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C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS6.mpmakempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS6.mp

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2MS6.mp 2MS6.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.34 label.lft(btex Number of students etex rotated 90, (-u,u)); Transcript written on 2MS6.log.

Try trunning makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp directly. Maybe that gives a better error message Best, Taco This is what I got: C:\Han\slide>makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp makempx: Need exactly two file arguments. Try `makempx --help' for more information. C:\Han\slide>makempx --help Usage: makempx [-tex[=<program>]|-troff[=<program>]] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFILE to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, tex, and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, gsoelim | geqn -Tps -d$$ | gtroff -Tps, and dmp. The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}. If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode. There is one file called "mpxerr.tex" which contains stuffs like \mpxshipout% line 156 2MS3.mp $A$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 157 2MS3.mp $B$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 158 2MS3.mp $C$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 159 2MS3.mp Does this mean anything? Thanks, Steve --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.