From 342f4c70c13251fa670faa123091c128ec8bfdda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:09:21 +0000 Subject: tl19 man page update git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@50169 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 index 7f064a0df86..86485966f0e 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/man/man1/mpost.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MPOST 1 "16 June 2015" "Web2C 2018" +.TH MPOST 1 "31 December 2018" "Web2C 2019" .\"===================================================================== .de URL \\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3 @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ .if t .ds WB W\s-2EB\s0 .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME -mpost \- MetaPost, a system for creating graphics +mpost, pmpost, upmpost \- MetaPost, a system for creating graphics +r-mpost, r-pmpost, r-upmpost \- restricted MetaPost .SH SYNOPSIS .B mpost .RI [ options ] @@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ or .BR troff (1) commands and accessing features of PostScript not found in \*(MF. .PP -\*(MP is normally used with some preloaded macros, and it +\*(MP is normally used with a set of basic 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.mp -file is used, which is identical to -.I plain.mp. +file is used, which simply reads +.IR plain.mp . When the .B --ini option is given, preloading does not happen. @@ -80,16 +81,32 @@ When the option is given, \*(MP acts as DVI-to-MPX converter only. See dvitomp (1) for details. .PP -This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete -documentation for this version of \*(MP can be found in the +The +.B pmpost +program is a variant with Japanese support, and +.B upmpost +has Unicode-enabled Japanese support, analogous to ptex and uptex. +.PP +All three variants are also installed with an `r-' prefix, that is, +.BR r-mpost , +.BR r-pmpost , +.BR r-upmpost , +which implicitly specify the +.B --restricted +option to make MetaPost safe to run on unknown input; the tex, makempx, +and editor commands are disabled. +.PP +This manual page is a mere skeleton. For a list of all command line +options, run +.BR --help . +.PP +The main documentation for this version of \*(MP can be found in the User Manual that should have been installed along with the program and -is also available from http://tug.org/metapost. -See the FILES section below. +is also available from https://tug.org/metapost. .PP The \*(MP language is similar to \*(MF, but the manual assumes no knowledge of \*(MF. \*(MP does not have bitmap output commands or \*(MF's online display mechanism. - .\"===================================================================== .SH FILES .TP @@ -132,34 +149,30 @@ Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4. (the journal of the \*(TX Users Group). .\"===================================================================== .SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP .BR dvitomp (1), .BR epstopdf (1), .BR mf (1), .BR mptopdf (1), .BR tex (1), -.PP -.URL "http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/metapost/" "MetaPost source code" . .br -.URL "http://tug.org/metapost/" "MetaPost home page" . +.URL "https://tug.org/metapost/" "MetaPost home page" . .\"===================================================================== .SH AUTHORS -\*(MP was designed by John D. Hobby, incorporating algorithms from +\*(MP was created by John D. Hobby, incorporating algorithms from \*(MF by Donald E. Knuth. It was originally implemented on Unix, incorporating system-dependent routines from .BR web2c , while not relying on it except for the actual \*(WB-to-C translator. .PP -The primary author of the current \*(MP was Taco Hoekwater, with -assistance from Hans Hagen and many others. It is currently maintained -by Luigi Scarso. -.PP Ulrik Vieth adapted \*(MP to take advantage of the advanced path searching features in more recent versions of .B web2c and worked towards fully integrating \*(MP into the canonical Unix \*(TX distribution. +.PP +The primary author of the current \*(MP was Taco Hoekwater, with +assistance from Hans Hagen and many others. It is currently maintained +by Luigi Scarso. .\"===================================================================== .SH BUGS -The MetaPost home page is http://tug.org/metapost. - +The MetaPost home page is https://tug.org/metapost. -- cgit v1.2.3