On 2013–02–15 Hans Hagen wrote:

> location={global,local}

It still doesn't work for me. Here is a complete example:

\startbuffer [foo]
beginfig(1);
  fill unitsquare scaled 2cm withcolor red;
endfig;
\stopbuffer

\luacode{lfs.mkdir"graphics"}

\savebuffer
  [list=foo,
   file=graphics/foo.mp,
   prefix=no]

\setupexternalfigures
  [directory=graphics,
   location={global,local}]

\startMPrun
  %% works
  %% input graphics/foo;

  %% fails
  input foo;
\stopMPrun

\starttext
  \externalfigure [mprun.1]
\stoptext


Marco