From - Wed Jun 11 17:21:34 2003 Return-Path: Received: from joshua.smcvt.edu (joshua.smcvt.edu [192.80.64.209]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id h5BFLW3i084552 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:21:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ftpmaint by joshua.smcvt.edu with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Q7nY-0008RZ-00 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:46:04 -0400 From: Jim Hefferon To: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Converting MetaPost graphics into .png or .jpg Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:46:04 -0400 Hello, I have graphics that I wrote in MetaPost. They compile fine and show up fine using mproof and ghostview. I want to use them in a web document so I need .png or some similar format. I ran the graphics through dvips -E (using the mps2eps shell script; in case most people don't know of it I included the core part at the bottom of this email but basically it runs dvips -E to make an .eps). I can view the result in ghostview. But when I run the standard utility (standard on Linux, anyway) convert graphic.1.eps graphic.png then I get an all-white box and the graphic and the text in the graphic is gone. My graphic viewer shows nothing, and neither does my web browser when I include the graphic in a web page. Converting to a .gif or a .jpg also produce all-white boxes with (what looks like) the correct dimensions. Anyone on this list have any ideas? I've put the relevant files in ftp://joshua.smcvt.edu/pub/hefferon/mpsgraphic in case that would help. Thanks, Jim Hefferon BTW, I had some trouble finding an archive of this group. The link on J Hobby's page seems dead and I didn't have any luck with Google. Is there an archive that I should have found? ========= the relevant part of mps2eps ============================ MPSFILE=$1 BASENAME=`basename $MPSFILE .mps` TEXBASE=$BASENAME$$ TEXFILE=$TEXBASE.tex EPSFILE=$BASENAME.eps cat > $TEXFILE < /dev/null dvips -E -j -o $EPSFILE $TEXBASE 2> /dev/null rm -f $TEXBASE.* From - Wed Jun 11 17:41:07 2003 Return-Path: Received: from joshua.smcvt.edu (joshua.smcvt.edu [192.80.64.209]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id h5BFf43i088083 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:41:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ftpmaint by joshua.smcvt.edu with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Q86Q-000052-00; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:05:34 -0400 From: Jim Hefferon To: Peter.Vanroose@esat.kuleuven.ac.be CC: metafont@ens.fr In-reply-to: (message from Peter Vanroose on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:37:14 +0200 (CEST)) Subject: Re: [metafont] Converting MetaPost graphics into .png or .jpg References: Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:05:34 -0400 Which version of convert are you using? Mine (5.5.7) converts correctly. It is the version that came with Debian. I see that it is 5.4.4. I'll update it. Thanks for helping me out. Jim From - Fri Jun 13 06:44:42 2003 Return-Path: Received: from coxeter.math.toronto.edu (coxeter.math.toronto.edu [128.100.68.3]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id h5D4idpx036062 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:44:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from laurent@localhost) by coxeter.math.toronto.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.0/UTMath 1.0) id h5D4ibG193882; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:44:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:44:37 -0400 From: Larry Siebenmann Message-Id: <200306130444.h5D4ibG193882@coxeter.math.toronto.edu> To: hobby@research.bell-labs.com, laurent@math.toronto.edu, metafont@ens.fr Subject: re: Converting MetaPost graphics into .png or .jpg Jim Hefferon wrote: > BTW, I had some trouble finding an archive of this group. The link on > J Hobby's page seems dead and I didn't have any luck with Google. Is > there an archive that I should have found? Yes, that's unfortunate. The archiving site has been http://www.gutenberg.eu.org/pub/gut/publications/ for several years. Cheers, Laurent S. PS The archive is up to March 2003. I am sending Jim the few posts since then. But I cannot answer his quiery since I have a Mac environment. From - Mon Jun 30 08:45:03 2003 Return-Path: Received: from coxeter.math.toronto.edu (coxeter.math.toronto.edu [128.100.68.3]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id h5U6j0Kk036410 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:45:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from laurent@localhost) by coxeter.math.toronto.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.0/UTMath 1.0) id h5U6iu3174566; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:44:56 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:44:56 -0400 From: Larry Siebenmann Message-Id: <200306300644.h5U6iu3174566@coxeter.math.toronto.edu> To: hobby@plan9.bell-labs.com, laurent@math.toronto.edu, metafont@ens.fr Subject: elementary puzzle Hi Metapost users, Since the list is quiet, here is an beginner's puzzler. Consider the following three mini-samples and imagine what the result should be. Then look at the result and give a rational explanation that will help beginners like me avoid this and all related traps. prologues:=2; %% Generate standard eps beginfig(0) draw (100,0)--(70,70)--(0,0); draw (0,0)--(100,0)--(100,100)--(0,100)--cycle; endfig; beginfig(1) draw (100,0)--(70,70)--(0,0) withcolor blue; draw (0,0)--(100,0)--(100,100)--(0,100)--cycle; endfig; beginfig(2) draw (100,0)--(70,70)--(0,0) withcolor blue; draw (0,0)--(100,0)--(100,100)--(0,100)--cycle withcolor blue; endfig; end Cheers Laurent S. From - Mon Jun 30 09:44:58 2003 Return-Path: Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with SMTP id h5U7ivKk049855 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:44:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 4417 invoked by uid 65534); 30 Jun 2003 07:44:56 -0000 Received: from pm032.pm.mw.tu-darmstadt.de (EHLO [130.83.205.232]) (130.83.205.232) by mail.gmx.net (mp012) with SMTP; 30 Jun 2003 09:44:56 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: 1474225@imap.gmx.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <200306300644.h5U6iu3174566@coxeter.math.toronto.edu> References: <200306300644.h5U6iu3174566@coxeter.math.toronto.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:44:55 +0200 To: Larry Siebenmann From: Martin Buchmann Subject: Re: [metafont] elementary puzzle Cc: metafont@ens.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nef.ens.fr id h5U7ivKk049855 Larry, could you please explain what is wrong with the examples in your opinion. I just had a quick look and maybe i have not reached my complete visual capacity on this monday morning but i can't see anything surprising. Maybe it's my fault but i can't see it, honestly. Best regards Martin P.S.: There exists also a MetaPost list: http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/metapost -- Das Wort "WINDOWS" stammt aus einem alten Sioux-Dialekt und bedeutet: "Weißer Mann starrt durch Glasscheibe auf Sanduhr." (gefunden in d.c.t.t) From - Mon Jun 30 22:06:18 2003 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.uark.edu (mail.uark.edu [130.184.5.66]) by nef.ens.fr (8.12.9/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id h5UK6Hko006594 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:06:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mathfolk.uark.edu ([130.184.197.23]) by mailhost.uark.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.04 (built Oct 21 2002)) with ESMTPSA id <0HHB00GZ68UEPZ@mailhost.uark.edu> for metafont@ens.fr; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:59:02 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:59:07 -0500 From: Dan Luecking Subject: Re: [metafont] elementary puzzle In-reply-to: <200306300644.h5U6iu3174566@coxeter.math.toronto.edu> X-Sender: luecking@mail.uark.edu To: metafont@ens.fr Message-id: <5.1.1.6.0.20030630145200.00b60278@mail.uark.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT At 02:44 AM 6/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: [snipped] > ...look at the result and give a >rational explanation that will help beginners >like me avoid this and all related traps. The only slight problem I see is in the second figure (beginfig(1)) the base of the rectangle (black) covers up the base of the previously drawn triangle (blue). The only suggestion I can give is to be aware that this happens and adjust the code if it the output is not what you intended. >beginfig(1) > draw (100,0)--(70,70)--(0,0) withcolor blue; > draw (0,0)--(100,0)--(100,100)--(0,100)--cycle; >endfig; Regards, Dan Daniel H. Luecking Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Arkansas