First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics: ! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt); The mpgraph.mp file says at this point: PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));; What is happening? Hans van der Meer
I have some further information on the problem below. It turns out not something with position graphics. Instead it is a rogue footnote (that is being colored). It seems that this happens only when the footnote is at a particular point on the page; it is therefore next to impossible to give a minimal example. With some extra thought what happens seems to be this.
PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt);
The area above is made and somehow finished with a semicolon. Then the next part, the shift is put out:
shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));;
Together making a statement which is correct except for the intervening semicolon. As it occurs only at specificly placed footnotes, it looks like a subtle flaw in the footnote background generation. I would be happy for a solution, because otherwise typesetting text with footnotes could become a nightmare. Hans van der Meer On Jul 8, 2006, at 20:49, Hans van der Meer wrote:
First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics:
! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt);
The mpgraph.mp file says at this point:
PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));;
What is happening?
Hans van der Meer wrote:
I have some further information on the problem below. It turns out not something with position graphics. Instead it is a rogue footnote (that is being colored). It seems that this happens only when the footnote is at a particular point on the page; it is therefore next to impossible to give a minimal example.
How large is it? Iff below 5MB, just email me directly. Taco
Hans van der Meer wrote:
First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics:
! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt);
The mpgraph.mp file says at this point:
PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));;
What is happening?
can you make a minimal failing example? looks like an ; too much 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------
I send the offending mpgraph.mp file. It has ;'s all over. There are so many ;;'s and even some ;;;'s that I am tempted to think that one of the translation scripts is the culprit, adding a ; per newline maybe? I am sorry not having taken a look into the ruby scripts, but my ruby knowledge is nihil. Hans van der Meer On Jul 11, 2006, at 17:08, Hans Hagen wrote:
Hans van der Meer wrote:
First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics:
! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt);
The mpgraph.mp file says at this point:
PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));;
What is happening?
can you make a minimal failing example? looks like an ; too much
Hans
Hans van der Meer wrote:
I send the offending mpgraph.mp file. It has ;'s all over. There are so many ;;'s and even some ;;;'s that I am tempted to think that one of the translation scripts is the culprit, adding a ; per newline maybe? I am sorry not having taken a look into the ruby scripts, but my ruby knowledge is nihil.
The tex input file would be more useful. The mpgraph file is autogenerated from that, after all. Taco
On Jul 12, 2006, at 10:21, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans van der Meer wrote:
I send the offending mpgraph.mp file. It has ;'s all over. There are so many ;;'s and even some ;;;'s that I am tempted to think that one of the translation scripts is the culprit, adding a ; per newline maybe? I am sorry not having taken a look into the ruby scripts, but my ruby knowledge is nihil.
The tex input file would be more useful. The mpgraph file is autogenerated from that, after all.
PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));; and considering I am using pages with a reduced height, I suspect
I am afraid that isn't possible just now. The problem seems very specific in the placing of the footnote (narrow margin of error) and after editing my current text it has vanished. It looks like one of those erratic problems that tend to occur mostly when one is in a hurry. Seeing the value of the shift: this is just about equivalent to 1 \textheight. But the point is that inside a metapost statement "boundingbox ... shifted ..." a ";" has appeared and that cannot be good. Sorry not having a minimal example at hand at the moment. When less pressed for time I will do some experiments with changing pagefill (I guess best done by placing rules of varying height). Surely I will contact again if I found such an example.
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