[OS X TeX] tmpgraph.kep in Metapost and Texshop

[Jean-Claude DE SOZA]

David,

When I started using MetaPost, the thing that annoyed me the most was I 
have to change the extension of the graphic file produced by MP from.1 
or .2 …etc to .mps. Changing the way MP runs from mpost to mptopdf in 
Preferences of TeXShop avoids this problem because the extension of the 
graphic file is .pdf accepted by pdfTeX.
But when you make errors in the MP source, it happens what you describe.
Then I discovered that adding a rule in the preamble 
\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} frees you from changing the extension 
while using mpost, and now it works flawlessly.
You can also use the package emp Gerben just added to his distro and 
insert the MP source in you TeX file.

Jean-Claude DE SOZA
Le 15 janv. 2005, à 20:02, David Arnold a écrit :

> All,
>
> When I make an error on a metapost file in Texshop, then fix the error 
> and try to typeset again, my file changes to tmpgraph.kep and I get an 
> annoying message asking if I want to save ("The document has been 
> renamed to tmpgraph.kep").
>
> This is annoying. Anyway to stop this behavior?
>
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