Re: [dev-context] (fwd) Bug#457622: context: Importing mps files from latex is broken

24 Dec 2007


      Norbert Preining wrote:
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Dear Hans, dear Taco, dear all,
we got a bug report on Debian after shipping context 2007.12.18 wrt
supp-pdf.tex, including .mp does not work anymore ...
quick fix   \let\@EA\expandafter

i'll look into it
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----- Forwarded message from Dylan Thurston  -----
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[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
) [MP to PDF] (./test-0.mps
! Undefined control sequence.
\doflushMPtext #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1}\@EA 
                                             \dodoflushMPtext \!!stringa \re...
l.16 (Test) cmr10 9.96265 fshow
Minimal test files are:
----- test.tex ------
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{test-0}
\end{document}
----- test.mp -------
beginfig(0);
  draw (0,0)--(1cm,1cm);
  label.lft("Test", (0,0));
endfig;
end
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The error didn't occur with the supp-pdf.tex from context 2007.09.28.
I checked the two supp-pdf.tex codes and there are quite a lot of
differences. Is this a know problem and how should it be fixed?
Thanks a lot, all the best, and merry christmas
Norbert
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