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== \defineMPinstance MetaFun is ConTeXt extension the [[MetaPost]] language. It provides a tight integration of both TeX and \setupMPinstance ==[[MetaPost]]. MetaPost can used behind the scenes for some graphic trickery. This integration is also helpful for drawing figures in MetaPost and use them in the document.

{{cmd'''THE [[manual:metafun-p.pdf|defineMPinstance}} and {{cmdMetaFun manual]]''', also available in a [[manual:metafun-s.pdf|setupMPinstance}} can be used to set up MetaPost invocations with particular features. One use case could be to select a sans serif font for all MetaPostlabelsscreen version]].

{{cmd|startMPenvironment}} This page is a '''deprecated''' evironment in which one could place settings that one only wanted to apply in brief overview of some of the MetaPost environment, but not in the document itself. One should use {{cmd|defineMPinstance}} and {{cmd|setupMPinstance}}, insteadcommonly used commands.

; {{cmd|startMPpagestartMPinclusions}} produces a page a containing : Inside, one can specify MetaPost graphic. The page is just large enough files to contain the graphic. The resulting pdf is self-contained (it has all the fonts embedded) This is useful if you want to send the figure to a coauthor or a journal''input'', and also define MetaPost functions.

The ; {{cmd|startuseMPgraphicstartreusableMPgraphic}} series of commands were designed for using MetaPost for drawing fancy frames and backgrounds and not for using <i>stand-alone</i> graphics for a document. , {{cmd|startstaticMPfigurereuseMPgraphic}} creates a separate pdf file containing : For graphics that are the graphic. This pdf can be included in the document using same every time, it is better to use {{cmd|usestaticMPfigurestartreusableMPgraphic}}. ConTeXt : the graphic is clever enough to recompile compiled only once, and the one resulting MetaPost file only if something inside the picture can be placed at various points with {{cmd|startstaticMPgraphicreuseMPgraphic}} has changed.