Is textbackground broken in mkiv? I need its usage (it seems the recommended way to do backgrounds). The following minimal example fails. Who is wrong? Is it me or is it ConTeXt? ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.13 int: english/english % Testing textbackground \setuppapersize[A6]A6] \definetextbackground[testbg][% background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow,% leftoffset=0pt,rightoffset=0pt,topoffset=0pt,bottomoffset=0pt,frame=on] \starttext \input tufte \starttestbg \input tufte \stoptestbg \input tufte \stoptext The error messages are: metapost > initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' metapost > loading 'metafun': /Users/hans/TeX/context/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! terminal: ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...6.0pt ; ; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878 ,22629721,0,683329,265737,... ! Enormous number has been reduced. <*> ...; ; prepare_multi_pars(2,2330878,22629721 ,0,683329,265737,2,5629963... .. .. <inserted text> ...ainTextArea; ;;;;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...e ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \placeMPgraphic \d... \useMPpositiongraphic ...tartMPcode #3\stopMPcode \egroup \doMPpositiongraphic ...riables \getvalue {MPG:#1} } \doMPpositiongraphic ...fined {MPG:#1}\donothing } \removelastspace }\smashbo... \dohandleMPpositiongraphicrange ...raphic {#3}{#4} \fi \fi ... l.14 \stoptext Hans van der Meer