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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]].

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Inside {{cmd|startMPinclusions}} one can specify MetaPost files to ''input'', and also define MetaPost functionsThis page is a brief overview of some of the commonly used commands.

== \startMPpage =System Overview =

{{cmd|startMPpage}} produces a page a containing [[File:MetaPost graphic. The page is just large enough 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 journalin Context v2. png|300px]]

== \startstaticMPfigure =Commonly used commands =

The ; {{cmd|startuseMPgraphicdefineMPinstance}} series of commands were designed , {{cmd|setupMPinstance}}: used to set up MetaPost invocations with particular features. One use case could be to select a sans serif font for using all MetaPost for drawing fancy frames and backgrounds and not for using <i>stand-alone</i> graphics for a documentlabels. : {{cmd|startstaticMPfigurestartMPenvironment}} creates a separate pdf file containing '''is DEPRECATED''' in which one could place settings that one only wanted to apply in the graphic. This pdf can be included MetaPost environment, but not in the document using itself. One should use {{cmd|usestaticMPfiguredefineMPinstance}}. ConTeXt is clever enough to recompile the resulting MetaPost file only if something inside the and {{cmd|startstaticMPfiguresetupMPinstance}} has changed, instead.