najm@UICSL.CSL.UIUC.EDU (Farid Nasri Najm) (01/19/89)
Is there a way to convert a MacDraw or MacPaint document to a TeX command file? Please help. Farid (najm@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu)
kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) (01/24/89)
In article <8901190344.AA10317@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu> najm@UICSL.CSL.UIUC.EDU (Farid Nasri Najm) writes: >Is there a way to convert a MacDraw or MacPaint document to a TeX >command file? Please help. > >Farid (najm@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) There is a command in TeX called \special that allows you to enter a "token list" for direct input to the .dvi file. In the case of dvi2ps, you can get postscript directly entered. I.e. You do the command-f technique to get postscript output of the picture, and put that in the file "pic1", say. Then, in the TeX file, [blech blech blech] \special {pic1} [continue] I have never tried it however, but that is about the only way to do it from within TeX. I like the "make room for the pic in TeX (via a vbox 3cm or whatever) and run the sheet through the printer a second time to prin the pic from the Mac" method. It's a kludge, but it works. Sean Kamath -- UUCP: {decvax allegra ucbcad ucbvax hplabs}!tektronix!reed!kamath CSNET: reed!kamath@Tektronix.CSNET || BITNET: kamath@reed.BITNET ARPA: kamath%reed.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu US Snail: 3934 SE Boise, Portland, OR 97202-3126 (I hate 4 line .sigs!)