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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi b/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi index d42b6853333..59a715243bd 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/doc/web2c.texi @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ The latest version is available from ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texinfo.tex.} \fi @end tex -@set version 2009 -@set month-year February 2010 +@set version 2010 +@set month-year July 2010 @c Define new indices for commands in auxiliary files, filenames, and options. @defcodeindex cm @@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ also: @itemize @bullet @item @url{http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html} (the MetaPost author's home page); -@item @url{http://tug.org/metapost.html} (papers, packages, and +@item @url{http://tug.org/metapost} (papers, packages, and related information). @end itemize @@ -2534,6 +2534,16 @@ only standard PostScript fonts. MetaPost reads the same @file{psfonts.map} file as Dvips, to determine PostScript fonts that need to be downloaded (@pxref{psfonts.map,,, dvips, Dvips}). +@cindex PDF, and @code{.mps} files +@cindex @code{.mps} files and PDF +It is posible for pdf@TeX{} to read MetaPost output directly; this is +in contrast to general EPSF files, which have to be converted for use +with PDF output. The easiest way is to name the MetaPost output files +with the @code{.mps} extension. Then the @LaTeX{} +@code{\includegraphics} command, for example, will be able to read +them, even when outputting PDF. + +@cindex security, and @code{write} MetaPost can write output files, via the @code{write} primitive; this opens a security hole. @xref{tex invocation}. |