Metapost PNG preview for Emacs

Easy interactive workflow for writing Metapost in Emacs.

Based on metapost-mode+ but using the Metapost png backend.

Usage

To preview the current figure:

M-x metapost-png-next

Installation

Simply load the file

(load "metapost-png-preview-mode.el")

ToDo

• Add as a Melpa package.
  • Package-lint found these issues that should be fixed before adding to MELPA:
  • 7:0: error: "metapost-prev-outputformat" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 11:0: error: "metapost-prog-mpost" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 15:0: error: "metapost-regex-find-first-match" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 23:0: error: "metapost-outputformat-set" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 42:7: warning: Closing parens should not be wrapped onto new lines.
  • 44:0: error: "metapost-outputformat-remove" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 55:0: error: "metapost-outputformat-restore" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 62:0: error: "metapost-compile-buffer" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 69:0: error: "metapost-prepare-buffer" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 80:0: error: "metapost-locate-figure-no" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
  • 118:0: error: "metapost-png-next" doesn't start with package's prefix "metapost-png-preview".
• Testing, especially on non Windows10/miktex setups.

License

MIT