mptopdf
convert MetaPost to PDF
see also :
tex - latex - mpost - pdftex
Synopsis
mptopdf
FILE [ ... ]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
mptopdf overtake-free-path.mp
pdftops -eps overtake-free-path-1.pdf
mptopdf tandem_servers.mp
pdftops -eps tandem_servers-1.pdf
source
mptopdf simulation_model_packet_based_digital_sys.mp
pdftops -eps simulation_model_packet_based_digital_sys-1.pdf
pdftops -eps simulation_model_packet_based_digital_sys-1.pdf
mptopdf discrete_time_line.mp
pdftops -eps discrete_time_line-1.pdf
mptopdf continuous_time_line.mp
source
mptopdf discrete_time_line.mp
pdftops -eps discrete_time_line-1.pdf
mptopdf continuous_time_line.mp
pdftops -eps continuous_time_line-1.pdf
mptopdf simulation_model_dt_single_simple_wo_arri.mp
pdftops -eps simulation_model_dt_single_simple_wo_arri-1.pdf
source
echo "mptopdf_mps version ${VERSION}"
echo
echo "A wrapper that
does these 3 things in sequence:"
echo "2. call
mptopdf on the script file;"
echo "3. rename the
generated -mps.pdf file to .pdf file."
echo
source
if ("$argv[1]" == "YES") then
mptopdf "${filename:r}.mp"
# want to call it in continuous mode but don't
know how
else
mptopdf "${filename:r}.mp"
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 ,
latex , mpost , pdftex ,
texexec.
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[:at:]mit[:dot:]edu> and is in the
public domain.