[metapost] generic TeX interface?

[Stephan Hennig]

Taco Hoekwater schrieb:

> * current dvitomp handles dvips-style color specials already

On p. 62 of mpman you can find a sentence:

>>> Unfortunately, TEX \special instructions vanish in this process.
>>> So it is not possible to use packages such as xcolor and
>>> hyperref.

Shouldn't mpman be updated or do I completely misunderstand?

Best regards,
Stephan Hennig