Re: Problem using LaTeX in MetaPost

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Carlos Mallen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using MiKTeX version 2.9 and MetaPost version 1.504. I'm no longer able to use LaTeX in MetaPost. The file
>
> verbatimtex
> %&latex
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> etex
>
> input latexMP;
>
> filenametemplate "%j-%3c.mps";
>
> beginfig(1);
>
>   draw (0, 0)--(150, 150);
>   label(btex $A$ etex, (0, 0));
>   show mpversion;
>
> endfig;
>
> verbatimtex
> \end{document}
> etex
>
> end
> fails because LaTeX commands aren't recognized. The error file is

Page 64 of the MetaPost 1.504 manual gives a quite different example
using LaTeX:

input TEX;
TEXPRE("%&latex" & char(10) &
"\documentclass{article}\begin{document}"); TEXPOST("\end{document}");
beginfig(100)
  last := 10;
  for i := 0 upto last:
    label(TEX("\( n_{" & decimal(i) & "} \)"), (5mm*i,0));
  endfor
  ...
endfig;

Have you tried this form?

-- 
George N. White III <[email protected]>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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