Vit, many thanks for your answer.
Vit Zyka wrote:
1. For a moment I set shell_escape = f in `kpsewhich texmf.cnf'
ok, done
No circle under frame, right? If not, I have a bad installation; please discard the rest2. Input file f.tex: \startuseMPgraphic{A} draw unitcircle scaled\overlaywidth; \stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay [B] [\uniqueMPgraphic{A}]
\starttext \framed[background=B]{Hallo frame!} \stoptext
3a. classical run texexec --pdf f
(and some hints to repair will be really appreciate :) ).
?? I obtained both a frame and a circle.
A circle appear under the frame. But I have 3 runs ( texexec, mpost, texexec).3b. step by step texexec --pdf --nomp f mpost f-mpgraph texexec --pdf --nomp f
Yes, the cases 3a = 3b should have at least 3 runs. With shell_escape=t only 2 are needed. You are right.
With XYPic, a similar result can be achieved without mpost: %% %% WARNING:: deprecated example %% Don't use it ! %% \input xy \xyoption{frame} \starttext \xy (0,0) *++=\hbox{\framed{Hallo frame}} *\frm{o} ; \endxy \stoptext
Of course this doesn't mean that XY is better/worse than mpost, nor that using mpost coupled with context will be always slow than others ways; but sometimes a faster alternative may be required.
All right, I agree for somebody and sometimes xypic might be use with advantage. I was thinkink about general recommendation.
Sure for XYPic, name spaces collisions, cpu/memory required, syntax are
+ limitation by substance: drawing is mostly done via fonts
(some) items
to consider: but it also comes with a bunch of features and may be faster than mpost
in some circumstances.
[OT] XFIG: fig2dev can be export to metapost and in multi-metapost. Hence, from the moon, I see that xfig can be used with context.
Export to context is good news. But still no parametrization possible :-(
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