Re: Problem using LaTeX in MetaPost
Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.tex.miktex |
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Am Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:16:32 -0800 (PST) schrieb Carlos Mallen: > 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 [...] > fails because LaTeX commands aren't recognized. The error file is > > This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (MiKTeX 2.9) (preloaded format=tex 2012.2.7) 7 FEB 2012 10:28 > **mp632087.tex > (C:\Personal\MetaPost-Manual\1.005\Graphics\mp632087.tex > ! Undefined control sequence. > l.2 \documentclass I knew I had seen this already ;-) And now I found it. The problem has been discussed in april last year in fr.comp.tex.text http://groups.google.com/group/fr.comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/8a570e588c5670fe/fdd526ffe7fc10e6?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8 In this thread the source of the problem was that the (old) tex engine doesn't understand the %&latex notation. You had to force metapost to use pdftex. Either by setting the environment variable TEX: I:\Z-Test>set TEX=pdftex I:\Z-Test>mpost test2.mp or by calling mpost with the -tex=pdftex option: I:\Z-Test>mpost -tex=pdftex test2 -- Ulrike Fischer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d