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hi i have miktex 2.2 installed and wanted to run mptopdf, but when I use the newest version of "mptopdf.pl" it dosent work. the following error apperas: eftm=mptopdf: unknown option if i replace the file by another version everything works fine. what could be wrong here? greets severin
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"Severin Obertuefer"
i have miktex 2.2 installed and wanted to run mptopdf, but when I use the newest version of "mptopdf.pl" it dosent work. the following error apperas:
eftm=mptopdf: unknown option
are you sure about the spelling of the above?
if i replace the file by another version everything works fine. what could be wrong here?
please report what version does work fine and which one does not. Patrick
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"Severin Obertuefer"
writes: Hello Severin,
i have miktex 2.2 installed and wanted to run mptopdf, but when I use
hi the
newest version of "mptopdf.pl" it dosent work. the following error apperas:
eftm=mptopdf: unknown option
are you sure about the spelling of the above?
oh, this shoud be "-efmt=mptopdf: unknown option" sorry!
if i replace the file by another version everything works fine. what could be wrong here?
please report what version does work fine and which one does not.
version 2000.05.29 is the version of all the mptopdf.pl files i have. the latest that cause no error is from the 7.9.2001. The old file which works fine ist much shorter than the newer ones. severin
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"Severin Obertuefer"
version 2000.05.29 is the version of all the mptopdf.pl files i have. the latest that cause no error is from the 7.9.2001. The old file which
Oh that is something for the software museum :) I am not a miktex user, but does it help to set the environment variable TEXSYSTEM to "miktex"? How do the other ConTeXt/miktex users use mptopdf? Patrick
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"Severin Obertuefer"
writes: hi
version 2000.05.29 is the version of all the mptopdf.pl files i have. the latest that cause no error is from the 7.9.2001. The old file which
Oh that is something for the software museum :)
its old, but it works ;)
I am not a miktex user, but does it help to set the environment variable TEXSYSTEM to "miktex"? How do the other ConTeXt/miktex users use mptopdf?
I tried the thing with the TEXSYSTEM but that changed nothing! thanks anyhow severin
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Patrick Gundlach
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Severin Obertuefer