Hi Pawel,
Pawel wrote: Problem: serious system error while running 'texexec --automprun'
Hi Willi!
Hi all!
I've just made a quick test -- running metapost with ConTeXt. The sample code was just:
\starttext The simplest metapost code sample \startMPgraphic fill unitsquare scaled 123 withcolor (.2,.3,.4) ; \stopMPgraphic \stoptext
which looks ok, right? And of course mpost creates nice navy square from that code. But running
texexec --automprun sample.mp
cause a serious system error; ''There is a problem with mpost.exe and bla bla bla''. Smart and clever' windows XP try to report that problem to microsoft. The problem occur just after terminal says
This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mpgraph.mp
and after that system display an error box. As manual says I 've made some changes in texmf.cnf:
openout_any = a shell_escape = t allow_multiple_suffixes = f
What should I do next to catch 'serious system error' while running
Pawel wrote: At 09:42 07.10.2003, you wrote: metapost
code included in tex code? Is the problem comonly known?
I am using Windows XP myself. I never experienced the mentioned problem with metapost. What I miss in your error message is the used format like " This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2003.9.25) " Did you generate the metafun format and placed it in e.g. the TeX\texmf-var\web2c directory, mktexlsr?
I have format properly generated, so that is not the problem. Even if I there weren't metafun format 'serious system error' shouldn't occur... So I have still no idea what is wrong. My friend use similar TeX installation (based on TeXLive7) and has the same problem. Any ideas?
I have really no clue, my metapost.exe and metapost.dll are from the distribution TeXlive7 May be this should also be asked to Fabrice Popineau. Unfortunately I lost a lot of mail-addresses due to a crash, so I can't hint you on his addres. Willi