Re: MPenvironment ignored for btex..etex (or should I use sometxt)?

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> Oh, wait, if metapost is fine with the file but ConTeXt isn't, then the
> error above must be from ConTeXt parsing the metapost code and seeing
> the \2, then complaining.  So am I supposed to use the global option to
> \startMPenvironment?  If it's needed in this case, I think it would be
> needed in every case (ConTeXt would see all the metapost uses of the
> definition).  Or is btex deprecated and I should use \sometxt (except in
> loops)?  Or am I just confused?!
>   
indeed commands in an mp environment are not expanded when writing an mp graphic to file; it's always a bit of a trade of (i didn't expect users to cook up all kind of commands in environments; when i have to do that, inormally put them in an environment and load that in the mp graphic (since one load tex files there) 

Hans 


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