Re: page backgrounds

[Thomas A.Schmitz <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>]

Let me provide an answer myself: the btex ... etex doesn't seem to 
work. This code:

\startuseMPgraphic{draft}
draw "DRAFT" infont "phvb" scaled 9 rotated 57 withcolor .85white ;
currentpicture := currentpicture ysized (\overlayheight-3cm) ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[draft][\uniqueMPgraphic{draft}]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=draft]

will do what I want: provide a "watermark" for my document (or, as Hans 
writes, an "annoying text"). However, when I try the same with

draw btex draft etex

I don't get any output. Could you please verify if this is the case in 
your version of ConTeXt as well? Here's what I have (it's a vanilla 
teTeX implementation):

ConTeXt  ver: 2003.9.19  fmt: 2003.9.30  int: english  mes: english

MetaPost (Web2C 7.5.2) 0.641

Best

Thomas