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mcf2graph : Convert Molecular Coding Format to graphics with MetaPost
Author : Akira Yamaji
version : 5.25 2025-07-27
E-mail :
[email protected]
Located at :
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/mcf2graph
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1. Introduction
Molecular Coding Format(MCF) is new linear notation represent
chemical structure diagrams.
This Coding is named from programing technique
such as operator,array,scope,macro,adressing,etc.
mcf2graph convert from MCF to SVG,PNG,EPS,MOL file.
It is also able to calculate molecular weight,exact mass,molecular formula.
2. The distribution of software
( 1) README This file
( 2) CHANGELOG Changelog file of mcf2graph
( 3) mcf_to_graph.cmd Batch file for compile mcf library file
drag and drop library file on this batch
>mcf_to_graph main_lib.mcf
create svg(default) in ./main_lib
>mcf_to_graph template_lib.mcf
create svg(default) in ./template_lib
( 4) mcf2graph.mp Main macro of Metapost
( 5) main_lib.mcf MCF library file
( 6) template_lib.mcf Template library file
( 7) mcf_exa_soc.mp Metapost source example
( 8) mcf_manual.tex MCF syntax manual
( 9) mcf_manual.pdf PDF of (8) typeset with LuaLaTeX
(10) mcf_example.tex List of Molecule
(11) mcf_example.pdf PDF of (10) typeset with LuaLaTeX
3. Minimum required files to use mcf2graph
Install texlive or other distribution
These files are available from texlive2025.iso in the case of texlive
(1) mpost.exe
(TeXLive2025/archive/metapost.<os>.r<number>.tar/bin/<os>/mpost.exe)
(2) mpost.dll
(TeXLive2025/archive/metapost.<os>.r<number>.tar/bin/<os>/mpost.dll)
(3) mpost.mp
(TeXLive2025/archive/metapost.r<number>.tar/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mpost.mp)
(4) plain.mp
(TeXLive2025/archive/metapost.r<number>.tar/texmf-dist/metapost/base/plain.mp)
4. Use mcf2graph with MetaPost
-command line-
(1) >mcf_to_graph filename.mp => output svg(default),png,mol,report
(2) >mpost filename.mp => output svg file
(3) >mpost -s ahangle=1 filename.mp => output png file (600dpi)
(4) >mpost -s ahangle=11 filename.mp => output png file (1200dpi)
(5) >mpost -s ahangle=2 filename.mp => output eps(.mps) file
(6) >mpost -s ahangle=3 filename.mp => output eps(.eps) file
(7) >mpost -s ahlength=5 filename.mp => output mol file(V2000)
(8) >mpost -s ahlength=6 filename.mp => output mol file(V3000)
(9) >mpost -s ahlength=7 filename.mp => output report file
5. License
mcf2graph ver 5.25 Copyright (c) 2013-2025 Akira Yamaji
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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