mptopdf(1)

💖 mptopdf 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the mptopdf page from the mptopdf(1) manual — yes that's the same name twice, it's giving main character energy and honestly? slay. it's literally just convert MetaPost figures to PDF, and the tagline on the tin says exactly that: convert MetaPost figures to PDF. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

mptopdf — convert MetaPost figures to PDF 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mptopdf [ OPTIONS ... ] [ FILENAMES ]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

convert MetaPost figures to PDF. periodt. that's the assignment, that's the whole job, and it does it. 🔥

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --metafun — use the metafun format to process the file, bestie. (the default is mpost, just so you know.) ✨
• --texexec — use texexec (context) to process text snippets 🫶
• --latex — use latex to process text snippets 🌸

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💌 AUTHOR 💌

more info about ConTeXt and all the tools that come bundled with it lives here, and you should absolutely go look, iykyk:

• maillist: ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context 📧
• webpage: http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net 🌐
• wiki: http://contextgarden.net 🧚

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not me ending the whole thing with a little sign-off, but like… this page is version 1.4.1, dated 01-01-2025, and it said mptopdf(1) at the bottom too. so yeah. that's the lore. bye bestie, go convert some figures 💜🌈⭐