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From the October 8, 2010 context mkiv MetaFun manual (section 8.6),
Hi, the following example does not produce any output beyond the caption: \startuseMPgraphic{quotation} picture one ; one := image( graphictext \MPstring{inputtext} scaled 1.5 withdrawcolor .625blue withfillcolor .625white withpen pencircle scaled 1pt; ); picture two ; two := image( graphictext \MPstring{author} scaled 2 withdrawcolor .625red withfillcolor .625white withpen pencircle scaled 2pt ; ) ; currentpicture := one ; addto currentpicture also two shifted lrcorner one shifted - 1.125 lrcorner two shifted (0, - 1.250 * ypart urcorner two) ; setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox currentpicture enlarged 3pt ; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \setMPtext{inputtext} {\vbox{\hsize 8.5cm \input zapf }} \setMPtext{author}{\hbox{\sl Hermann Zapf}} \placefigure{A text does not need to be an outline in order to be typeset in an outline font.} {\useMPgraphic{quotation}} \stoptext Expected Results Outlined text, as presented in section 8.6. Actual Results Mostly blank page. (Note, I changed "text" to "inputtext" to make sure I wasn't using a keyword. The manual uses "text".) Environment $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.60 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: /home/username/bin/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2013.10.10 17:47 64-bit Linux Kindest regards.
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On 2013–10–10 Thangalin wrote:
Hi,
From the October 8, 2010 context mkiv MetaFun manual (section 8.6), the following example does not produce any output beyond the caption:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Dependencies Do you have pstoedit installed? Marco
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Hi, I have pstoedit installed now (that should be emphasized in section 8.6). $ pstoedit pstoedit: version 3.60 / DLL interface 108 (built: Dec 3 2011 - release build - g++ 4.6.2 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2011 Wolfgang Glunz No output format specified (-f option) and format could not be deduced from suffix of output file since no output file name was given Usage: "pstoedit -f format inputfile outputfile" or run "pstoedit -help" to get a complete list available options. The -mpgraph.pdf file is created with the quoted content, but has no outline. The .mpy file is 0 bytes. I could not see anywhere "pstoedit" is being called in the logs. Same result: no outline. Kind regards.
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Thangalin
Hi,
I have pstoedit installed now (that should be emphasized in section 8.6).
$ pstoedit pstoedit: version 3.60 / DLL interface 108 (built: Dec 3 2011 - release build - g++ 4.6.2 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2011 Wolfgang Glunz No output format specified (-f option) and format could not be deduced from suffix of output file since no output file name was given Usage: "pstoedit -f format inputfile outputfile" or run "pstoedit -help" to get a complete list available options.
The -mpgraph.pdf file is created with the quoted content, but has no outline. The .mpy file is 0 bytes. I could not see anywhere "pstoedit" is being called in the logs.
Same result: no outline.
it works with pstoedit 3.62 and ghostscript 9.06 on linux 64 bit and windows. -- luigi
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On 10/12/2013 1:18 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Thangalin
mailto:thangalin@gmail.com> wrote: Hi,
I have pstoedit installed now (that should be emphasized in section 8.6).
$ pstoedit pstoedit: version 3.60 / DLL interface 108 (built: Dec 3 2011 - release build - g++ 4.6.2 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2011 Wolfgang Glunz No output format specified (-f option) and format could not be deduced from suffix of output file since no output file name was given Usage: "pstoedit -f format inputfile outputfile" or run "pstoedit -help" to get a complete list available options.
The -mpgraph.pdf file is created with the quoted content, but has no outline. The .mpy file is 0 bytes. I could not see anywhere "pstoedit" is being called in the logs.
Same result: no outline.
it works with pstoedit 3.62 and ghostscript 9.06 on linux 64 bit and windows.
also, watch the error messages closely: mixed 32/64 bit pstoedit/gs does not work for instance ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi,
it works with pstoedit 3.62 and ghostscript 9.06 on linux 64 bit and windows.
I have Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS. The 3.62 and 9.06 versions are only available through the standard release (13.x). I've read that 13.x has issues with Nvidia cards, so upgrading is not an option at this time. Installing from source is also not really a viable option. I am wary of downloading the RPM or DEB files to perform an upgrade. The PPA does not seem to have a suitable version for this release of Ubuntu. Any other options? The log does not contain any error messages. See attached. Kindest regards.
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The error log was created using:
context t.tex > error.log 2>&1
Kindest regards.
On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Marco Patzer
On 2013–10–12 Thangalin wrote:
The log does not contain any error messages. See attached.
I didn't test it, but I vaguely have in mind that pstoedit errors do not end up in the log file, only on the console.
Marco
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