MetaPost Wiki

From Metapost

This site is intended as a community-editable MetaPost FAQ directed mainly at beginner-to-intermediate level users.

What is it? This site is not a replacement for existing pages and mailing lists. It does not aim at answering every possible question related to MetaPost. The main mission is to answer most common practical questions about not only the language itself but also its implementations and iteractions with other programs. In other words, to let people get started with MetaPost easily.

Why? There are some questions that appear on the Metapost mailing list quite often, so I thought it might be useful to create a dedicated Metapost FAQ. When encountering a problem, 99% of novices give up and only 1% ask for the solution. Don't let petty problems problems prevent people from experiencing the amazing power of Metapost!

Contents 1 Topics 2 Useful packages 3 External pages 4 Contributing 4.1 Style guidelines

[edit] Topics

• Font problems
• Embedding MetaPost output in Latex
• Useful functions

[edit] Useful packages

• latexmp
• boxes

[edit] External pages

• Metapost link collection: tutorials, manuals, mailing lists, ...
• Metapost manual
• Wikipedia entry on MetaPost
• MetaFun
• Developers page: sources and bug tracking

[edit] Contributing

[edit] Style guidelines

The preferred content is either: (i) overview-style articles or (ii) step-by-step guides. Concrete, easy to use examples are essential. Pictures are good. Try not to confuse beginners with too many details. Writing a section about your favourite MetaPost aspect/problem/package is a good way to start.

Piotr Zielinski