[pdftex] epstopdf

[Ulrich Schneider]

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From: Angus Lees <gus at switchonline.com.au>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [pdftex] epstopdf


> On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:05:01AM +0200, Ulrich Schneider wrote:
> > This is not a question, but maybe a hint for anybody who
> > wants to use Metapost with pdftex in the future.
> > 
> > Normally Metapost produces eps output and to use this with
> > pdftex, you have to convert them into pdf-files with
> > epstopdf. 
> > 
> > If you have labeled some objects in the picture with
> > Metafont,  epstopdf won`t work.
> > 
> > But there is a very easy solution. You just have to type
> > \convertMPtoPDF{picture.1}{1}{1}
> > to include your Metapost-picture into pdflatex.
> > (picture.1 is the product of mpost picture.mp)
> > 
> > So there`s no need to convert the pics with mptopdf ore
> > something.
> 
> and if you rename the metapost output to .mps, graphics.sty will do
> that conversion for you.

You mean if I include it with \includegraphics{} ?