On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Jeong Dal wrote:

> Dear Hans,
> 
> Your code works fine.
> 
> > \starttext
> > 
> > \startMPcode
> >    numeric maxCount;
> >    maxCount := 10;
> >    setglobalmacro("MyMacro",decial maxCount);
> >    setglobalcount("MyCount",maxCount);
> > \stopMPcode
> > 
> > 
> > \dorecurse{\MyMacro}{It is \recurselevel. }\par
> > \dorecurse{\MyCount}{It is \recurselevel. }\par
> > 
> > \stoptext
> 
> I applied your method to my code as following. 
> 
> \newcount\udCount  %%% add count
> \startMPinitializations%{UDBasic}
>   pair A,B,C,D;
>   pair E, F, G, H;
>   path p,q;
>   numeric ang,maxNum;
> 
>   numeric n; %AM Added
> 
>   u:=1in;
>   A=(.95*TextWidth,u); B=(0,u); C=(0,0); D=(.95*TextWidth,0);
>   p := A--B--C--D;
>   q := (TextWidth,1.5u)--(0,1.5u)--(0,-.5u)--(TextWidth,-.5u)--cycle;
>   z0=(.1u,0);
>   
>    vardef nextPt (expr M,N) = 
>    if ypart(N) = 0: 
>        H := whatever[N, N + dir(.5*angle(M-N))*u] = whatever[A,B];
>    else:
>        H := whatever[N, N + dir(.5*angle(M-N))*u] = whatever[C,D];
>    fi;
>    H
>    enddef;
> 
>    def grayUD(expr i) =
>       draw G -- if ypart(B)=ypart(G): B -- C else: C -- B fi --z[i];
>       filldraw z[i]+2*(G-z[i])*u -- z[i] -- z[i+1] -- z[i+1]+(G-z[i])*u -- cycle withcolor .75white; 
>       draw G -- z[i+1] dashed evenly;
>       draw z[0] for k=0 upto i: --z[k] endfor dashed evenly;
>       clip currentpicture to q;
>    enddef;
> 
>    def linesUD(expr i) =
>       draw p;
>       draw z0 for k=0 upto i+1: --z[k] endfor dashed evenly;
> 
>       % AM: removed. Set in in the main code
>       % setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox q;
>    enddef;
> 
>    ang := 40;
>    z[1] = whatever[z[0], z[0]+dir(ang)*u] = whatever[A,B];
> 
>    % AM: Changed next line from G to z[-1]
>    z[-1] = whatever[z[0], z[0]+dir(2*ang)*u] = whatever[A,B];
>    for k = 2 upto 20:
>       z[k] = nextPt(z[k-2],z[k-1]);
>       maxNum := k;
>       exitif xpart(z[k]) > TextWidth;
>    endfor;
>    maxNum := maxNum-1;
>    setglobalmacro("udMacro",decimal maxNum);  %%% define udMacro and udCount
>    setglobalcount("udCount",maxNum);
> 
> \stopMPinitializations
> 
> \startuseMPgraphic{foldUD}{num}
>    numeric n;
>    n := \MPvar{num}-1;
>    G := z[n-1];
>    grayUD(n);
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> \startuseMPgraphic{dotLines}{num}
>    numeric n;
>    n := \MPvar{num}-1;
>    linesUD(n);
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> 
> \setupinteraction[state=start]
> \usemodule[animation]
> \starttext
> %\startanimation[menu=yes]
> %{
> \dorecurse{\udCount}
>  {\useMPgraphic{foldUD}{num=\recurselevel}}
>  {\useMPgraphic{dotLines}{num=\recurselevel}}
> %}
> %\stopanimation
> \stoptext
> 
> 1. Using “udCount” doesn’t issue error message, but it draws the path p only.
> 2. Using “udMacro” issue the error message.
> 
> Is there anything that I miss?

You need to call the setglobalmacro(...) macro. The code inside \startMPinitializations is only executed when you call any MP environment. But you are using \udCount before \useMPgraphic. A simple solution is to run dummy MP code so that MP initializations are run:

    \starttext
    \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\startMPcode draw unitcircle; \stopMPcode}
    \dorecurse{\udCount}
     {\useMPgraphic{foldUD}{num=\recurselevel}}
     {\useMPgraphic{dotLines}{num=\recurselevel}}
    \stoptext


Aditya