CTAN package update: mfpic
Date: May 14, 2005 4:50:31 PM CEST
A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way
to your favorite mirror.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: mfpic
Author's name: Daniel Luecking
Location on CTAN: /graphics/mfpic
Summary description: Macros to generate Metafont/Metapost for drawing
pictures.
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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Mfpic is a package of (La)TeX macros that produce drawings by writing a
Metafont/post file. This is a fairly major upgrade adding facilities to
create MF loops, to create picture variables and place copies of them,
and to read results of an MF expression into a TeX macro. Also 7 new
curve creation macros, one new curve modifier and one new rendering macro
(double-line) have been added. Plus new options for \arc, \circle and \arrow.
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You can have a look at the package at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror
of CTAN that is near to you; see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors
.
mfpic – Draw METAFONT/post pictures from (La)TeX commands
Mfpic is a scheme for producing pictures from (La)TeX commands. Commands \mfpic and \endmfpic (in LaTeX, the mfpic environment) enclose a group in which drawing commands may be placed.
The commands generate a Meta-language file, which may be processed by METAPOST (or even METAFONT). The resulting image file will be read back in to the document to place the picture at the point where the original (La)TeX commands appeared. Note that the ability to use METAPOST here means that the package works equally well in LaTeX and pdfLaTeX.
Package | mfpic |
Version | 1.10 |
Copyright | 2002–2009 Daniel H. Luecking |
Maintainer | Daniel H. Luecking Geoffrey Tobin |