On 9/27/2025 1:52 PM, Damien Thiriet via ntg-context wrote:

l:=\MPvar{début}-\MPvar{fin};

\setupMPvariables[Frise][début={-900}]
\setupMPvariables[Frise][fin={-800}]
 > What is the problem here?

In addition to Wolfgangs answer, just think of what MP sees here:

   l:=--900--800;

and with -- being a path constructor, you actually want

   l := - -900 - -800 ;

so spaces help here

Hans

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