Hi, Sylvain.

LuaMeta= TeX and LuaTeX, the engines used by ConTeXt nowadays, use an embedded libra= ry, so external compilations/files are not necessary. Just out of curiosity= , wouldn't it be easier to use a ConTeXt environment? E.g.:

\starttext

\startMPcode %\startuseMPgraphic{<name>} if you= want to reuse your graphic with \useMPgraphic{<name>}

=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 draw fullcircle scaled cm

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 %withco= lor black % black is default
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 ;

\stopMPcode= %\stopuseMPgraphic

\stoptext

More info= here: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun_-_MetaPost_in_ConTeXt
T= o actually answer your question, if you actually want to load a Metapost gr= aphic externally generated, you should have something like:

%nice.mp

%"begin ... e= ndfig", as well as "end" are important

beginfi= g (1);
draw fullcircle scaled cm
%withcolor black
;
endfig;end

so when you compile it via

mpost = nice.mp

(obviously supposi= ng you have Metapost installed) you'll get a file called nice.1 and
=

\starttext

\externalfigur= e[nice.1][width=3D4cm]

\stoptext

<= /div>

will work. However, as you can see, ConTeXt deals = with such minutiae for you and extends Metapost capabilities too, so the se= cond alternative is not the ConTeXt way to go.

I hope it= helps.

Jairo :)

El= lun., 9 de nov. de 2020 a la(s) 16:59, Sylvain Hubert (champignoom@gmail.com) escribi=C3=B3:

Dear = List,

I'm trying to embed a metapost image int= o the document. According the MetaFun manual, "embeddin= g such a graphic is done by: \externalfigure[graphic.123][width=3D4cm]"= ;, but the following example produces an empty page:

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 % test.mkxl

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 \starttext=C2=A0 =C2=A0 \externalfigure[test.123][width=3D4cm]
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 \st= optext

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 % test.123

=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 draw fullcircle scaled cm withcolor black;

Does anyone know how to properly embed a metapost image into a con= text document?

Thanks!

Be= st,

Sylvain

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