[OS X TeX] metapost vs metapost

[Bruce Kellogg]

Thank you, this explains it. Where can one find some information on  
mfpic
commands, aside from inferring them from the help pages of TeXShop?

Bruce Kellogg
On Jul 29, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Franck Pastor wrote:

>
> Le 29-juil.-06 à 21:12, Bruce Kellogg a écrit :
>
>> The TeXShop format for metapost commands seems different than
>> the metapost format as given in Hobby's manual.
>> For example, in TeXShop,
>>
>> \curve  {(-1,-.5),(0,0),(1,-.2)}
>>
> \curve{(-1,-.5),(0,0),(1,-.2)} (without the space !) is a command  
> from the "mfpic" package for (La)TeX. This package is an interface  
> to Metapost or Metafont for LaTeX.
>
>> whereas the metapost manual says that
>>
>> \draw  (-1,-.5)..(0,0)..(1,-.2)
>
> draw(-1,-.5)..(0,0)..(1,-.2) (without backslash) is a pure Metapost  
> command, whereas \curve belongs to the mfpic package
>
> See the "Context and Metapost" section in TeXShop "Advanced help".
>
>>
>> would produce a curve, and it does not. Is there any reason
>> for this, and how does one find a list of commands for
>> TeXShop's version of metapost?
>>
>
> TeXShop is only a frontend :-) to Plain TeX, LaTeX... or Metapost.  
> It does not change any of these languages.
>
> Franck Pastor
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