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authorPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2011-05-19 08:00:00 +0000
committerPeter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>2011-05-19 08:00:00 +0000
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Update man pages
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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MPOST 1 "14 May 2010" "MetaPost 1.201"
+.TH MPOST 1 "5 April 2011" "MetaPost 1.504"
.\"=====================================================================
.de URL
\\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3
@@ -44,19 +44,17 @@ or
.BR troff (1)
commands and accessing features of PostScript not found in \*(MF.
.PP
-Like \*(TX and \*(MF, \*(MP is normally used with a large body of
-precompiled macros. When the
-.B --ini
-option is given, it can be used to precompile macros into a
-.I .mem
-file. When called without that option, \*(MP will use its executable name as
-the name of the mem to use. For example, when called as
+\*(MP is normally used with some preloaded macros, and it
+will use its executable name as the name of the preload
+file to use. For example, when called as
.B mpost
the
-.I mpost
-mem is used, which is identical to the
-.I plain
-mem.
+.I mpost.mp
+file is used, which is identical to
+.I plain.mp.
+When the
+.B --ini
+option is given, preloading does not happen.
.PP
The
.I commands
@@ -96,14 +94,11 @@ output commands or \*(MF's online display mechanism.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH FILES
.TP
-.I *.mem
-Predigested \*(MP mem files.
-.TP
.I plain.mp
-The standard mem file.
+The standard preload file.
.TP
.I mfplain.mp
-The \*(MF-compatible mem file.
+The \*(MF-compatible preload file.
.TP
.I $TEXMFMAIN/metapost/base/*.mp
The standard \*(MP macros included in the original distribution.