Hi ConTeXters, I've been using the MPGraph part of MetaPost and its corresponding m- graph ConTeXt module this week. I've been getting very attractive results that I will encourage my partner to use in her PhD. I was baffled for a while why I could get graphing to work beautifully in one directory, but in no others. I finally tracked it down to the system requiring texnum.mpx in the current working directory. I believe this file contains the MP-ified numbers that MPGraph puts on the axes. My question is: why should this be? I *think* I have done everything else necessary to get MP working in ConTeXt. How can I automatically generate texnum.mpx in a way that 1) another user doesn't have to worry about it or 2) it sits in the path permanently? Some system details: I'm running a fresh TeXLive 7 install, with the latest ConTeXt from the website. I have \write18 enabled, \runMPfraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, and MPXCOMMAND = texexec -- mptex. On the slightly unusual side, I have \forceMPTEXgraphictrue, which seemed necessary at one point, and no \recycleMPslotstrue, which seemed unnecessary. I'm thrilled with the integration of MetaPost's Graph capabilities, beyond this strange behaviour that took a long time to track down. It was very easy to get very attractive results from simple data files. As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/ texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in MetaPost. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
At 04:12 PM 10/27/2002 +0000, Adam Lindsay wrote:
Hi ConTeXters,
I've been using the MPGraph part of MetaPost and its corresponding m- graph ConTeXt module this week. I've been getting very attractive results that I will encourage my partner to use in her PhD.
I was baffled for a while why I could get graphing to work beautifully in one directory, but in no others. I finally tracked it down to the system requiring texnum.mpx in the current working directory. I believe this file contains the MP-ified numbers that MPGraph puts on the axes.
My question is: why should this be? I *think* I have done everything else necessary to get MP working in ConTeXt. How can I automatically generate texnum.mpx in a way that 1) another user doesn't have to worry about it or 2) it sits in the path permanently?
Some system details: I'm running a fresh TeXLive 7 install, with the latest ConTeXt from the website. I have \write18 enabled, \runMPfraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, and MPXCOMMAND = texexec -- mptex. On the slightly unusual side, I have \forceMPTEXgraphictrue, which seemed necessary at one point, and no \recycleMPslotstrue, which seemed unnecessary.
get the latest version from out site, and load graph module: \usemodule[graph] This will provide you with integration of the graph package (with a few advantages, like properly typeset labels and so); As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/
texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in MetaPost.
no, texnum cum suis are actulay spoiling the game, but it should work ok now Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Hans. Hans Hagen said this at Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:35:33 +0100:
Some system details: I'm running a fresh TeXLive 7 install, with the latest ConTeXt from the website. I have \write18 enabled, \runMPfraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, and MPXCOMMAND = texexec -- mptex. On the slightly unusual side, I have \forceMPTEXgraphictrue, which seemed necessary at one point, and no \recycleMPslotstrue, which seemed unnecessary.
get the latest version from out site, and load graph module:
\usemodule[graph]
This will provide you with integration of the graph package (with a few advantages, like properly typeset labels and so);
Oh, sorry I wasn't clear about this. I've been using the cont-tmf from 2002.10.11. m-graph.tex from that version is the same version as what currently up there (2002.10.23) . I have indeed been using \usemodule[graph], and getting generally good results once texnum.mpx is around. I'd call it a very repeatable bug (installation issue?). When there is no texexec.mpx in the current directory: no MP graphs; if there is: fairly nice results. The labels are correctly typeset, but the axis numbers are not (the cmr problem below). If you're saying that it should be taken care of, then there's probably something wrong with my installation that's not dynamically generating texnum.mpx when it's supposed to.
As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/
texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in MetaPost.
no, texnum cum suis are actulay spoiling the game, but it should work ok now
Hmm. Seeing as everything that relies on m-graph is working fine, I'm more convinced it's in the on-the-fly generation of mpx files. I had problems with it with MPXCOMMAND as both makempx and texexec. Many thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl@comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
At 03:59 PM 10/28/2002 +0000, Adam T. Lindsay wrote:
If you're saying that it should be taken care of, then there's probably something wrong with my installation that's not dynamically generating texnum.mpx when it's supposed to
actually, texnum should not be used at all, so i'm puzzled
As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/
texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in MetaPost.
no, texnum cum suis are actulay spoiling the game, but it should work ok now
Hmm. Seeing as everything that relies on m-graph is working fine, I'm more convinced it's in the on-the-fly generation of mpx files. I had problems with it with MPXCOMMAND as both makempx and texexec.
can you send me a minimal failing file to test? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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