[NTG-context] Re: MPcode inserts page

2023-07-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm

Am 06.07.23 um 12:02 schrieb Alan Braslau:

On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 11:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Hi, if I use \startMPcode to declare variables etc. that I need in 
several MP graphics, it always inserts an empty page. How can I avoid 
that?
(Actually, I load an external mp file, and for random value reasons I 
must load it only once. But the MWE already shows the problem.)



"""
\startMPcode
numeric something;
something := 1;
\stopMPcode

\starttext
\chapter{Something}

Anything.

\stoptext
"""


\startMPinitializations % used by ALL MP instances
% also called repeatedly
\stopMPinitializations

\startMPdefinitions
\stopMPdefinitions

This is what you want.


Exactly, the latter.
Thank you, these two environments were missing in my book.

Hraban

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[NTG-context] Re: MPcode inserts page

2023-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context

On 06/07/23 06/07/23, 11:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Hi, if I use \startMPcode to declare variables etc. that I need in 
several MP graphics, it always inserts an empty page. How can I avoid that?
(Actually, I load an external mp file, and for random value reasons I 
must load it only once. But the MWE already shows the problem.)



"""
\startMPcode
numeric something;
something := 1;
\stopMPcode

\starttext
\chapter{Something}

Anything.

\stoptext
"""


\startMPinitializations % used by ALL MP instances
% also called repeatedly
\stopMPinitializations

\startMPdefinitions
\stopMPdefinitions

This is what you want.

--
Alan

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