Problem using mptopdf with Metapost containing LaTeX
Hi, I am not really a ConTeXt user but use the mptopdf script to convert my mp drawings directly into pdf which was working great in the past. Yesterday and the day before i updated my TeX system using Gerben's i-Installer to the new gwTeX foundation and to the latest ConTeXt beta and since then I get an error if my Metapost file contains LaTeX control sequences:
MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' TeXExec | processing graphic 'mp-minimal.mp' TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter TeXExec | processing document 'mp-minimal-temp.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file mp-minimal-temp.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1177 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./mp-minimal-temp.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/english
language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec-
13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : mp-minimal-temp.top loaded (./mp-minimal-temp.top specials : loading definition file dvi (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) specials : tex loaded specials : loading definition file ps (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) specials : tex,postscript loaded specials : loading definition file tr (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) systems : begin file mp-minimal-temp at line 42 ! Undefined control sequence. l.44 \documentclass [12pt,a4paper]{article} ? ! Emergency stop. l.44 \documentclass [12pt,a4paper]{article} No pages of output. Transcript written on mp-minimal-temp.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.529086 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) (mp-minimal.mp
mp-minimal.mp mp-minimal.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.9 label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); Transcript written on mp-minimal.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.865779
MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : no filename matches mp-minimal
Here is my minimal example: prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); endfig; end I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here? Best regards Martin -- If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?
Martin Buchmann wrote:
Here is my minimal example:
prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex
beginfig(1);
label(btex Test etex, (1,1) );
endfig; end
I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here?
does adding a --latex directive help? Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hans Hagen wrote:
does adding a --latex directive help?
Not here: [taco@glenlivet tmp]$ mptopdf --latex mpfile.mp MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' TeXExec | processing graphic 'mpfile.mp' TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter TeXExec | processing document 'mpfile-temp.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context ... ends in the same error (context complaining about \documentclass) Best, Taco
does adding a --latex directive help?
I also tried 'TEX=latex mptopdf thatfile.mp' but it didn't work,
though 'TEX=latex mpost thatfile.mp' worked. Not sure if any of the
included post to c.t.t. is relevant, although I can no longer
reproduce this part -- not sure why:
But setting the TEX env variable worked (without the %&
line):
TEX=latex mptopdf yourfile.mp
-Sanjoy
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Date: 03 Jan 2007 16:47:11 GMT
From: Sanjoy Mahajan
I tried to add '%&LaTeX' after the verbatimtex line but it doesn't change anything.
Did you try %&latex ? Not sure if the MacOS filesystem is case sensitive, but on regular Unix/Linux it matters. Does 'mpost yourfile.mp' work? Even when I put in %&latex (lowercase) after the verbatimtex, it didn't work at first here (Ubuntu 6.10, mostly TeXLive 2005 with 2006.12.27 context, mpost 0.993, i386). This subcommand failed: tex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpxerr.tex Running it by hand shows where the failure is: This is TeXk, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.5) %&-line parsing enabled. ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt was written by pdftex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) The problem is that latex is nowadays a symlink to pdftex (or pdfetex) so when latex.fmt was generated, it was generated by pdfetex. Whereas 'tex' is still regular (non-pdf) tex, so when it reads the '%&latex' line, it loads latex.fmt and cannot understand it. So I made tex a symlink to pdfetex, and 'mpost yourfile.mp' worked then. But 'mptopdf yourfile.mp' fails in the same place as for you. Not sure why. But setting the TEX env variable worked (without the %& line): TEX=latex mptopdf yourfile.mp You might post your example to the context mailing list (ntg-context@ntg.nl), where you will get more expert assistance. -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Martin Buchmann wrote:
Hi,
I am not really a ConTeXt user but use the mptopdf script to convert my mp drawings directly into pdf which was working great in the past. Yesterday and the day before i updated my TeX system using Gerben's i-Installer to the new gwTeX foundation and to the latest ConTeXt beta and since then I get an error if my Metapost file contains LaTeX control sequences:
Same here. I am guessing this is a bug in the ruby version of texexec, because it used to work with the perl version, for sure. Taco
MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' TeXExec | processing graphic 'mp-minimal.mp' TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter TeXExec | processing document 'mp-minimal-temp.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file mp-minimal-temp.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1177 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./mp-minimal-temp.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/english
language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec-
13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec
->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : mp-minimal-temp.top loaded (./mp-minimal-temp.top specials : loading definition file dvi (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) specials : tex loaded specials : loading definition file ps (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) specials : tex,postscript loaded specials : loading definition file tr (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) systems : begin file mp-minimal-temp at line 42 ! Undefined control sequence. l.44 \documentclass [12pt,a4paper]{article} ? ! Emergency stop. l.44 \documentclass [12pt,a4paper]{article} No pages of output. Transcript written on mp-minimal-temp.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.529086 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) (mp-minimal.mp
mp-minimal.mp mp-minimal.mpx
! Unable to make mpx file. l.9 label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); Transcript written on mp-minimal.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.865779
MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : no filename matches mp-minimal
Here is my minimal example:
prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex
beginfig(1);
label(btex Test etex, (1,1) );
endfig; end
I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here?
Best regards Martin
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Hans Hagen -
Martin Buchmann -
Sanjoy Mahajan -
Taco Hoekwater