[OS X TeX] 1999

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Thu May 2 02:11:19 CEST 2013


On May 1, 2013, at 7:05 PM, George Gratzer <gratzer at me.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to typeset a book I wrote in 1999. 
> 
> I get an error message:
> 
> (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii
> [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
> /usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii:140: Missing 
> endcsname inserted.
> <to be read again> 
>                    relax 
> <inserted text> if
>                   done
> <argument> ifdone 
>                   
> @if ...def csname expandafter @gobbletwo string #1
>                                                   expandafter @gobbletwo str...
> 
> newif ...capechar m at ne let #1iffalse @if #1iftrue 
>                                                   @if #1iffalse escapechar c...
> l.140 ...pandafter \newif \csname ifdone\endcsname
>                                                   
> ? 
> 
> and GoTo Error takes me to supp-pdf.mkii. Was this not present in 1999?
> 
> How do I go around  this?
> 
> GG

Howdy,

How are you trying to compile that document? Do you have metapost output in that file? It looks like it's trying to load an MPS to PDF converter of some sorts.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)






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