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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 index 71b939e33ee..d16a8f264e5 100644 --- a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 @@ -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. |