On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz <
thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> for some reason, the latest beta defers the application of a page
> background to the second page. Example:
>
> \setupcolors[state=start]
>
> \startuniqueMPgraphic{fill}
> StartPage ;
> fill Page withcolor green ;
> StopPage ;
> \stopuniqueMPgraphic
>
> \defineoverlay
>   [testfill]
>   [\useMPgraphic{fill}]
>
> \setupbackgrounds[page]
>   [background={testfill}]
>
> \starttext
>
> Hello
>
> \page
>
> World!
>
> \stoptext
>

it works now
minimals-beta
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