tex/texmf-c

[NTG-context] Why does this example from the MetaFun manual not work?

2020-04-08 Thread Gerben Wierda
el 2, order 3, name './testcolor.tex' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'doublefun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'double' metapost > loading '

Re: [NTG-context] setting the color of cropmarks

2019-12-20 Thread mf
This is a dirty hack to change the color of the crop marks and the page number at the corner of a page when \setuplayout[marking=on]. Edit the file: tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-crop.mpiv in the distribution, changing two lines: - (here i'm reproducing only the last

Re: [NTG-context] setting the color of cropmarks

2019-12-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
ound for the page. > I've seen there's something about that in the mailing list history. I'll look > into that. > > BTW, the MP file producing the marks is > > metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-crop.mpiv Sorry for mixing up marks and markings. > Am 2019-12-19 um 19:08 schrieb Han

Re: [NTG-context] setting the color of cropmarks

2019-12-19 Thread mf
for the page. I've seen there's something about that in the mailing list history. I'll look into that. BTW, the MP file producing the marks is metapost/context/base/mpiv/mp-crop.mpiv Massi ___ If your question

[NTG-context] Problem inserting image within MP

2019-10-10 Thread context
nstance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as 'd:/Ctx-Beta/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled' tex error > mp erro

Re: [NTG-context] After a long time I tried:

2019-10-07 Thread Hans Hagen
t-test.tex' fonts   > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts   > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost    > initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost    > loading 'metafun' as

[NTG-context] After a long time I tried:

2019-10-07 Thread Ursula Hermann
nts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as 'C:/Users/Hermann/Downloads/context-mswin/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/meta

Re: [NTG-context] I (metapost) can't handle numbers bigger than 32767.99998

2019-07-05 Thread Zhichu
gt; I was using metapost to generate some symbols, as in > "tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/fonts/mpiv/demo-symbols.tex" How do you use these symbols in a document? Do you call them up by number somehow? Using some glyph interface doesn't make much sense I think, as the font s

Re: [NTG-context] I (metapost) can't handle numbers bigger than 32767.99998

2019-07-05 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7/5/2019 8:32 AM, Zhichu wrote: Hi everyone, I was using metapost to generate some symbols, as in  "tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/fonts/mpiv/demo-symbols.tex" How do you use these symbols in a document? Do you call them up by number somehow? Using some glyph interface do

[NTG-context] I (metapost) can't handle numbers bigger than 32767.99998

2019-07-05 Thread Zhichu
Hi everyone, I was using metapost to generate some symbols, as in "tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/fonts/mpiv/demo-symbols.tex" Occasionally, I want to customize a glyph whose charcode is a little large, say the character "院": =

Re: [NTG-context] tikz is not found

2019-04-24 Thread Gour
ck modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled'

Re: [NTG-context] gnuplot-module broken under lmtx

2019-04-10 Thread Hans Hagen
'gnuplot-gnuplot-1-ctx.tex' close source    > level 3, order 6, name 'gnuplot-gnuplot-1-ctx.tex' metapost        > initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost        > loading 'metafun' as '/home/user/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/b

[NTG-context] gnuplot-module broken under lmtx

2019-04-10 Thread Christian Prim
un' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/home/user/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled' floatblocks > '1' placed (here) from a lmtx-run (no .plt-file and -c

Re: [NTG-context] Can't use MetaFun with mplib anymore

2019-03-14 Thread Hans Hagen
at and to be honest am not too motivated to support mpiv code in generic either .. better use Until TeX Live 2018, MetaFun worked in plain (at least the subset I'm using). It would be a shame if the support would end. I also think that there are quite a number of users. The number of posts

Re: [NTG-context] Can't use MetaFun with mplib anymore

2019-03-14 Thread Hans Hagen
ATEXFUNCTIONALITY)") ; instead of numeric LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY ; LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY := runscript("mp.print(LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY)") ; Now I have tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv$ grep -r LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY mp-mlib.mpiv:%numeric LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY ; LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY := runscrip

Re: [NTG-context] Can't use MetaFun with mplib anymore

2019-03-14 Thread Henri Menke
XFUNCTIONALITY or 0) > > but ... i'm surprised you can use metafun in plain at all ... i never > test that and to be honest am not too motivated to support mpiv code in > generic either .. better use Until TeX Live 2018, MetaFun worked in plain (at least the subset I'm using). It

Re: [NTG-context] Can't use MetaFun with mplib anymore

2019-03-14 Thread luigi scarso
ecute[[ > boolean mplib ; mplib := true ; > input metafun.mp ; > ]] > > print(ret.log) > } > \bye > > in mp-mlib.mpiv it seems that we should have string LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY ; LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY := runscript("mp.print(LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY)") ; instead of numeri

Re: [NTG-context] Can't use MetaFun with mplib anymore

2019-03-14 Thread Hans Hagen
ATEXFUNCTIONALITY)" ! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=string). hm, that can be mp.print(LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY or 0) but ... i'm surprised you can use metafun in plain at all ... i never test that and to be honest am not too motivated to support mpiv code in generic either .. bet

Re: [NTG-context] Variable instance identifiers exhausted

2018-09-21 Thread Hans Hagen
rce     > level 2, order 3, name '/Users/fabricel/Dropbox/Divers/Création/P030-Remplissage/0030-0018-minimal2.tex' fonts           > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts           > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost        > initializing instance 'metafun' using

Re: [NTG-context] Variable instance identifiers exhausted

2018-09-21 Thread Fabrice L
aded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/Users/fabricel/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'default' metapost> initializing number mode 'scaled' tex error

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-30 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
ntext/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv' > > system > files > jobname 'vladimir', input './vladimir', result > > 'vladimir' > > fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded > > languages > language 'en' is active > > open source > level 2

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-29 Thread Vladimir Lomov
age 'en' is active > open source > level 2, order 3, name '/home/aragorn/vladimir.tex' > system > synctex functionality is enabled, expect 5-10 pct runtime > overhead! > fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) > fonts > 'fallback

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-29 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
tage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/h

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-27 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
input './vladimir', result >> > 'vladimir' >> > fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded >> > languages > language 'en' is active >> > open source > level 2, order 3, name '/home/aragorn/vladimir.tex' >> > system >

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-27 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
'/home/aragorn/vladimir.tex' > > system > synctex functionality is enabled, expect 5-10 pct > runtime > > overhead! > > fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) > > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > &g

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-26 Thread Vladimir Lomov
runtime > overhead! > fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter > metapost> initializing instance 'metaf

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-24 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-co

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
ignsize rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'default' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/c

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-23 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
> preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and method 'defau

[NTG-context] Emacs + latest beta

2018-08-22 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
pouf.tex' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter metapost> initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 'metafun' and meth

[NTG-context] Latest beta

2018-08-20 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
; xmp > using file '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 structure > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> Espaces probabilisés metapost> initializing instance

[NTG-context] Fwd: Problem of compiling a file with Emacs

2018-08-01 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
> preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) > > fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded > > structure > sectioning > title @ level 2 : 0.0 -> Sommaire > > backend > xmp > using file > > '/home/aragorn/co

Re: [NTG-context] Problem of compiling a file with Emacs

2018-08-01 Thread Lizardo Reyna
/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml' > pages   > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 > structure   > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> Espaces > probabilisés > metapost    > initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format > 'metafun' a

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Macro to write a vector (Metafun) is broken

2018-03-22 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/home/fab/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using me

Re: [NTG-context] Typefile with Chinese, Korean or Japanase text

2017-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
r 20, name '../setup_code.tex' close source > level 4, order 20, name '../setup_code.tex' close source > level 3, order 20, name '../setup_global.tex' open source > level 3, order 21, name '../setup_frontmatter.tex' structures > begin of sectionblock 'frontpart' open source > leve

Re: [NTG-context] Typefile with Chinese, Korean or Japanase text

2017-12-06 Thread Wim Neimeijer
pen source > level 3, order 21, name '../setup_frontmatter.tex' structures > begin of sectionblock 'frontpart' open source > level 4, order 22, name 'title.tex' metapost> initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost> loading 'metafu

Re: [NTG-context] Metafun "Structure-Trees"

2017-09-18 Thread Ursula Hermann
rce > level 2, order 3, name 'D:/My Documents/graphic.tex' fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost>

Re: [NTG-context] Package esvect and Context

2016-06-07 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
nts (second stage) fonts > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded metapost> initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost> loading 'metafun' as '/home/fab/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' using method 'd

Re: [NTG-context] TikZ and wrong drawing order

2015-06-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 6/14/2015 11:26 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Most shades look ugly and useless to me anyway but you have more control than you think (always had but nicer interfaced in mpiv

Re: [NTG-context] TikZ and wrong drawing order

2015-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6/14/2015 11:26 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Most shades look ugly and useless to me anyway but you have more control than you think (always had but nicer interfaced in mpiv): \startMPpage fill fullcircle scaled 10cm

Re: [NTG-context] TikZ and wrong drawing order

2015-06-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Most shades look ugly and useless to me anyway but you have more control than you think (always had but nicer interfaced in mpiv): \startMPpage fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withshademethod circular withshadevector (5cm

Re: [NTG-context] TikZ and wrong drawing order

2015-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
think (always had but nicer interfaced in mpiv): \startMPpage fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withshademethod circular withshadevector (5cm,1cm) withshadecenter (.1,.5) withshadedomain (.2,.6) withshadefactor 1.2 withshadecolors (red,green

Re: [NTG-context] Automatically loading the page state, LoadPageState

2013-10-01 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–10–01 Hans Hagen wrote: in mkiv the overhead is less than in mpii as we don't parse the blob in the same way and the mpiv code is also more optimized so we can consider dropping the SetPageState macro. I see you decided to drop LoadPageState. It's about 20ms overhead per 1000 graphics

Re: [NTG-context] Automatically loading the page state, LoadPageState

2013-10-01 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10/1/2013 8:35 PM, Marco Patzer wrote: On 2013–10–01 Hans Hagen wrote: in mkiv the overhead is less than in mpii as we don't parse the blob in the same way and the mpiv code is also more optimized so we can consider dropping the SetPageState macro. I see you decided to drop LoadPageState

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost label direction prefix

2013-08-23 Thread Hans Hagen
“foo”: The MpIV code has namespace protection. Why run traditional in MkIV? \starttext \startMPcode label(first, origin); %% MkIV %% pair mfun_laboff.foo ; mfun_laboff.foo := (.5,-1) ; %% mfun_labxf.foo := mfun_labyf.foo := 1 ; %% MkII pair laboff.foo

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost label direction prefix

2013-08-23 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–08–23 Hans Hagen wrote: Is this prefix required? It breaks old code and required a branch in every new project. And I don't really see a reason for this incompatibility. Here is an example defining a new direction “foo”: The MpIV code has namespace protection. Why run traditional

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost label direction prefix

2013-08-23 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/23/2013 3:14 PM, Marco Patzer wrote: On 2013–08–23 Hans Hagen wrote: Is this prefix required? It breaks old code and required a branch in every new project. And I don't really see a reason for this incompatibility. Here is an example defining a new direction “foo”: The MpIV code has

Re: [NTG-context] fixing mpiv on installation path with spaces

2012-05-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-5-2012 01:45, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hello, last year Taco added many patches to make sure that ConTeXt works even when installed to C:\Documents and Settings\ ... and other weird paths with spaces. However metapost in mkiv still fails. I figured out that the following patch (which *won't*

Re: [NTG-context] fixing mpiv on installation path with spaces

2012-05-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-5-2012 01:45, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Maybe it would be helpful to pass file.addsuffix(name,mp) through additional filter (instead of simply adding quotation marks) that would also check if any other character needs escaping and add quotation marks if needed. let's for the moment

[NTG-context] fixing mpiv on installation path with spaces

2012-05-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, last year Taco added many patches to make sure that ConTeXt works even when installed to C:\Documents and Settings\ ... and other weird paths with spaces. However metapost in mkiv still fails. I figured out that the following patch (which *won't* handle paths with quotation marks properly)

Re: [NTG-context] transparency problem (mkiv)

2011-09-05 Thread Hans Hagen
level) for the backgrounds but more placed might need patching. So, from now on we will also have different files for mp: mpii and mpiv. I uploaded a beta, so best do some testing right away as i might have messed up, Hans