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.