Hi Hans, The following (due to you and Aditya, discussed a few days ago) used to work with LMTX until version 2020-12-10, but it does not work anymore with LMTX version 2020-12-24 17:30. I wonder whether this is due to some changes you have made recently.
%% begin squaredot-test.tex \startMPdefinitions newpath mydotlabelshape ; mydotlabelshape := fullcircle ; mydotlabeldiam := 12 pt ; vardef mydotlabel@#(expr s,z) text t_ = label@#(s,z) t_ ; fill (mydotlabelshape scaled 2mydotlabeldiam) shifted z t_; enddef ; \stopMPdefinitions \starttext \startMPcode newpath p ; p := (2cm, 3cm) -- (3cm, 5cm); mydotlabeldiam := 15pt; mydotlabelshape := fullsquare ; draw p ; mydotlabel(textext("\switchtobodyfont[8pt]" & "A"), point 0 of p) withcolor transparent("exclusion",.5,red) ; mydotlabel(textext("\switchtobodyfont[8pt]" & "B"), point 1 of p) withcolor transparent("exclusion",.5,red) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext %% end squaredot-test.tex I get an error message, which is obscure to me, saying: %-- begin error message excerpt metafun > log > error: Isolated expression metafun > log > metapost > log > metapost > log > <to be read again> metapost > log > ; metapost > log > <*> newpath mydotlabelshape ; metafun > log > metafun > log > I couldn't find an '=' or ':=' after the expression that is shown above this error message, so I guess I'll just ignore it and carry on. metafun > log > metapost > log > mydotlabelshape := fullcircle ; mydotlabeldiam := 12 pt ; vardef mydotlabel@##(expr s,z) text t_ = label@##(s,z) t_ ; fill (mydotlabelshape scaled 2mydotlabeldiam) shi... %-- end error message excerpt Best regards: Otared ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________