[metapost] verbatimtex not used from an .mp include file?

[Sanjoy Mahajan]

A good thought.  I just tried it but no luck.  From the mpxerr.log:

! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \x 
              
\mpxshipout ...\shipout \hbox {\setbox 0=\hbox {#1
                                                  }\dimen 0=\ht 0
                                                  \advance \...
l.9 \x}


-Sanjoy

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