[metapost] how to use mpstoeps on a Windows machine

Pétiard François petiard.francois at free.fr
Wed Dec 2 23:10:33 CET 2009


Le 02/12/2009 22:11, Yogeshwarsing Calleecharan a écrit :
> Hi again, I tried to install the new metapost on TL2008 on my Windows
> machine. I pick the mpost.exe from the windows file (mingw.zip) at
> http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/metapost/frs/ and replaced the
> old mpost.exe (v1.005) in my TL2008 with this new mpost.exe (v1.208).
> Then I ran the command:
> 
> fmtutil --byfmt mpost
> 
> which I found in an earlier thread. I got: Ok. mpost.exe exists and
> mypost.mem is created.
> 
> I then try to run the new mpost.exe on my mp file. First with the
> single quotes as you originally gave me and then without the single
> quotes as you also suggested. I have a Win XP machine. Here are the
> outputs:
> 
> 
> E:\testing\gn\test35\labe>mpost --sprologues=3
> -soutputtemplate='"%j-%c.eps"' my figu.mp This is MetaPost, version
> 1.208 (kpathsea version 3.5.7dev) (./myfigu.mp Warning:
> outputtemplate=0: value has the wrong type, assignment ignored. 
> [0{pdftex.map}<cmr10.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmmi10.pfb><cmmi7.pfb><cmmi5.pfb>]
> ) 1 output file written: myfigu.0 Transcript written on myfigu.log.
> 
> E:\testing\gn\test35\labe>mpost --sprologues=3
> -soutputtemplate="%j-%c.eps" myfi gu.mp This is MetaPost, version
> 1.208 (kpathsea version 3.5.7dev) (./myfigu.mp Warning:
> outputtemplate=0: value has the wrong type, assignment ignored. 
> [0{pdftex.map}<cmr10.pfb><cmsy10.pfb><cmmi10.pfb><cmmi7.pfb><cmmi5.pfb>]
> ) 1 output file written: myfigu.0 Transcript written on myfigu.log.
> 
> E:\testing\gn\test35\labe>
> 
> 
> It seems the command outputtemplate is causing problem. Any help
> would be most appreciated.
> 
> 

I don't have MetaPost v.1.208 on my computer but isn't it

prologues:=3  (not prologues=3)

and

outputtemplate:="%j-%c.eps" (not outputtemplate="%j-%c.eps") ?

F. Pétiard



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