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From: Vincent Hennebert via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Vincent Hennebert <vhennebert@gmail.com>
Subject: Rendering Standalone MetaPost Graphics with ConTeXt
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 10:23:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMUWKuoYRkvEvxsDg6GLk9mhuA35WDKyY28UEAcCZHgDVfamMg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I’d like to use MetaPost to generate all sorts of standalone graphics
(ultimately converted to SVG). For various reasons (among others,
MetaFun and advanced text processing) I want to use MetaPost as
embedded in ConTeXt rather than a standalone installation.

---- metapost.mp ----
fill fullcircle scaled 10cm;
----

Whether I run
  context metapost.mp
or
  mtxrun --script metapost metapost.mp
I get a PDF document that contains no page.

The mtxrun version generates the following temp file:
---- mptopdf-temp.tex ----
\starttext
\startMPinclusions
fill fullcircle scaled 10cm;
\stopMPinclusions
\stoptext
----

Looking at the wiki, it seems that \startMPinclusions is not meant to
actually render any content, just to include MetaPost code like
function definitions. I guess I would have expected \startMPpage
instead.

Am I doing something wrong, or is that an error in ConTeXt?

Thanks,
Vincent
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             reply	other threads:[~2022-05-19  8:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-19  8:23 Vincent Hennebert via ntg-context [this message]
2022-05-19  8:53 ` śrīrāma via ntg-context
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