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== Troubleshooting plain MetaPost Troubleshooting ==
* Test if MetaPost is installed on your system.
* create test.mp containing this:
\starttext \startMPcode beginfig(1)
draw fullcircle scaled 3cm ;
\stopMPcode endfig ; \stoptext end ;
* apply MetaPost on the testfile
* that should create a postscript file test.1
* open test.1 with a postscript viewer like ghostview, okular ... You should see a circle.
 
== Troubleshooting MetaPost embedded in ConTeXt ==
 
* create test.tex containing this:
 
\starttext
\startMPcode
draw fullcircle scaled 3cm ;
\stopMPcode
\stoptext
 
* for mkii you need to have write18 support enabled and run
texexec --pdf test.tex
 
* for mkiv run
texexec --lua test.tex
 
* that should create a pdf file test.pdf
* open test.pdf with a pdf viewer like acroread, okular... You should see a circle.
== Different Packages, Extensions & Applications of Metapost ==
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