[pdftex] pdftex and metapost

Mon Aug 19 17:24:56 CEST 2002

Hi pdfTex list!
I'm using on a daily basis pdfTex to write scientific documents (and 
others!) and I'm very happy with this.
I was particularly happy to be able to use Metapost graphics, and 
everything went fine until I began to write in French (this is I guess 
the origin of the trouble...)

the tex file:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french,english]{babel}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\pdfcompresslevel=9
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[colorlinks, bookmarks, draft=false]{hyperref}
%%%%%%%%%%%% Her begynner selve dokumentet %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
%\begin{otherlanguage}{english}{
\includegraphics{fig_archi}%}\end{otherlanguage}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Here is the "best of" my log file

... begin:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00c-pretest-20020426 (MiKTeX 2.2) 
(preloaded format=latex 2000.11.28)  19 AUG 2002 09:33

... the babylonian stuff stuff

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\generic\Babel\babel.sty
Package: babel 2001/03/01 v3.7h The Babel package

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\generic\Babel\frenchb.ldf
Language: french 2001/09/09 v1.5g French support from the babel system

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\generic\Babel\babel.def
File: babel.def 2001/03/01 v3.7h Babel common definitions
\babel at savecnt=\count88
\U at D=\dimen104
)
Package babel Info: Making : an active character on input line 199.
Package babel Info: Making ; an active character on input line 200.
Package babel Info: Making ! an active character on input line 201.
Package babel Info: Making ? an active character on input line 202.

*************************************
* Local config file frenchb.cfg used
*
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\generic\Babel\frenchb.cfg))
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\generic\Babel\english.ldf
Language: english 2001/04/15 v3.3l English support from the babel system
\l at canadian = a dialect from \language\l at english
))
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\base\latexsym.sty
Package: latexsym 1998/08/17 v2.2e Standard LaTeX package (lasy symbols)
\symlasy=\mathgroup4
LaTeX Font Info:    Overwriting symbol font `lasy' in version `bold'
(Font)                  U/lasy/m/n --> U/lasy/b/n on input line 42.
)
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\base\inputenc.sty
Package: inputenc 2001/07/10 v0.99a Input encoding file

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\base\ansinew.def
File: ansinew.def 2001/07/10 v0.99a Input encoding file
))

... the graphix stuff

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\graphics\graphicx.sty
Package: graphicx 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\graphics\keyval.sty
Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
\KV at toks@=\toks22
)
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\graphics\graphics.sty
Package: graphics 2001/07/07 v1.0n Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\graphics\trig.sty
Package: trig 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
)
(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\graphics.cfg)
Package graphics Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 80.

(C:\dev\tex\texmf\tex\latex\graphics\pdftex.def
File: pdftex.def 2001/11/29 v0.03i graphics/color for pdftex
\Gread at gobject=\count99
))
\Gin at req@height=\dimen113
\Gin at req@width=\dimen114
)

... the error

File: ./figues/fig_archi.mps Graphic file (type mps)
  [MP to PDF ./figues/fig_archi.mps] (./figues/fig_archi.mps
! Undefined control sequence.
\handleMPsequence ...le \space \MPxoffset
                                           \space \MPyoffset \space cm...
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