You get an error message because outlinetext doesn’t work.

\starttext

\startMPcode
     draw outlinetext.f
         ("A")
         () ;
\stopMPcode

\stoptext


Wolfgang


Fabrice Couvreur schrieb am 22.08.18 um 13:05:
> Hello,
> Sorry to insist, but could anyone help me understand the problem I'm 
> having in using Emacs with standalone context ?
> The following file compiles perfectly from a terminal :
>
> /home/aragorn/texlive/2018/bin/x86_64-linux/context test.tex
>
> /home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/context test.tex (latest 
> beta)
>
> With Emacs, it compiles perfectly if you use the 2018 texlive context 
> binary.
>
> If I want to use the latest beta context binary, I need to add this to 
> my ~/.emacs file :
>
> (setenv "PATH" "/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/:$PATH" t)
>
> And there, I encounter a compilation problem :
>
> Running `ConTeXt Full' on `pouf' with ``context --purgeall --nonstop 
> pouf.tex''resolvers       | trees | analyzing 'home:texmf'
> mtx-context | run 1: luatex 
> --fmt="/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en" 
> --interaction="nonstopmode" --jobname="pouf" 
> --lua="/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e/formats/luatex/cont-en.lui" 
> --no-parse-first-line --c:currentrun=1 --c:fulljobname="./pouf.tex" 
> --c:input="./pouf.tex" --c:kindofrun=1 --c:maxnofruns=9 
> --c:nonstopmode --c:purgeall "cont-yes.mkiv"
>
> This is LuaTeX, Version 1.08.0 (TeX Live 2018)
>  system commands enabled.
>
> resolvers       > trees > analyzing 'home:texmf'
> open source     > level 1, order 1, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-yes.mkiv'
> job > passes > version mismatch: 1.3 <> 1.31
> system >
> system          > ConTeXt  ver: 2018.08.20 17:47 MKIV beta fmt: 
> 2018.8.20  int: english/english
> system          >
> system > 'cont-new.mkiv' loaded
> open source     > level 2, order 2, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv'
> system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv
> close source > level 2, order 2, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-new.mkiv'
>
> system > files > jobname 'pouf', input './pouf', result 'pouf'
> fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded
> languages       > language 'en' is active
> open source     > level 2, order 3, name '/home/aragorn/pouf.tex'
> fonts           > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage)
> fonts           > 'fallback modern-designsize rm 12pt' is loaded
> structure       > sectioning > chapter @ level 2 : 0.1 -> First chapter
> metapost        > initializing instance 'metafun:1' using format 
> 'metafun' and method 'default'
> metapost        > loading 'metafun' as 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mpiv/metafun.mpiv' 
> using method 'default'
> metapost        > initializing number mode 'scaled'
>
> lua error       > lua error on line 10 in file /home/aragorn/pouf.tex:
>
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/node-nut.lua:190: 
> attempt to call a nil value (global 'getid')
> stack traceback:
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/node-nut.lua:190: in 
> upvalue 'getexpansion'
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-mps.lua:343: in 
> function <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-mps.lua:338>
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/font-mps.lua:437: in 
> local 'boxtomp'
> ...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/mlib-pps.lua:1894: in 
> function 
> <...ext/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/mlib-pps.lua:1891>
> (...tail calls...)
>
>  1
>  2 \startusableMPgraphic{NumberHead}
>  3          draw outlinetext.f
>  4 ("\bf\namedheadnumber{chapter}")
>  5              (withcolor "lightgray")
>  6               ysized 50pt ;
>  7 \stopusableMPgraphic
>  8
>  9 \unexpanded\def\processMPheadnumber#1%
> 10 >> {\useMPgraphic{NumberHead}}
> 11
> 12     \setuphead
> 13 [chapter]
> 14        [command=\HeadTitle,
> 15 headstyle=\ss,
> 16         numbercommand=\processMPheadnumber,
> 17 ]
> 18
> 19
> 20     \unexpanded\def\HeadTitle#1#2%
>
>
> open source     > level 3, order 4, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/common/ward.tex'
> close source    > level 3, order 4, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/common/ward.tex'
> backend > xmp > using file 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/lpdf-pdx.xml'
> pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1
> close source    > level 2, order 4, name '/home/aragorn/pouf.tex'
> close source    > level 1, order 4, name 
> '/home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-yes.mkiv'
>
> mkiv lua stats  > used config file: 
> selfautoparent:/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
> mkiv lua stats  > used cache path: 
> /home/aragorn/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5fe67e0bfe781ce0dde776fb1556f32e
> mkiv lua stats  > resource resolver: loadtime 0.007 seconds, 1 scans 
> with scantime 0.000 seconds, 0 shared scans, 31 found files, scanned 
> paths: /home/aragorn/texmf
> mkiv lua stats  > stored bytecode data: 437 modules (0.226 sec), 93 
> tables (0.015 sec), 530 chunks (0.241 sec)
> mkiv lua stats  > traced context: maxstack: 1328, freed: 5, 
> unreachable: 1323
> mkiv lua stats  > cleaned up reserved nodes: 58 nodes, 9 lists of 455
> mkiv lua stats  > node memory usage: 2 glue, 2 kern, 2 penalty, 14 
> attribute, 50 glue_spec, 4 attribute_list, 2 temp, 2 user_defined
> mkiv lua stats  > node list callback tasks: 8 unique task lists, 6 
> instances (re)created, 55 calls
> mkiv lua stats  > used backend: pdf (backend for directly generating 
> pdf output)mkiv lua stats  > jobdata time: 0.001 seconds saving, 0.000 
> seconds loading
> mkiv lua stats  > callbacks: internal: 179, file: 180, direct: 2, 
> late: 1, function 529, total: 891
> mkiv lua stats  > loaded patterns: en::2, load time: 0.000
> mkiv lua stats  > result saved in file: pouf.pdf, compresslevel 3, 
> objectcompresslevel 3
> mkiv lua stats  > loaded fonts: 4 files: latinmodern-math.otf, 
> lmroman10-bold.otf, lmroman10-regular.otf, lmroman12-regular.otf
> mkiv lua stats  > font engine: otf 3.104, afm 1.513, tfm 1.000, 9 
> instances, 3 shared in backend, 3 common vectors, 0 common hashes, 
> load time 0.238 seconds
> mkiv lua stats  > metapost: 0.001 seconds, loading: 0.018, execution: 
> 0.000, n: 1, average: 0.019, instances: 1, luacalls: 7, memory: 2.608 M
> mkiv lua stats  > used platform: linux-64, type: unix, binary subtree: 
> texmf-linux-64
> mkiv lua stats  > used engine: luatex version 1.08 with functionality 
> level 6731, banner: this is luatex, version 1.08.0 (tex live 2018)
> mkiv lua stats  > control sequences: 46533 of 65536 + 100000
> mkiv lua stats  > lua properties: engine: lua 5.3, used memory: 61 MB 
> (ctx: 61 MB), hash type: lua, hash chars: min(64,40), symbol mask: utf 
> (τεχ)
> mkiv lua stats  > runtime: 0.613 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped 
> pages, 1.631 pages/second
> mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1
>
> TeX Output exited abnormally with code 1 at Wed Aug 22 13:01:54
>
> ########
> test.tex
> ########
>
> \startusableMPgraphic{NumberHead}
> draw outlinetext.f
>          ("\bf\namedheadnumber{chapter}")
> (withcolor "lightgray")
>           ysized 50pt ;
> \stopusableMPgraphic
>
> \unexpanded\def\processMPheadnumber#1%
> {\useMPgraphic{NumberHead}}
>
> \setuphead
>    [chapter]
> [command=\HeadTitle,
>     headstyle=\ss,
> numbercommand=\processMPheadnumber,
>    ]
>
>
> \unexpanded\def\HeadTitle#1#2%
> {\framed
>     [frame=off,
>      bottomframe=on,
> width=broad,
>      align={broad,nothyphenated,left}]
> {#1\blank[nowhite]#2}}
>
>   \starttext
> \startchapter[title=First chapter]
>     \input ward
>   \stopchapter
> \stoptext
>
> Thanks
> Fabrice
>
>
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