Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> Oh, wait, if metapost is fine with the file but ConTeXt isn't, then the
> error above must be from ConTeXt parsing the metapost code and seeing
> the \2, then complaining. So am I supposed to use the global option to
> \startMPenvironment? If it's needed in this case, I think it would be
> needed in every case (ConTeXt would see all the metapost uses of the
> definition). Or is btex deprecated and I should use \sometxt (except in
> loops)? Or am I just confused?!
>
indeed commands in an mp environment are not expanded when writing an mp
graphic to file; it's always a bit of a trade of (i didn't expect users to cook
up all kind of commands in environments; when i have to do that, inormally put
them in an environment and load that in the mp graphic (since one load tex
files there)
Hans
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