[OS X TeX] metapost question

[Bruce Kellogg]

Jean-Claude,

My MacIntosh does not allow me to change a file name from extension
.tex to extension .mp .

Bruce Kellogg
rbmjk at alltel.net
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On Dec 14, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Jean-Claude DE SOZA wrote:

> MP is the extension for MetaPost File.
> JCDS
> Le 14 déc. 07 à 21:20, Bruce Kellogg a écrit :
>
>> Jean-Claude
>>
>> Please excuse an ignorant question. I do not understand
>> what is meant by "picture.mp"; the files that I process
>> all have the extension .tex .
>>
>> Bruce Kellogg
>> rbmjk at alltel.net
>> -------------
>>
>> On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Jean-Claude DE SOZA wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Le 14 déc. 07 à 12:19, Bruce Kellogg a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated.
>>>> I do all my processing using pdftex, and in the
>>>> TeXShop Preferences Misc pane there is checked mptopdf.
>>>> I do not really understand these options, should I check mpost?
>>>>
>>>> Bruce Kellogg
>>>
>>> Bruce,
>>> I use pdflatex.
>>> I run Metapost with mpost in TeXShop because it is easier for me  
>>> to manage errors in the MetaPost file with this engine.
>>> My preamble in the picture.mp is the following :
>>> verbatimtex
>>>   %&latex
>>>   \documentclass[]{article}
>>>   \usepackage{mathrsfs}
>>>   \begin{document}
>>>   etex;
>>>   beginfig(1)
>>>   .............
>>>   endfig;
>>>   end
>>> The mp file produces a file whose name is picture.1 that I  
>>> include in my LaTeX file where I don't forget to add this two  
>>> lines in the preamble :
>>> \usepackage{graphicx}
>>> \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}
>>>
>>> Sometimes I run MetaPost directly in the LaTeX file using the emp  
>>> package. Here is some parts of my LaTeX file :
>>>
>>> %  ----- in the preamble for inserting MetaPost code ----%
>>> 	\usepackage{ifpdf}
>>> 	\usepackage[]{emp}
>>> 	\ifpdf
>>>  	\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{}
>>> 	\fi
>>> %  ---- end Preamble ----%
>>>
>>> %----  Beginning of MetaPost Picture Source----%
>>> 	\begin{empfile}
>>> 	\begin{empdef}[fig1](8cm,8cm)
>>> 	% --- Metapost Code --- %
>>> 		beginfig(1)
>>> 		...........
>>> 		endfig;
>>> 		end;
>>> 	% --- End of MetaPost Code ---%
>>> 	\end{empdef}
>>> 	\end{empfile}
>>> %----  End of MetaPost Picture ----%
>>>
>>> %----  integration of the MetaPost Picture----%
>>> 	\immediate \write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname}
>>> 	\begin{figure}[ht]
>>> 	\begin{center}
>>> 	 \empuse{fig1}
>>> 	\end{center}
>>> 	\end{figure}
>>> %----  end ----%
>>>
>>> Jean-Claude DE SOZA
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