.TH DMP 1 "4 January 1998" "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 .if n .ds TX TeX .ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP for troff .el .ds OX TeX for nroff .\" the same but obliqued .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX .if n .ds BX BibTeX .\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX .if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX .if n .ds LX LaTeX .\"===================================================================== .SH NAME dmp \- translate Troff output to low-level MetaPost input .SH SYNOPSIS .B dmp .RI [ option ] .I ditrofffile .RI [ mpxfile ] .\"===================================================================== .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file or manual .IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" . .PP The .B dmp program generates \*(MP source code from the .IR ditrofffile . The generated code is written in .I mpxfile if it is specified, and to standard output otherwise. .PP .B dmp is typically called from scripts like .BR makempx , not from the command line. .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS .B dmp accepts the following options: .TP .B --help .rb Print help message and exit. .TP .B --version .rb Print version information and exit. .\"===================================================================== .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mpost (1), .BR makempx (1).