Metapost file fails to compile

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I have what I think is a plain text .mp file made on notepad++, it chokes on the first line (whatever I put on the first line). Any ideas? This is MetaPost, version 1.999 (TeX Live 2015/W32TeX) (kpathsea version 6.2.1) (c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp (c:/texlive/2015/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 1.005) ) (./hyperbola.mp ! Text line contains an invalid character. l.1 ´ ╗┐% Experiment

Looks like a BOM (byte order mark) – egreg Aug 28 '16 at 20:09 — egreg, Aug 28 '16 at 20:09
Perhaps related: UTF-8 encoding and Notepad with LaTeX – Werner Aug 29 '16 at 06:55 — Werner, Aug 29 '16 at 06:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '16 at 19:59

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Looks like it is notepad++. Once opened in MS notepad and saved as an ANSI file it works!

answered Aug 28 '16 at 19:59

Howard

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Metapost file fails to compile

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