<DIV>Hi, I have trouble with metapost. Could someone give some insight for this?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is the error message.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><<! Unable to make mpx file.<BR>l.78 label.bot(btex<BR> $\hbox{\sf Rectangle}$ etex, (0,-.6u));<BR>6 output files written: 2MS4.1 .. 2MS4.8<BR>Transcript written on 2MS4.log.>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So, I tried set the path straight by typing "c:\TexLive2007\bin\win32" at command prompt, it magically worked. But with different file, I still have trouble with similar error message. This time, even with set path like above, it didn't work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><<mpost --tex=latex 2MS3<BR>This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6)<BR>(2MS3.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]makempx: Command failed: la<BR>tex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log</DIV>
<DIV>>> 2MS3.mp<BR>>> 2MS3.mpx<BR>! Unable to make mpx file.<BR>l.156 label.lft(btex<BR> $A$ etex, z8);<BR>11 output files written: 2MS3.0 .. 2MS3.10<BR>Transcript written on 2MS3.log.>></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This trouble started after I did "mptopdf". At first, mptopdf didn't create pdf files even thoufgh there was no error message. So, by consulting Contex conversion to pdf manual </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=CMTT10 size=2><A href="http://tex.aanhet.net/context/mirror/general/sources/mptopdf.pdf">http://tex.aanhet.net/context/mirror/general/sources/mptopdf.pdf</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=CMTT10 size=2> </DIV> <DIV>I typed "pdftex --ini mptopdf" at prompt command and after that it produced pdf files but now mpost didn't work with the above error message. I think path</DIV></FONT> <DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>c:/TeXLive2007/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>is screwed up somehow.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>john kitzmiller <jkitz@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>> First of all, it is better to put your own files into the texmf-local<BR>> directory. This prevents the files from being lost if you replace<BR>> TL2005 by a newer release.<BR>> <BR>> The texmf-local tree should have the same directory structure as<BR>> texmf-dist because files are searched in paths defined in texmf.cnf,<BR>> which is the main configuration file.<BR>> <BR>> After new files had been installed you have to run texhash in order to<BR>> update the file database.<BR>> <BR>> There are some significant differences between TeXLive and MikTeX.<BR>> An introduction is in<BR>>
<BR>> texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf<BR>> <BR>> If you are new to TeXLive it is highly recommended to read this file.<BR>> <BR><BR>That is all excellent advice, thank you. The texhash brought success<BR>with the file in texmf-dist, but not when put in texmf-local. I have<BR>tried changes to texmf.cnf as directed in <BR><BR>http:/www.ctan.org/installationadvice#installationguidelines<BR><BR>but no success yet. As newb to both TexLive and Linux, there is much to<BR>learn, but I sense there is something obvious I am missing. Sorry this<BR>is off MPost topic per se, and thanks for your tolerance.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>metapost mailing list<BR>http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/metapost<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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