DVITOMP(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💅 DVITOMP(1) — like, the dvitomp manual page, bestie

okay so real talk: this is the dvitomp page from section 1 of the General Commands Manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it step by step because it's honestly not that deep and you're gonna slay it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

dvitomp — literally just converts a TeX DVI file into a MetaPost mpx file. that's the whole job. iconic, focused, no notes 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

dvitomp [options] dvifile[.dvi] [mpxfile[.mpx]]

mpost --dvitomp dvifile[.dvi] [mpxfile[.mpx]]

so you can either call dvitomp directly, or you can hit up mpost with the --dvitomp flag and it does the same thing. two paths, one destiny 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

dvitomp translates the dvifile you hand it into a MetaPost mpxfile. that's it, that's the vibe.

and if you don't name an mpxfile? no stress — the default is the basename of dvifile with .mpx tacked on the end. automatic. effortless. she just knows 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

heads up, bestie: peep tex(1) for the deets on how command-line parsing works around here 👑

  • -kpathsea-debug bitmask — sets the path searching debugging flags according to bitmask. yes, it's a bitmask, yes it's doing bit stuff, no I will not be explaining binary at this hour 😭
  • -progname string — sets the program name to string. identity crisis, but make it configurable 💀

the standard -help and -version options are also supported, because of course they are, they're the moment ✨

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

  • dvitomp is an alias for MetaPost. See mpost(1).
  • Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/dvitomp
  • For questions and discussion, email metapost@tug.org.
  • For detailed bug reports, email mp-implementors@tug.org.

like, literally go read mpost(1) if you want the full lore, iykyk 🦋

ngl the emails are right there and the maintainers actually want to hear from you — questions go to metapost@tug.org, detailed bug reports go to mp-implementors@tug.org. don't be shy, they're nice 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that 🍓

kisses and goodbye from the Web2C 2026 girlies, dated 30 November 2025 — mwah 💋👑

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