Re: Running metapost from command line

On Jul 22, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Aditya Dushyant Trivedi wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know one can use TeXShop and iTeXMac to tyepset metapost files, but 
> how do you run metapost from command line?
>
> I tried metapost, adding %&metapost at the beginning of my file. Didnt 
> work. I am using gwTeX.
>
> -Eddy
mpost is the command. For fun, you may also enjoy mptopdf as well.
Joe

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