wn0e+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Nichols) (03/11/89)
I am doing an experimental physics thesis. I must include LOTS of graphs, plots, and pictures from various sources, such as MacDraw format, Cricket Draw graphs, as well as the stuff I generate on the Ami with Aegis Draw format and screen saves in IFF format , not to mention EPSformat. BTW, I also use TopDrawer on the Vax , with ami running VLT. What I want to know, is can AmiTeX include these forms of pictures, even indirectly? If so, will the previewer acutually show them, and is there any flexibility for picture placement? Bill Nichols arpa wn0e@andrew.cmu.edu bitnet nichols@cmphys, nichols@fnal
rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (03/11/89)
> I must include LOTS of graphs, plots, and pictures from various sources, > such as MacDraw format, Cricket Draw graphs, as well as the stuff I > generate on the Ami with Aegis Draw format and screen saves in IFF format, > not to mention EPSformat. BTW, I also use TopDrawer on the Vax , with ami > running VLT. > What I want to know, is can AmiTeX include these forms of pictures, even > indirectly? If so, will the previewer acutually show them, and is there any > flexibility for picture placement? In its current form, AmigaTeX will only do graphics with a PostScript printer. With such a printer, it will handle IFF and EPSF graphics. Translating VLT format graphics into PostScript is trivial. These pictures will not currently show up in the previewer. Placement of the graphics is by standard TeX insertions or explicit placement with, for instance, a vbox. This is all being worked on. -tom
rminnich@super.ORG (Ronald G Minnich) (03/17/89)
In article <7600@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: >In its current form, AmigaTeX will only do graphics with a PostScript >printer. With such a printer, it will handle IFF and EPSF graphics. One little elaboration: I hacked tpic to produce LaTeX (not hard) so that you can get tpic figures via AmigaTex. It works fine. Also, for FiG users, there is a Fig2Tex filter, so if you use fig on your sun then you can produce graphics for AmigaTeX. (Hint, Hint: Sure hope SomeBody ports fig to the Amiga soon!) Lots of programs produce pic output for figures, so there is a path to AmigaTex from other sources. And, of course, if you generate LaTeX, the you have it made for any printer that AmigaTeX supports. ron P.S. For all of you who just decided to port Fig to the amiga :-), look at titan.rice.edu for source.