[metapost] Fwd: [metafont] MetaPost 0.901 announcement

[Steve MC Han]

Hello,

I downloaded Metapost 0.901, but still get 'This is
MetaPost Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.5.4)' when I run
mpost. What's wrong?

Steve




--- Michael Maschler <michael.maschler at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >>The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new
> release of MetaPost:
> >>
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>MetaPost 0.901
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>The sources, as well as binary packages for both
> fptex and miktex
> >>installations can be downloaded immediately from
> >>
> >> http://sarovar.org/projects/metapost/
> >>
> >>* The source package should compile normally on
> all systems that are
> >> capable of compiling a modern web2c-based TeX
> distribution.
> >>
> >>* The web2c-win32 package is intended for fptex or
> a similar
> >> web2c-based installation, and has been tested
> only with TeXLive 2003.
> >>
> >>* The miktex package contains macros and binaries
> for miktex 2.4,
> >> kindly provided by Christian Schenk himself.
> >>
> >>Of course, we welcome any comments (either good or
> bad) that you may
> >>have. Simply replying to this message is fine, but
> see the bottom of
> >>this message for a more formal way to report bugs
> and feature requests.
> >>
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>Changes in version 0.901:
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>* A corrected bugfix for the degerate path bug
> (the old fix
> >> made metapost fail the trap test)
> >>* Included mpost.mp <http://mpost.mp> for mem
> generation
> >>* Updated trap test
> >>* The mpost executable is now version 0.901
> >>
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>Legal notice / license / bug reports
>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Hello,
>  I have downloaded MetaPost version 0.901 and got
> two folders: Metapost and
> Miktex.
>  How do I add it to my old version 0.9 incorporated
> in Miktex?
> Do I simply place the files ih the three
> subdirectories \base, \bin and \mem
> in the corresponding
> subdirectories of c:\Program
> Files\Miktex\doc\metapost of the old version?
>  Should I refresh Miktex afterwards?
>  I am quite inexperienced with computer techniques.
>  I am using MikTex incorporated in WinEdt, loaded in
> Oct,11, 2003.
>  Also, is there any documentation, or at least
> examples that show how to use
> these macros?
>  Sincerely,
>  Michael Maschler
>     >>MetaPost is a system for producing graphics
> developed by John Hobby
> >>at AT&T, based on Donald Knuth's Metafont. The
> MetaPost home page
> >>is http://tug.org/metapost.
> >>
> >>MetaPost and related programs are in the public
> domain.
> >>
> >>The MetaPost development project is currently
> hosted at Sarovar,
> >>http://www.sarovar.org/projects/metapost; please
> report bugs and
> >>request enhancements through there if possible.
> Alternatively, you
> >>can reach us through the <metapost at tug.org>
> mailing list as well.
> >>(Please do not send bug reports or feature
> requests directly to
> >>Dr. Hobby any more)
> >>
> >>
> >>Have fun!
> >>
> >>Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, May 11,
> 2005
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Note my additional mailing address.
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