mtx-metapost(1)

✨ mtx-metapost ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to mtx-metapost β€” it's a MetaPost to PDF processor πŸ’… and it lives in the mtx-metapost(1) manual, section 1, obviously. this is the whole vibe, let's get into it πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mtxrun --script metapost [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

that's it, that's the whole summoning ritual πŸ”₯


πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

MetaPost to PDF processor ✨

like. that's the description. it processes MetaPost into PDF. she's simple, she's iconic, she's not gonna over-explain herself πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

  • --rawmp β€” raw metapost run. no frills, no extras, just the raw mp situation 🫢
  • --metafun β€” use metafun instead of plain. swapping out the default for the metafun flavor ✨
  • --latex β€” force --tex=latex. like, you're gonna use LaTeX and it's gonna know about it πŸ‘‘
  • --texexec β€” force texexec usage (mkii). old school mkii energy, respect the classics 😌
  • --split β€” split single result file into pages. one big file in, many little pages out πŸ¦‹

πŸ’œ AUTHOR πŸ’œ

More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:


not me ending the page but it's literally required β€” this is version 0.10, dated 01-01-2023, and it's the mtx-metapost(1) page πŸ’– slay, go process some MetaPost, bestie 🌈⭐
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