[metapost] generic TeX interface?

[Hans Hagen]

Karl Berry wrote:
> sh> Does that mean %&latex is only interpreted by TeX?  
>
> As far as I know, yes.
>
> sh> 'texprocessor' that can be set to either "tex" or "latex".)
>
> Sounds reasonable.  As I recall, it can already be done by setting an
> environment variable TEX, which is then used by makempx.  I'm not sure
> if changes have been made in this regard in the new version ...
>   
indeed ther eis no need for such an extension; we have 

MPXCOMMAND 
TEX        

that can be set at the shell or texmf.cnf level 

Hans 


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