Hi In the line beginning text = there should be a comma at the end. And you'll need to have the most recent download of ConTeXt as well. Best Wishes Keith
On Sat, 15 Nov 2025, 13:53 Alain Delmotte, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > This returned a fatal error for me. > > Alain > > "metapost > trace > loading metafun for lmtx, including the plain 1.004 > base definitions > > metapost > trace > > > metafun > log > > > metafun > log > error: An expression can't begin with 'text' > > metafun > log > > > metapost > trace > <inserted text> 0 > > metapost > trace > <to be read again> text > > metafun > log > > > metafun > log > I'm afraid I need some sort of value in order to continue, > so I've tentatively > > inserted '0'. > > metafun > log > > > metapost > trace > <direct> path shape ; shape := reverse fullcircle > xyscaled (500,400) rotated 45 ; drawarrow shape withpen pencircle scaled 1 > withcolor darkgray; path p ; p := lmt_oscillated [ text = > "\setcharacterkerning [mine]\bf \CONTEXT \ LMTX is FUN! " path = shape, > resolution = 10, ] ; fill p withcolor darkyellow ; drawpoints p withcolor > darkred ; ; > > metapost > trace > > > mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1 > > > " > Le 13-11-25 à 15:37, Hans Hagen via ntg-context a écrit : > > Hi, > > The luametafun extensions team (MS, KMc, HH) brings you the following new > neat feature: > > \starttext > > \definecharacterkerning > [mine] > [factor=0.05] > > \startMPpage[offset=1TS] > path shape ; > shape := reverse fullcircle xyscaled (500,400) rotated 45 ; > drawarrow shape withpen pencircle scaled 1 withcolor darkgray; > path p ; p := lmt_oscillated [ > text = "\setcharacterkerning[mine]\bf\CONTEXT\ LMTX is FUN! > " > path = shape, > resolution = 10, > ] ; > fill p withcolor darkyellow ; > drawpoints p withcolor darkred ; > \stopMPpage > > \stoptext > > Just in case you wondered what happened with Hrabans 'demand' for a new > feature a while ago. The relevant chapter in the luametafun manual shows a > few more examples. > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net > (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : [email protected] / > https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl > webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) > archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context > wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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