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6.2 Initial MetaPost
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As of MetaPost 1.504 (TeX Live 2011), MetaPost no longer dumps '.mem'
files (Note: Memory dumps) and does not distinguish virgin and initial
forms (Note: Initial and virgin).  Instead, the "initial" file name is
read in its source form--that is, 'mpost.mp' when the program is invoked
as 'mpost'.

   For a list of options and other information, see Note: mpost
invocation.

   MetaPost provides a format with all the features of plain Metafont,
called 'mfplain'.  You can use that in the same way; just run 'mfplain'
instead of 'mpost'.  This lets you directly process Metafont source
files with MetaPost, producing character proofs (one file for each
character) similar to those produced with Metafont in proof mode and
GFtoDVI (Note: gftodvi invocation).