.TH MAKEMPX 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 makempx \- typeset labels in MetaPost pictures with TeX or Troff .SH SYNOPSIS .B makempx .RI [ --tex | --troff ] .I mpfile 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 If .I mpxfile is older than .IR mpfile , translate the labels from the \*(MP input file .I mpfile to low-level commands in .IR MPXFILE , by running .BR "mpto -tex" , .BR tex , and .B dvitomp by default; or, if .B -troff is specified, .BR "mpto -troff" , .BR "eqn -d\e$\e$ | troff -Tpost" , and .BR dmp . .PP The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in .IR mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi} . .PP If the file named in .I $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode. .PP .B makempx is typically called by .BR mpost , not from the command line. .\"===================================================================== .SH OPTIONS .B makempx accepts the following options: .TP .B --help .rb Print help message and exit. .TP .B --tex .rb Assume input file contains \*(TX commands. .TP .B --troff .rb Assume input file contains Troff commands. .TP .B --version .rb Print version information and exit. .\"===================================================================== .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mpost (1), .BR mpto (1).