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+name emp
+category Package
+shortdesc "Encapsulate" MetaPost figures in a document.
+longdesc Emp is a package for encapsulating MetaPost figures in LaTeX: the
+longdesc package provides environments where you can place MetaPost
+longdesc commands, and means of using that code as fragments for building
+longdesc up figures to include in your document. So, with emp, the
+longdesc procedure is to run your document with LaTeX, run MetaPost, and
+longdesc then complete running your document in the normal way. Emp is
+longdesc therefore useful for keeping illustrations in synchrony with the
+longdesc text. It also frees you from inventing descriptive names for
+longdesc PostScript files that fit into the confines of file system
+longdesc conventions. [description copied from TeX Catalogue]