[OS X TeX] Looking for inline mpost example

[Jean-Claude DE SOZA]

Gerben,

You need the emp package which isn't in your TeX distribution; you'll  
find it at :
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/emp.html? 
action=/tools/cataloguesearch&catstring=emp

In the preamble, add :
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\usepackage[]{emp}
\ifpdf
   \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}
\fi

Where you want to include your MetaPost picture, insert :

%----  Begining of the MetaPost Picture ----%
\begin{empfile}
\begin{empdef}[fig1](8cm,8cm)
…
% --- Metapost  Code--- %
…
endfig;
end;
\end{empdef}
\end{empfile}
%----  End of the MetaPost Picture----%
%----  Inclusion of the MetaPost Picture ----%
\immediate \write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname}
\begin{figure}[ht]
\begin{center}
   \empuse{fig1}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
%----  End ----%

If you read French, here is a short tutorial about MetaPost
http://www.gutenberg.eu.org/pub/GUTenberg/publicationsPDF/41- 
popineau.pdf

Jean-Claude DE SOZA
Le 24 déc. 2004, à 20:01, Gerben Wierda a écrit :

> I received some example mpost files (thanks) off list but what I was  
> looking for is the smootest way to have these in my text. I guess I  
> need to use something like the mfpic package, but what I woul dbe  
> looking for ideally would be a way to do
>
> \begin{foo}
> % metaposty stuff
> \end{foo}
>
> and have the result as a picture in my document.
>
> (The sinus example is the curve and a step-function following the  
> curve e.q. the way a ADC would interpret a sinus and produce a  
> discrete result).
>
> G
>
> On Dec 23, 2004, at 18:29, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> I am looking foran inline mpost example. I'd like to illustrate a  
>> piece of text with a picture that shows a graph, say a sin(x)  
>> function combined with a block-function approach to that sin(x)  
>> (rough, it is for illustration). I would like to use the example for  
>> a template for some of my illustrations.
>>
>> Is there someone  who has such an exampe for me or otherwise is there  
>> a mpost guru who can provide me one. It is for inclusion in a memoir  
>> class document in case that matters.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> G
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