1MPTOPDF(1)                          ConTeXt                         MPTOPDF(1)
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NAME

6       mptopdf - convert MetaPost to PDF
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SYNOPSIS

10       mptopdf FILE [ ...  ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       mptopdf  can  convert  MetaPost-generated  EPS  files to PDF, or it can
15       process a MetaPost source file directly (see mpost(1)) and convert  the
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OPTIONS

20       All  switches  are specified in full here but can be abbreviated to the
21       shortest unique prefix.   Thus, --metaf works the same as --metafun.
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23       --help Print a terse help message.
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25       --metafun
26              Use the metafun pre-compiled  format  to  process  the  MetaPost
27              source  file.  You usually don't need this option, since metafun
28              input is usually produced and processed as part of a  texexec(1)
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32              Process the source file with mpost(1) directly, rather than with
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37              Typeseting labels using latex(1) rather than plain tex(1).
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USAGE

41       To convert manfig.20 to manfig-20.pdf:
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44       You can convert more than one EPS file at once:
45          mptopdf manfig.20 otherfig.17 finalfig.8
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47       Or you can give mptopdf(1) a pattern that it will expand:
48          mptopdf 'manfig.*'
49       Note  the  single  quotes  to protect the * from the shell.  Of course,
50       usually you can let the shell do the wildcard expansion  and  therefore
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53       To convert figs.mp to figs-1.pdf, figs-2.pdf, ...
54          mptopdf figs.mp
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SEE ALSO

61       tex(1), latex(1), mpost(1), pdftex(1), texexec(1).
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63       ConTeXt wiki ⟨http://www.contextgarden.net⟩.
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AUTHOR

67       mptopdf(1)  is part of the ConTeXt system by Hans Hagen et al, which is
68       available from PRAGMA ADE ⟨http://www.pragma-ade.com/⟩.   This  manpage
69       was  written  by  Sanjoy  Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu> and is in the public
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74mptopdf 1.3.2                    January 2007                       MPTOPDF(1)
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