On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:02:42 +0100 Marco Patzer via ntg-context wrote:

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LMTX seems to have an issue with \asciimode and MetaPost:

\asciimode \starttext \startMPcode fill unitsquare scaled 2cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext

Results in:

metafun > log > error: Isolated expression

This is still an issue with today's ver: 2022.03.12 11:27 LMTX.

On 3/12/2022 3:35 PM, Marco Patzer via ntg-context wrote: that's because ascimode messes up some catcodes .. you can try this (in cont-new.tex): \prependtoks \setcatcodetable\ctxcatcodes \to \everyMPgraphic and then do lots of tests with and without asciimode so see if this doesn't interfere Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Am 12.03.22 um 18:08 schrieb Marco Patzer via ntg-context:

Maybe someone else with more MetaPost-heavy workflows¹ can test this, too?

Marco

¹ Hraban? nudge, nudge…

My use of MetaPost is very simple, I still don’t understand much... My current and most MP-heavy project so far, fails in asciimode with "Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup" No time to investigate why, ATM. Hraban