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Metafont from the Utilities menu of the main
4TeX menu (see Figure 4.20).
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[F] change input File
selects the Metafont file (.mf) to be edited/created.
[P] change input Path
clears the field input path and another subdirectory can be chosen. If you
enter a directory name with wildcards (or an empty one) 4TeX will display a
list of all directories that satisfy the wildcard specification. By using the
cursor keys you can select the directory you want. Using this approach you
do not have to type the whole directory name (correctly) but only a few
letters are often enough. Press [Esc] to restore the directory name to the old
setting.
[O] change Options
changes options for the Metafont program.
[E] Edit input file
The Metafont file contains all statements needed to generate screen output
and/or output to .gf file. You can edit this file. The .gf file contains the
bitmapped Metafont output. It can be converted to a TeX font file by the program
GFtoPK.
[M] run Metafont
starts the Metafont program, using the options supplied and the chosen Metafont file
as input. All messages that Metafont generates in this run are also written to the log
file.
[L] show Logfile
shows the remarks and error messages that Metafont produced. They are stored in
the log file.
[X] eXtract EPS from logfile
In case you use the MFtoEPS package written by B. Jackowski, P. Pianowski and
M. Ry
ko, you may want to extract the Encapsulated PostScript code that was
written in the log file. Pressing [X] will extract all .eps files from the log
file.
[V] View EPS file
In case you use the MFtoEPS package written by B. Jackowski P. Pianowski and
M. Ry
ko, and you have extracted the .eps files you may want to view them on
screen to check the results.
[R] Return to main menu
leaves the Metafont menu and return to the main menu. An equivalent key is
[Esc].
