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NAME

       makempy - convert PDF or PostScript text to MetaPost graphics

SYNOPSIS

       makempy filenam

DESCRIPTION

       makempy  takes  MetaPost  output  files  (*.mpo) and translates them to
       *.mpy files. In order to include text as a graphic into a file  typeset
       with  (Con)TeX(t),  you  extract  the text from Postscript of PDF files
       using pdftops(1) and pstoedit(1), creating a Metapost input file.

       This file can then be processed by makempy. The makempy script does its
       work  without  user  intervention.  When  it  deduces that there are no
       changes, it does not do anything; otherwise it reports  its  steps  and
       any errors.

OPTIONS

       --help print basic usage information

       --silent
              don’t report status messages

       --force
              always process the file (no checksum test)

       --noclean
              don’t remove temporary files when finished

       --pdftops
              use  pdftops(1), part of the xpdf(1) programs, to convert PDF to
              PostScript

       --ghostscript
              use GhostScript (see pdf2ps(1)) to convert PDF to PostScript

VARIABLES

       When set, the environment variables GS and  GS_PROG  will  be  used  to
       identify  GHOSTSCRIPT.   The  names of the other programs that are used
       can be set with PDFTOPS and PSTOEDIT.

SEE ALSO

       ·      mpost(1), pstoedit(1), texexec(1).

       ·      The makempy manual,  mmakempy.pdf,  available  from  PRAGMA  ADE
              〈http://www.pragma-ade.com/dir/general/manuals/〉.

       ·      ConTeXt wiki 〈http://www.contextgarden.net〉.

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was written by Frank Küster <frank@kuesterei.ch>, for
       the Debian GNU/Linux system.  It may be used  and  modified  by  others
       without contacting the author.