Hi, On my installation of ConTeXt, there is no hanging: maybe there is an issue with your intsllation? The output shows a grey rectangle with name : dummy file: figure state: unknown written on it.
For your information, I tested your code on a Mac OS X 10.6.6 and the minimals (version 2011.02.25). Best regards: OK On 12 mars 2011, at 14:23, Hans van der Meer wrote: > Requesting a non-existing picture does not produce a warning message, but > makes ConTeXt hang. An abort is the only thing that helps. It would however > be nice if a "missing file" warning is given. A minimal example that shows me > the hang: > > \starttext > Hello a picture?\par > \externalfigure[./Figuren/figure.xxx] > \stoptext ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________