chuck@Morgan.COM (Chuck Ocheret) (03/14/89)
I am using dvi2ps (from MIT?) to convert LaTeX output to postscript.
I am running on a network of Sun 3's and 4's (and one crummy 386i)
under SunOS 4.0.1. The manual for dvi2ps mentions support for the
TeX \special command which should allow the inclusion of encapsulated
Postscript. I am not having any luck at all getting figures to appear
where I want (if I can get them to appear at all).
Would someone please e-mail directly to me ways to include the
following Postscript code as a figure (with a caption) within a LaTeX
document scaled arbitrarily?
---- begin postscript code ------------
%!PS-Adobe-1.0
%%Title: line drawing
%%EndComments
gsave
0 setlinewidth
newpath
%
% Data varies between 0 and 1 in x and y
% Data should be displayed in rectangular region within 1 inch border on page
%
% Translate by 1 inch
72.0 72.0 translate
%
% Scale to fit in rectangular region
468 648 scale
%
% Draw box
0 0 moveto 0 1 lineto 1 1 lineto 1 0 lineto 0 0 lineto
%
% Draw 'X'
1 1 lineto 0 1 moveto 1 0 lineto
stroke
showpage
grestore
---- end postscript code ------------
I have tried things like the following with no success...
--- begin LaTeX code--------
\begin{figure}
\special{psfile=foo.ps hscale=.5 vscale=.5}
\caption{test caption}
\label{figure_x}
\end{figure}
--- end LaTeX code--------
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In article <240@terminus.Morgan.COM> chuck@Morgan.COM (Chuck Ocheret) writes: >I am using dvi2ps (from MIT?) to convert LaTeX output to postscript. Below is the LaTex file in which I have inserted a line which creates space for the figure (LaTex doesn't do it). Furthermore You should try the offset parameters 'hoffset' and 'voffset' within the '\special{}' command. Latex has its own translations and scaling, and together with the ones You put in the Postscript file, the figure might be placed outside the paper. Anyway, if the firgure is supposed to be in top of the paper, you must place the picture origo (with the 'vspace') so there is enough room. You must also run LaTex from the same directory as your foo.ps file. Otherwise declare the path in the 'special' command. >--- begin LaTeX code-------- >\begin{figure} \vspace{y} %% size in y. You have to create Your own figure space. >\special{psfile=foo.ps hscale=.5 vscale=.5} >\caption{test caption} >\label{figure_x} >\end{figure} Best regards / Olof Ekdahl
charlie@mica.stat.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer) (03/19/89)
Several people have asked lately how to include PostScript in TeX. The
following is the way I have worked out after playing with it for about a
year.
It uses the LaTeX figure environment to get the exact placement on the
page of the \special command. There are two macros \psinc (for PostScript
INClude) and \framepsinc. The usage is \psinc(arg1,arg2){arg3} where arg1
is the width of the included figure in inches, arg2 the height, and arg3
the arguments to the \special command. The usage for \framepsinc is the
same (it just puts the figure in a framebox).
When the files "woof.inc" and "woof.tex" are cut out
latex woof
dvi2ps woof.dvi | lpr
does the example.
Note the comment about the PostScript showpage command in "woof.inc."
Dvi2ps does not disable page ejects. If you are producing PostScript with
a driver that is expecting its output to be printed directly, you have
to remove the "showpage" commands with an editor before the file can
be included.
sed 's/showpage//g' file1 > file2
does the trick.
Cut this out as the file "woof.inc"
-------------- cut here ----------------------
%! Magic comment indicates PostScript to UNIX
gsave
/Helvetica findfont 14 scalefont setfont
newpath
0 0 moveto
(This is a test include file.) dup stringwidth pop 2 div 144 exch sub
28 moveto show
grestore
% showpage %%% comment out "showpage" commands, they upset TeX.
-------------- cut here ----------------------
Cut this out as the file "woof.tex"
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%
% macros
%
\def\psinc(#1,#2)#3{
\setlength{\unitlength}{1in}
\centering\begin{picture}(#1,#2)
\put(0,0){\special{#3}}
\end{picture}}
%
\def\framepsinc(#1,#2)#3{
\setlength{\unitlength}{1in}
\centering\begin{picture}(#1,#2)
\put(0,0){\framebox(#1,#2)[bl]{\special{#3}}}
\end{picture}}
%
\def\postscript{{\sc PostScript}}
%
\documentstyle[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
This is a test of including \postscript\ in \TeX\ (\LaTeX\ actually).
The text up to here is set by \TeX. The large type in the Helvetica
font is produced by the included \postscript\ file ``woof.inc.''
\begin{figure}[h]
\psinc(4,1){psfile=woof.inc}
\caption[]{A figure made by an included \postscript\ file.}
\end{figure}
Sometimes it is useful to put a frame around the area left for the
included figure so that one can see how much of the alloted space the
figure takes up, the margins \LaTeX\ leaves around the figure, and so
forth.
\begin{figure}[h]
\framepsinc(4,1){psfile=woof.inc}
\caption[]{The same figure in a framebox.}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
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