[metapost] input command

[luigi scarso]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2023 at 17:02, Ernst Reissner <rei3ner at arcor.de> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I read the metapost manual by J.D. Hobby.
>
> What I wonder: the 'command' input is used several times but it is
> introduced nowhere.
>
> What is it? a macro?, a command??
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
hm, not sure what you mean...
Do you have an example (file+ string) ?

As a general rule, mpost is a "command line" program, so you need to open a
shell /cmd and run a line like that
$> mpost myfile.mp
where in myfile.mp you put a "metapost program" , ie a set of metapost
macros.


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luigi
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