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            "NAME": {
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                "content": "mpost [options] [commands]\n\nmpost --dvitomp dvifile[.dvi] [mpxfile[.mpx]]\n\n",
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                "content": "MetaPost interprets the MetaPost language and produces PostScript (EPS)  or  Scalable  Vector\nGraphics  (SVG)  pictures.   The  MetaPost language is similar to Knuth's Metafont with addi‐\ntional features for including tex(1) or troff(1) commands and  accessing  features  of  Post‐\nScript not found in Metafont.\n\nMetaPost  is normally used with a set of basic macros, and it will use its executable name as\nthe name of the preload file to use.   For example, when called as mpost the mpost.mp file is\nused,  which simply reads plain.mp.  When the --ini option is given, preloading does not hap‐\npen.\n\nThe commands given on the command line to the MetaPost program are passed to it as the  first\ninput  line.   (But  it  is  often easier to type extended arguments as the first input line,\nsince UNIX shells tend to gobble up or misinterpret MetaPost's favorite symbols,  like  semi‐\ncolons,  unless  you  quote  them.) The normal usage is to say mpost figs to process the file\nfigs.mp.  The basename of figs becomes the ``jobname'', and is used in  forming  output  file\nnames.   If  no file is named, the jobname becomes mpout.  The default extension, .mp, can be\noverridden by specifying an extension explicitly.\n\nWhen the --dvitomp option is given, MetaPost acts as DVI-to-MPX converter only.  See  dvitomp\n(1) for details.\n\nThe  pmpost program is a variant with Japanese support, and upmpost has Unicode-enabled Japa‐\nnese support, analogous to ptex and uptex.\n\nAll three variants are also installed with an `r-' prefix, that is, r-mpost, r-pmpost, r-upm‐‐\npost,  which  implicitly  specify the --restricted option to make MetaPost safe to run on un‐\nknown input; the tex, makempx, and editor commands are disabled.\n\nThis manual page is a mere skeleton.  For a list of all command line options, run --help.\n\nThe main documentation for this version of MetaPost can be found  in  the  User  Manual  that\nshould   have   been   installed   along   with  the  program  and  is  also  available  from\nhttps://tug.org/metapost.\n\nThe MetaPost language is similar to Metafont, but the manual assumes no  knowledge  of  Meta‐\nfont.  MetaPost does not have bitmap output commands or Metafont's online display mechanism.\n",
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                "content": "plain.mp\nThe standard preload file.\n\nmfplain.mp\nThe Metafont-compatible preload file.\n\n$TEXMFMAIN/metapost/base/*.mp\nThe standard MetaPost macros included in the original distribution.\n\n$TEXMFMAIN/metapost/support/*\nVarious tables for handling included tex and troff.\n\n$TEXMFMAIN/metapost/support/trfonts.map\nTable of corresponding font names for troff and PostScript.\n\npsfonts.map\nTable of corresponding font names for tex and PostScript.\n\n$TEXMFMAIN/doc/metapost/*\nThe MetaPost manual and tutorial source, also including sample figures\n",
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            "SUGGESTED READING": {
                "content": "Donald  E.  Knuth,  The Metafontbook (Volume C of Computers and Typesetting), Addison-Wesley,\n1986, ISBN 0-201-13445-4.\nTUGboat (the journal of the TeX Users Group).\n",
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                "content": "dvitomp(1), epstopdf(1), mf(1), mptopdf(1), tex(1),\nMetaPost home page ⟨https://tug.org/metapost/⟩.\n",
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                "content": "MetaPost was created by John D. Hobby, incorporating algorithms from Metafont  by  Donald  E.\nKnuth.   It  was originally implemented on Unix, incorporating system-dependent routines from\nweb2c, while not relying on it except for the actual Web-to-C translator.\n\nUlrik Vieth adapted MetaPost to take advantage of the advanced  path  searching  features  in\nmore  recent versions of web2c and worked towards fully integrating MetaPost into the canoni‐\ncal Unix TeX distribution.\n\nThe primary author of the current MetaPost was Taco Hoekwater, with assistance from Hans  Ha‐\ngen and many others.  It is currently maintained by Luigi Scarso.\n",
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                "content": "The MetaPost home page is https://tug.org/metapost.\n\n\n\nWeb2C 2022/dev                            31 December 2018                                  MPOST(1)",
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