On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> 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?
If you want to do changes, just go ahead (you might be more
competitive to describe them).
Otherwise: I'm not sure what all the differences are.
1.) withcolor doesn't work
2.) \startTeXtexsts cannot be used
3.) the example above fails in mkii
What else?
Mojca
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