On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Hans Hagen wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Another difference in mkii and mkiv handling of sometxt. If there is a
>> line break in \sometxt{ ... } then it fails in mkii, but runs in mkiv. For
>> example,
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \startMPcode
>>
>> draw \sometxt{A very
>> long string} ;
>>
>> \stopMPcode
>>
>> \stoptext
>>
>> I vaguely understand why this is happening, but I do not know if it can be
>> corrected.
>
> in mkii we obey lines because it gives better tracing etc etc given that
> we use external files; this will work:
>
>
> draw \sometxt{A very %
> long string} ;
>
Ah, thanks.
> indeed mkiv is different but let's consider it an improvement; i don't
> want to waste time on mkii fixes that are not that important
I understand that. We need to document all these differences between mkii
and mkiv with regards to mp interaction for those who want to write code
that works in both. Mojca, any plans to update your MyWay?
Aditya
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