<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 at 18:33, Ben Frank <<a href="mailto:ben.frank@mail.de">ben.frank@mail.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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On 24.12.23 16:19, luigi scarso wrote:<br>
> as the result of the compilation you should have some *mpx* files in the <br>
> same folder -- what do they say ?<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> luigi<br>
<br>
As I mentioned, the major difference is that the mpx file<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Here I have </div><div><br></div><div>$> mpost <a href="http://test.mp">test.mp</a> <br>This is MetaPost, version 2.02 (TeX Live 2023) (kpathsea version 6.3.5)<br>(/<...>/tex-2023/texmf-dist/metapost/base/<a href="http://mpost.mp">mpost.mp</a><br>(/<...>/tex-2023/texmf-dist/metapost/base/<a href="http://plain.mp">plain.mp</a><br>Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.005) ) (./test.mpfatal: Command failed: etex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpK6cPmm.tex; see mpxerr.log<br>>> <a href="http://test.mp">test.mp</a><br>>> test.mpx<br>! ! Unable to read mpx file.<br>l.10 label.lft(btex<br> \textbf{J} etex,origin);<br>Transcript written on test.log.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>and makempx.log</div><div>makempx fatal: ./<a href="http://test.mp">test.mp</a>: Command failed: etex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpK6cPmm.tex; see mpxerr.log<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div>and mpxerr.log</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2024) (preloaded format=etex 2023.11.4) 24 DEC 2023 19:28<br>entering extended mode<br> restricted \write18 enabled.<br> %&-line parsing enabled.<br>**mpK6cPmm.tex<br>(./mpK6cPmm.tex<br>! Undefined control sequence.<br>l.2 \documentclass<br> {article}<br>The control sequence at the end of the top line<br>of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have<br>misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct<br>spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,<br>and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.<br><br>! Undefined control sequence.<br>l.3 \begin<br> {document}<br>The control sequence at the end of the top line<br>of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have<br>misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct<br>spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,<br>and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.<br><br>! Undefined control sequence.<br>l.16 \textbf<br> {J}%<br>The control sequence at the end of the top line<br>of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have<br>misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct<br>spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,<br>and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.<br><br>[1] [1] )<br>Output written on mpK6cPmm.dvi (2 pages, 296 bytes).<br></div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>luigi </div><div> </div></div></div>