langdon@lll-lcc.UUCP (02/02/87)
In article <275@skatter.UUCP>, kuo@skatter.UUCP (Dr. Peter Kuo) writes: > > One can fake the pic option using the \special{} macro > in TeX. ....including > graphics (ie plots etc) into the dvi file by the way of > \special. The TeX drivers purchased from Textset in Ann Arbor make extensive use of \special to include graphics that are in PostScript form, to control the laserprinter, and to greatly enhance the picture drawing environment in LaTeX. We are using Suns; the Textset previewer displays the page without the PostScript stuff. The tape has prologue files that let you include graphics from MacDraw, MacDraft, etc. A program written here makes PostScript from physics program graphical output made on mainframes. They also include font metric tables for Adobe Postscript fonts; this GREATLY speeds up printing when not using the standard 10pt fonts, e.g. when making viewgraphs. Unless you have a lot of time, or highly-skilled cheap labor, check Textset (now called Arbortext, or somesuch). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Langdon L-472 langdon@lll-lcc.ARPA Physics Department "langdon#bruce%d@lll-mfe.ARPA" Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA 94550 (415) 422-5444 UUCP: ..{ihnp4,qantel,ucdavis,pyramid,styx,topaz}!lll-lcc!langdon ..{gymble,ll-xn,seismo}!lll-crg!lll-lcc!langdon