[tex-k] parse_first_line

Olaf Weber olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl
26 Oct 2002 11:03:47 +0200


Reinhard Kotucha writes:

> Hi,
> I've put the line "parse_first_line = t" in texmf.cnf.

> But compiling a MetaPost file begining with "%&latex" I get:

> This is TeXk, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.9) (format=tex 2002.10.25)  26 OCT 2002
>  03:13
> \write18 enabled.
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> **mpx13563.tex
> (./mpx13563.tex
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.1 \documentclass
>                   {article}

What does the accompanying mpxerr.tex look like?

Remember that the '%&latex' line should be the first line of the first
verbatim section.  Not the first line of the mp file.

-- 
Olaf Weber

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