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<p>Dear Metapostals:</p>
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<p>I don't know whether --numbersystem=decimal is considered<br>
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<p>ready to use, but I have observed some odd behavior for the </p>
<p>following file:</p>
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<p>%test.mp<br>
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<p>show known (0,0,.5,.5);</p>
<p>show cmykcolor (0,0,.5,.5);<br>
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<p>end<br>
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<p>The command<br>
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<p> mpost test <br>
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<p>returns true and true, but the command</p>
<p> mpost --numbersystem=decimal test</p>
<p>returns false and false. This is causing mfpic to fail when</p>
<p>the decimal numbersystem is used. </p>
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<p>The fact that these are cmykcolor values seems to be irrelevant.</p>
<p>I get similar behavior with pairs and paths. The boolean</p>
<p>"known X" simply seems to not work. Also the booleans </p>
<p>"cmykcolor X", "pair X" and "path X" (those are the only </p>
<p>ones I've tried so far).</p>
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<p>I'm using MetaPost, version 1.999 (TeX Live 2015/W32TeX)</p>
<p>under windows 7. <br>
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<p>Thanks,<br>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"><font face="Courier New" size="3">Daniel H. Luecking [luecking@uark.edu]
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Graduate Coordinator<br>
Department of Mathematical Sciences<br>
1 University of Arkansas<br>
Fayetteville, AR, USA 72701-1201</font><br>
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