Re: [MiKTeX] format file for mptopdf

[Hans F. N. <ha...@mi...>]

On Mon, 3 May 2004, Hans Fredrik Nordhaug wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Stephan Hennig wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > to get mptopdf running you need a format file. From mptopdf.tex I
> > learned this can be generated by issuing 'pdfetex --ini mptopdf'. This
> > worked fine so far. But every time I updated certain MiKTeX packaged I
> > had to generate this format file again. So I wanted to add a new format
> > file to MiKTeX options - which I failed. I know format name, compiler,
> > output file name but no input file name or preloaded format.
>
> In my up-to-date MiKTeX the mptopdf format is already defined (in MiKTeX
> Options - excluded as default). The formats is defined as:
>
> Format name: mptopdf
> Compiler: pdfe-TeX
> Input file name: mptopdf.tex
> Description: MPtoPDF
>
> You can leave "Output file name" blank and "Preloaded format"
> unselected/blank.
>
> Works with no problems.
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This isn't really true, it turned out. See the following bug report:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=946864&group_id=10783&atid=110783

The bug isn't related with the format creation.

Regards,
Hans