NAME¶
mptopdf - convert MetaPost to PDF
SYNOPSIS¶
mptopdf FILE [ ... ]
DESCRIPTION¶
mptopdf can convert MetaPost-generated EPS files to PDF, or it can
process a MetaPost source file directly (see
mpost(1)) and convert the
generated EPS files to PDF.
OPTIONS¶
All switches are specified in full here but can be abbreviated to the shortest
unique prefix. Thus,
--metaf works the same as
--metafun.
- --help
- Print a terse help message.
- --metafun
- Use the metafun pre-compiled format to process the MetaPost
source file. You usually don't need this option, since metafun input is
usually produced and processed as part of a texexec(1) run. Needs
the --rawmp switch to take effect.
- --rawmp
- Process the source file with mpost(1) directly,
rather than with texexec(1). This option is needed if you want to
specify --metafun.
- --latex
- Typeseting labels using latex(1) rather than plain
tex(1).
USAGE¶
To convert
manfig.20 to
manfig-20.pdf:
mptopdf manfig.20
You can convert more than one EPS file at once:
mptopdf manfig.20 otherfig.17 finalfig.8
Or you can give
mptopdf(1) a pattern that it will expand:
mptopdf 'manfig.*'
Note the single quotes to protect the * from the shell. Of course, usually you
can let the shell do the wildcard expansion and therefore leave off the
quotes.
To convert
figs.mp to
figs-1.pdf,
figs-2.pdf, ...
mptopdf figs.mp
If the labels are typeset with
latex(1):
mptopdf --latex figs.mp
SEE ALSO¶
tex(1),
latex(1),
mpost(1),
pdftex(1),
texexec(1).
ConTeXt wiki ⟨URL:
http://www.contextgarden.net ⟩.
AUTHOR¶
mptopdf(1) is part of the ConTeXt system by Hans Hagen et al, which is
available from PRAGMA ADE ⟨URL:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/ ⟩.
This manpage was written by Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu> and is in
the public domain.