Hans Hagen said this at Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:38:25 +0200:
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
OK, I'm answering my own post. The plot thickens. It looks like this
has something to do with file names. It only happens when I have a
name with a period in it.
Bug or feature? You decide, Hans!
bug; but
Hmm -- this is getting curioser and curioser...
I just verified on my linux partition, and I can confirm that
I don't have the problem there; it's only in OS X. (I'm having
different problems with my linux install, but that'll be
another post...). So Adam's educated guess that it must be some
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
OK, I'm back on OS X and checked:
1. created file 01_01_01.tex with this content:
\starttext
\startuseMPgraphic{circle}
draw fullcircle scaled 10 cm ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\useMPgraphic{circle}
\stoptext
compiled fine; circle was there.
2. copied file to
OK, I'm answering my own post. The plot thickens. It looks like this
has something to do with file names. It only happens when I have a
name with a period in it. Thusly, file 05.11.08.tex will not run MP
to PDF, when I copy the exact same file to 05_11_08.tex, everything
works as it
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
working directory, and -- I got no output again. diff shows that both
files are identical. Looking at the logs, there's only one difference I
can spot:
Perhaps it can be that something decides that your file has the
interesting filename extension '11.08-mpgraph.mp'
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
OK, I'm answering my own post. The plot thickens. It looks like this
has something to do with file names. It only happens when I have a
name with a period in it. Thusly, file 05.11.08.tex will not run MP
to PDF, when I copy the exact same file to 05_11_08.tex,
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
This one hast just cost me two hours, and I'm still baffled. The
story (in shorthand): was trying to integrate a positional metafun
graphic into a presentation. I got no output. I tried making a
minimal example file to reproduce the problem, and sure enough,
Well, at least the old texexec processes the file. However, the
problem with metafun graphics I described occurs in the old texexec
(I'm not at all sure if the two problems are related).
Thomas
On Sep 12, 2005, at 7:38 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
bug; but does this mean that the old texexec
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Well, at least the old texexec processes the file. However, the
problem with metafun graphics I described occurs in the old texexec
(I'm not at all sure if the two problems are related).
can you make me a smal test file?
Hans
