rick@sara70.UUCP (Rick Jansen) (07/17/85)
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To net.sources.mac I have posted yet another TeX related
application, called TeXSetScrap, which enables you to
include Macintosh pictures into a TeX document.
The generated TeX commands can be incorporated in another
TeX input file, or fed to TeX on its own. By using this
program you can typeset Macintosh pictures within your TeX
documents in a standard TeX way.
There are some restrictions, however, mainly due to
TeX (of course). The picture is typeset using rules,
which cost TeX rather a lot of memory to store.
If TeX complains about "TeX capacity exceeded" or
something like that, take a smaller picture. Avoid
patterns like gray especially, as every pixel will
become one rule! I think you will not be able to
typeset a screendump with a standard production TeX,
but small pictures like icons will work.
TeXSetScrap (the name of the application) has an icon of
its own. If it does not appear, try setting the bundle bit
with FEdit, or rebooting with the option and command keys
both pressed. TeXnicians will find out what the icon means.
This is a very first version, merely a tryout. Some things
can be done more efficiently, like using \skip<skip register>
instead of \skip<explicit glue>. Also the use of leaders
may prove interesting. (This for the real TeXackers only.)
Let me know if this is a useful application for you!
Rick Jansen
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