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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/mft.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/mft.man index cedecd79630..39b0f4c1c72 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/mft.man +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/mft.man @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ .TH MFT 1 "14 December 1993" "Web2C @VERSION@" .\"===================================================================== +.if n .ds MP MetaPost +.if t .ds MP MetaPost .if n .ds MF Metafont .if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP @@ -15,28 +17,11 @@ .if n .ds LX LaTeX .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME -mft \- translate Metafont code to TeX code for prettyprinting +mft \- translate Metafont or MetaPost code to TeX code for prettyprinting .SH SYNOPSIS .B mft -.I mf_file_name[.mf] -[ -[ -.B \-c -] -or -[ -.I change_file_name[.ch] -] -] -[ -[ -.B \-s -] -or -[ -.I style_file_name[.mft] -] -] +.RI [ OPTIONS ] +.BR \fImf_file_name\fP [ .mf | .mp ] .\"===================================================================== .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete @@ -46,57 +31,72 @@ or manual .PP The .B mft -program creates a \*(TX file from a \*(MF program. +program creates a \*(TX file from a \*(MF or \*(MP program. It takes appropriate care of typographic details like page layout and the use of indentation, italics, boldface, etc., as illustrated in the book .IR "Computer Modern Typefaces" . -Special conventions in \*(MF comments allow you to control things that +Special conventions in \*(MF and \*(MP comments allow you to control things that would not otherwise come out right; section 1 of the MFT source program in the .I \*(MFware report explains these rules. .PP -The command line has one required file name and two optional file names. -The required -one is a \*(MF source file; there is also an optional change file -(which works just as the change files to +The +.B mft +program uses an optional change file (which works just as the change files to .BR tangle (1) and .BR weave (1) do) -and an optional style file (which is prepended to everything). +and one or several style files (which are prepended to everything). +If no style file is specified, the style file +.B plain.mft +for \*(MF (or +.B mplain.mft +for \*(MP) is automatically used. .PP -A file name that doesn't contain a dot is always given an extension, -either -.I .mf -(\*(MF) or -.I .ch -(change) or -.I .mft -(style). If no style file is specified, the style file -.I plain.mft -is automatically used. The -.I change_file_name -is not searched for using any paths. The -.I .mf -file is searched for using the MFINPUTS environment variable if you -have set it, or else the system default. The style file is searched -for using the TEXINPUTS environment variable. See -.BR tex (1) -for the details of the searching. +The +.IR mf_file_name , +optional +.IR change_file_name , +and +.I style_file_name +files are searched for using the MFINPUTS (for \*(MF) or MPINPUTS (for +\*(MP) and MFTINPUTS environment variables if you have set them, or else the +corresponding system defaults. .PP The output \*(TX file name is formed by using -.I .tex +.B .tex in place of the extension of .IR mf_file_name . .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS -Specify command-line options -.B \-c -to suppress the reading of a change file, and -.B \-s -to suppress the reading of a style file. +.TP +.BI \-change= change_file_name \fR[\fP.ch\fR]\fP +Apply the change file +.I change_file_name +to +.IR mf_file_name . +.PP +.TP +.B \-metapost +Assume +.I mf_file_name +is a \*(MP source file (this is the default if +.I mf_file_name +has the extension +.BR .mp ). +.PP +.TP +.BI \-style= style_file_name \fR[\fP.mft\fR]\fP +Use the style file +.I style_file_name +insted of +.B plain.mft +(or +.BR mplain.mft ); +this option can be given more than once. .\"===================================================================== .SH FILES .TP @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ to suppress the reading of a style file. .B mft output. .TP -.I plain.mft -Default style file. +.IR plain.mft ", " mplain.mft +Default style files. .TP .I cmbase.mft Style file for Computer Modern. |