> Anyway, I have changed the user interface.
> Instead of
>     \mplibpreamble{ ... }
> now you have to use mplibpreamble environment
>     \begin{mplibpreamble}
>     ...
>     \end{mplibpreamble}

This works very well.  The only issue I see is if I update the value
of a variable, then that updated value is not remembered by another
\begin{mplibcode} ... \end{mplibcode}.  For example,

        \begin{mplibpreamble}
                u:=54;
        \end{mplibpreamble}
        \begin{mplibcode}
                beginfig(1);
                        draw fullcircle scaled (2*u);
                        u:=2*u;
                endfig;
                beginfig(2);
                        draw fullcircle scaled (2*u);
                endfig;
        \end{mplibcode}

draws two circles where the second circle has twice the diameter as
the first.  However,

        \begin{mplibpreamble}
                u:=54;
        \end{mplibpreamble}
        \begin{mplibcode}
                beginfig(1);
                        draw fullcircle scaled (2*u);
                        u:=2*u;
                endfig;
        \end{mplibcode}
        \begin{mplibcode}
                beginfig(2);
                        draw fullcircle scaled (2*u);
                endfig;
        \end{mplibcode}

draws two circles of the same diameter (namely 54bp).  Perhaps there
could be an optional argument to \begin{mplibcode} that would NOT use
the preamble, or perhaps there's a better solution than the optional
argument.

Troy

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