[Gllug] metapost woes
Nix
nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Fri Oct 4 07:43:58 UTC 2002
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Stig Brautaset stipulated:
> On Sep 07 2002, Nix was overheard saying:
>> Is there a decent online MetaPost reference? I can't find the MetaPost
>> book *anywhere* :(
>
> The metapost manual comes with the tetex distribution and is about 82
> pages (postscript). Is that what you have in mind? I'm happy to put it
> on the web somewhere or send it via email if you can't find it
> anywhere... :)
I see it now. Brain failure.
And the book I can't find anywhere nor type the name of coherently is
the METAFONT book (which the mp manual refers to repeatedly --- hardly
surprising since mp is basically METAPOST for things bigger than
fonts...)
--
`It's hard to properly dramatize, say, the domestic effects of Dad's
bank overdraft when a giant writhing kraken is levelling the city.'
--- Shiner & Sterling, _Turkey City Lexicon_
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