On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Hans Hagen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29-11-2011 20:36, Ernesto Posse wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Hans Hagen<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 29-11-2011 18:07, Ernesto Posse wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Mojca Miklavec >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:44, Ernesto Posse<[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi. I have a fresh installation of ConTeXt on Ubuntu 11.10, straight >>>>>> from Ubuntu's repository (version 2011.05.18.20110627-1) but the >>>>>> mptopdf script seems to be missing, and mtxrun doesn't show any >>>>>> available scripts. What could be the problem? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I would suggest to ask the Ubuntu maintainer of TeX Live package. I >>>>> can tell you that mptopdf is a different package in TeX Live 2011, but >>>>> ConTeXt should have a dependency on that package. What exactly Ubuntu >>>>> did on their system ... I have no idea. The developer is free to ask >>>>> questions here, but in principle we cannot help you much unless some >>>>> Ubuntu freak speaks up. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I thought that mptopdf was part of ConTeXt... to is it part of TeX Live >>>> instead? >>> >>> >>> >>> It is part of context but as context moves on (mkiv) no user will use >>> mptopdf as (1) mp processing is built into the core, and (2) fo rstand >>> alone >>> graphics the mkiv related context and metapost scripts can do the same as >>> mptopdf. >> >> >> I'm using it for stand-alone graphics, to be included in a latex file, >> to be compiled with pdflatex. In short, I have a diagram in mp, and I >> used to do the following: >> >> mpost diagram.mp >> mptopdf diagram.1 >> >> My understanding is that the .1 file generated by mpost is actually an >> ..eps file, but pdflatex doesn't accept it, and that's why I used >> >> mptopdf. I do not see any options in either mpost or context that >> would allow me to do that. How could I use any of these to get a pdf? > > > what happens if you rename the .1 to .mps? inclusion of mp in pdftex should > work ok in latex (as it uses the mp to pdf converter that is also used in > mptopdf)
That seems to do the trick, thanks! > > > Hans > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Ernesto Posse Modelling and Analysis in Software Engineering School of Computing Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : [email protected] / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
