[OS X TeX] metapost question

[Bruce Kellogg]

Thanks very much. I have a feeling that these hints may do the job,
and will try them shortly.

Bruce Kellogg
rbmjk at alltel.net
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On Dec 16, 2007, at 4:13 AM, Franck Pastor wrote:

>
> Le 15-déc.-07 à 02:45, Bruce Kellogg a écrit :
>
>> Unfortunately, I was not precise in my original question. I include
>> some text in the metapost file, such as labeling of axes, etc.
>> This text is included with commands such as
>>
>> \tlabel{(1.75,-.8)}{\small$x$}
>>
>> This text is not to be found in the file KK3.1, so when I use  
>> \includegraphics{KK3.1}
>> to put the picture into my big latex file, the picture is not  
>> complete as
>> there are no axis labels, etc. In the third attempt that I  
>> describe, I get the picture + labels,
>> but they are pushed below some empty space. Maybe I should just  
>> try fiddling with
>> the numbers in the command
>>
>> \begin{mfpic}[40]{-2}{2}{-20}{-16}
>>
>> and maybe this will push the picture into a correct location. I  
>> have not tried this yet,
>> and indeed it seems to be an unnatural solution to my problem if  
>> it works.
>>
>
> Did you try to load mfpic with the "mplabels" option ? With it,  
> labels are not directly managed by TeX, but first by MetaPost  
> itself (which then callsTeX to create them) and so they get  
> included in the MetaPost files (.1, etc.)
>
> If you use LaTeX commands and not plainTeX commands in your \tlabel  
> commands, you would better use the command line to produce your  
> picture, whith latex as engine to produce your label :
>
> mpost -tex=latex path_to_your_file
>
> Or instead you may change the "metapostwrap" configuration file in / 
> Applications/TeXShop.app/contents/resources: just add the "- 
> tex=latex" option to the "mpost" commands, each time (twice,  
> actually) these appear in that file. That's what I have done, and  
> it works well.
>
> Also, make sure you have a "\mfpverbtex{..}" command in the  
> preamble of your .tex file (it produces a verbatimtex environment  
> in the metapost file) with the right options. For example, if you  
> want 12pt-size labels and if you make use of "amsmath" commands  
> inside them, write:
>
> \mfpverbtex{%
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{amsmath}
> \begin{document}
> }
>
> in your preamble, right after \usepackage[metapost, mplabels,...] 
> {mfpic}
>
> HTH,
>
> Franck Pastor
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