[NTG-context] staticMPfigure

[Hans Hagen]

Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>>
>>  > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>>  >> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Hans Hagen wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >> > works ok on my machine using pdftex but luatex gives an unknown (have to
>>  >> > look into it)
>>  >>
>>  >>  Another test case, I ran into today.
>>  >>
>>  >>  \setupcolors[state=start,textcolor=red]
>>  >>
>>  >>  \starttext
>>  >>
>>  >>  \startMPcode
>>  >>    draw fullcircle scaled 2cm withcolor \MPcolor{\@@themaintextcolor} ;
>>  >
>>  > Do you mean \MPcolor{currentcolor}?
>>
>>  Hangs head in shame :(. I need to learn how to read the sources correctly.
>>
>>  Of course, currentcolor is much better than \@@themaintextcolor. I just
>>  did not know that it existed.
> 
> Well ... I knew accidentally (since I have requested it). It's
> mentioned in \sometxt MyWay, but that's rather well hidden as well.

you just kept it secret ... i made 'currentcolor' for you -)

anyhow ... using commands with @@ in it is usually a bad idea

\unprotect
\startMPcode
draw fullcircle scaled 2cm withcolor \MPcolor{\@@themaintextcolor} ;
\stopMPcode
\protect

might have worked

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