Hi, Sylvain. LuaMetaTeX and LuaTeX, the engines used by ConTeXt nowadays, use an embedded library, so external compilations/files are not necessary. Just out of curiosity, wouldn't it be easier to use a ConTeXt environment? E.g.: \starttext \startMPcode %\startuseMPgraphic{<name>} if you want to reuse your graphic with \useMPgraphic{<name>} draw fullcircle scaled cm %withcolor black % black is default ; \stopMPcode %\stopuseMPgraphic \stoptext More info here: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun_-_MetaPost_in_ConTeXt To actually answer your question, if you actually want to load a Metapost graphic externally generated, you should have something like: %nice.mp %"begin ... endfig", as well as "end" are important beginfig (1); draw fullcircle scaled cm %withcolor black ; endfig; end so when you compile it via mpost nice.mp (obviously supposing you have Metapost installed) you'll get a file called nice.1 and \starttext \externalfigure[nice.1][width=4cm] \stoptext will work. However, as you can see, ConTeXt deals with such minutiae for you and extends Metapost capabilities too, so the second alternative is not the ConTeXt way to go. I hope it helps. Jairo :) El lun., 9 de nov. de 2020 a la(s) 16:59, Sylvain Hubert ( champignoom@gmail.com) escribió:

Dear List,

I'm trying to embed a metapost image into the document. According the MetaFun manual http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf, "embedding such a graphic is done by: \externalfigure[graphic.123][width=4cm]", but the following example produces an empty page:

% test.mkxl \starttext \externalfigure[test.123][width=4cm] \stoptext

% test.123 draw fullcircle scaled cm withcolor black;

Does anyone know how to properly embed a metapost image into a context document?

Thanks!

Best, Sylvain

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