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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________