hi, i uploaded a new beta. a few small fixes, mostly related to metafun (i'll look into the reported structure bugs later) in the process of updating the metafun manual, i also enabled the multiple mp instance; this is a typical example where luatex beats pdftex in runtime (on my machine 47 seconds for 350+ pages with over 1700 mp graphics including a bunch of subruns; ) you can add definitions per instance, like: \startMPdefinitions{extrafun} color MyColor ; MyColor = red ; \stopMPdefinitions \startMPcode{metafun} fill fullsquare scaled 1cm withcolor MyColor ; \stopMPcode new instances, like the predefined extrafun, are defined as \defineMPinstance[extrafun][format=metafun,extensions=yes,initializations=yes] so, if you use tricky mp code, you can create your own instance (predefined are metafun, extrafun, nofun and metapost) you can redirect to an instance with a prefix: \useMPgraphic{nofun::purempgraphic} still somewhat experimental Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------