Makempx

[Ajit J. Thakkar]

FPtex is great. The main programs work smoothly. Thanks, Fabrice.

I have slight trouble with makempx from fptex-0.1. The problem persists
when I use the newer mk* and make* binaries in windvi57.zip

kpsewhich finds everything I checked OK

I start with a metapost file 'file.mp' which contains an (etex,btex) pair

a) If no 'file.mpx' exists, then running 'mpost file.mp'
   leads to the error "Unable to make mpx file"

b) If I create a junk file named 'file.mpx' and touch its timestamp so
that it appears older than 'file.mp', then 'mpost file.mp' works in part: 
everything runs and the eps file 'file.1' is created OK but 'file.mpx' is
not updated.

c) I can produce 'file.mpx' without any errors by the usual steps:
      mpto -tex file.mp > tmp.tex
      tex tmp
      dvitomp tmp file.mpx
Then 'mpost file.mp' runs as expected producing the eps file: file.1
So a locally tailored btm script gives me a workaround. 

I was wondering whether makempx.exe failed because there is something I
failed to configure.

Ajit