[tex-live] [Fwd: Re: [a bit offtopic] mpost options through mptopdf]

[Taco Hoekwater]

On 07/05/2010 11:12 AM, Lars Madsen wrote:
> forgot the list
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [tex-live] [a bit offtopic] mpost options through mptopdf
> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:12:01 +0200
> From: Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk>
> To: Taco Hoekwater <taco at elvenkind.com>
> References: <4C2E3D44.4000400 at imf.au.dk> <4C2ED40C.1080406 at elvenkind.com>
>
> Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> On 07/02/2010 09:25 PM, Lars Madsen wrote:
>>> A little bit of topic, but I know Taco usually reads the list
>>>
>>> Is it possible to provide options to mpost through the mptopdf
>>> interface?
>>
>> No.
>>
>
> then what is that -passon option for?

It does nothing any more (and has not for a long time), I do not
know why it still exists. When it did do something, I am fairly
certain that it passed options to texexec, not mpost

That mptopdf can process mp input files at all should be seen as
a bonus feature, I think. Its core business is converting mp
output to pdf.

Best wishes,
Taco