Hallo all, Running texexec on a ConTeXt-file with integrated METAPOST-Graphics METAPOST complains about: ---------------------------
local_multi_par_area false
! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean). <to be read again> ; l.218 local_multi_par_area:=false; ? --------------------------- and stops. There are no duplicate ConTeXt mp-files on this machine. The same file works on another Computer. What can the error be? Greetings Lutz
Lutz Haseloff
What can the error be?
anything. Perhaps an out of sync ConTeXt and metafun version. Please regenerate metafun and ConTeXt formats, make a simple test file, run it, double check that the versions are OK and if the error persist, please post a minimal (but complete) testfile with logfile! Not just the error. Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!
At 08:44 30/10/2003, you wrote:
Hallo all,
Running texexec on a ConTeXt-file with integrated METAPOST-Graphics METAPOST complains about:
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local_multi_par_area false
! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean).
looks like an old version of metafun with a new version of context; make sure that the metafun macros are in metapost/context/base (and not in one of the parent directories) and regenerate the format (texexec --make --alone metafun) Hans
local_multi_par_area false
! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean).
looks like an old version of metafun with a new version of context; make sure that the metafun macros are in metapost/context/base (and not in one of the parent directories) and regenerate the format (texexec --make --alone metafun)
This seems to be a very common problem. Isn't it possible to integrate a check into the metafun code so that a more helpful error message is produced in case of a format version mismatch? Groeten, Andres -- Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht mailto:andres@cs.uu.nl mailto:mail@andres-loeh.de http://www.andres-loeh.de
Andres Loeh
This seems to be a very common problem. Isn't it possible to integrate a check into the metafun code so that a more helpful error message is produced in case of a format version mismatch?
That would be good. Just as an example, one can do this in LaTeX: \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01] (there are a few related commands) so you can make sure to have LaTeX2e newer than the given date. But I don't know how to get the metafun format number. One can't pass mpost variables back to TeX? Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!
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