[metapost] Does MetaPost catch on?

[Stephan Hennig]

Am 07.09.2010 22:08, schrieb luigi scarso:
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Stephan Hennig<mailing_list at arcor.de>  wrote:
>> I like separating text and graphics better than in-lining graphics into
>> document sources.  Is it possible (with ConTeXt) to in-line MetaPost
>> graphics into an empty TeX file and compile that into separate graphic files
>> with proper bounding box?
> something like this?
> %%test-mp.tex
> \starttext
> \startMPpage
> pickup pencircle scaled 2pt;
> draw (0,0) -- (100,100) ;
> draw (0,100) -- (100,0) ;
> \stopMPpage
> \stoptext
>
> $>context test-mp.tex

Yes, but with many figures compiled into separate files just like with 
traditional .mp files.  Is that possible?

Best regards,
Stephan Hennig