[metapost] outputtemplate

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi Boris,

Birch wrote:
> 
> Please tell me how to make mpost operate on the internal variable rather than
> evaluating the expression %j - %c (or is it %j * %c).

I do not know what you were doing exactly because you did not post
an example file, but the following runs fine for me:

   outputtemplate := "%j-or.%c.mps";
   beginfig(1);
   draw fullcircle;
   endfig;
   end.


You have to compare this with your own file to find the error cause.

Best wishes,
Taco