[fptex] metapost bug

Jacques MAROT jacques.marot at wanadoo.fr
Wed Mar 19 22:53:17 CET 2003


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Hello I'm Jacques MAROT
E-Mail : Jacques.marot at wanadoo.fr
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrice Popineau" <Fabrice.Popineau at supelec.fr>
To: "Guy Worthington" <guyw at multiline.com.au>
Cc: <fptex at tug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [fptex] metapost bug


>
> > With the most recent version of mpost: MetaPost (Web2c 7.4.5) 0.641
> > kpathsea version 3.4.5
>
> > and using the following metapost file:
>
> > -----
>
> > %test.mp beginfig(1) label.top(btex $-$ etex,(1,1)); endfig; end
>
> > -----
>
> > I'm generating a metapost graphic test.1 which has dos type file
> > encoding (rather than unix type coding).
>
> > This is creating an error when I try to include the test.1 graphic in
> > a latex file and then convert the .dvi file to .ps file.
>
> Ok, I can only acknowledge the problem right now, but thanks for the
> report. It appears that removing the '^M' int the .1 file fixes the
> problem. I need to find when this bug has been introduced.

But there is no problem to convert the .1 file in pdf
with the command pdfetex &mptopdf ; see the joined file ???


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