1 .TH MFT 1 "16 June 2015" "Web2C @VERSION@"
2 .\"=====================================================================
7 .if t .ds TX \fRT\\h'-0.1667m'\\v'0.20v'E\\v'-0.20v'\\h'-0.125m'X\fP
9 .ie t .ds OX \fIT\v'+0.25m'E\v'-0.25m'X\fP
11 .\" BX definition must follow TX so BX can use TX
12 .if t .ds BX \fRB\s-2IB\s0\fP\*(TX
14 .\" LX definition must follow TX so LX can use TX
15 .if t .ds LX \fRL\\h'-0.36m'\\v'-0.15v'\s-2A\s0\\h'-0.15m'\\v'0.15v'\fP\*(TX
17 .\"=====================================================================
19 mft \- translate Metafont or MetaPost code to TeX code for prettyprinting
23 .BR \fImf_file_name\fP [ .mf | .mp ]
24 .\"=====================================================================
26 This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
27 documentation for this version of \*(TX can be found in the info file
29 .IR "Web2C: A TeX implementation" .
33 program creates a \*(TX file from a \*(MF or \*(MP program.
34 It takes appropriate care of typographic details like page
35 layout and the use of indentation, italics, boldface, etc., as illustrated
37 .IR "Computer Modern Typefaces" .
38 Special conventions in \*(MF and \*(MP comments allow you to control things that
39 would not otherwise come out right; section 1 of the MFT source program
42 report explains these rules.
46 program uses an optional change file (which works just as the change files to
51 and one or several style files (which are prepended to everything).
52 If no style file is specified, the style file
56 for \*(MP) is automatically used.
61 .IR change_file_name ,
64 files are searched for using the MFINPUTS (for \*(MF) or MPINPUTS (for
65 \*(MP) and MFTINPUTS environment variables if you have set them, or else the
66 corresponding system defaults.
68 The output \*(TX file name is formed by using
70 in place of the extension of
72 .\"=====================================================================
75 .BI \-change= change_file_name \fR[\fP.ch\fR]\fP
85 is a \*(MP source file (this is the default if
91 .BI \-style= style_file_name \fR[\fP.mft\fR]\fP
98 this option can be given more than once.
99 .\"=====================================================================
107 .IR plain.mft ", " mplain.mft
111 Style file for Computer Modern.
112 .\"=====================================================================
118 .I Computer Modern Typefaces
120 .IR "Computers and Typesetting" ),
121 Addison-Wesley, 1986, ISBN 0-201-13446-2.
123 Donald E. Knuth et al.,
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127 Donald E. Knuth wrote the program, and he ported it to Unix with the help of
128 Pierre MacKay and the Unix port of
130 by Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis.
131 The program is published in the
133 technical report, available from the \*(TX Users Group.