I wish I could understand one single line of theses! C:\Han\slide>mpto -tex 2MS2.mp \documentclass[12pt]{amsart} \usepackage{mflogo} \begin{document} \newif\ifloadfontfileonce % \gdef\mpxshipout{\shipout\hbox\bgroup \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup} \gdef\stopmpxshipout{\egroup \dimen0=\ht0 \advance\dimen0\dp0 \dimen1=\ht0 \dimen2=\dp0 \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup \box0 \ifnum\dimen0>0 \vrule width1sp height\dimen1 depth\dimen2 \else \vrule width1sp height1sp depth0sp\relax \fi\egroup \ht0=0pt \dp0=0pt \box0 \egroup} \mpxshipout% line 151 2MS2.mp $A$\stopmpxshipout .... etc. Steve MC Han wrote:

Still it says "command failed" as you can see below.

C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS2 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS2.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]makempx: Command failed: mp to -tex 2MS2.mp

So, you should try this command: mpto -tex 2MS2.mp tex-based labels in metapost are not simply created by one program, but a number of programs called in turn. For simplicity's sake, the relevant commands are normally hidden. Taco --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.