In testing a recent ConText (with texlive2008) using my math textbook, I
noticed that the problem backgrounds were not placed correctly. Below
is a minimal test file where no background shows up.
Eventually I figured out the cause: The defaults are \runMPgraphicsfalse
and \runMPTEXgraphicsfalse and shell_escape = f (in texmf.cnf). Setting
them all true fixed the backgrounds.
This is with ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.04 22:20 MKII (texlive 2008).
Could/should texexec abort if runtime metapost is needed but write18 and
\runMP* are not true? That way seems safer than silently producing a
document different from what the user expects.
The long-term solution is probably that it all work even if those
variables are not true, but it is probably tricky to implement all the
subprocess communication and coordination.
-Sanjoy
\setupcolors[state=start]
% sly textbackground method from Aditya Mahajan (2006), "Homework
% Assignments in CONTEXT", PracTEX Journal, No. 4.
\definetextbackground
[problembackground]
[ mp=background:random,
location=paragraph,
width=local,
]
\startuseMPgraphic{background:random}
path p;
for i = 1 upto nofmultipars :
p = (multipars[i]);
fill p withcolor 0.90white;
endfor;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\chardef\kindofpagetextareas\plusone
\starttext
\startproblembackground
\input tufte
\stopproblembackground
\stoptext
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