DHOSEK@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU (Don Hosek) (05/23/91)
PBMplus has been installed on ymir.claremont.edu in [anonymous.tex.graphics.pbmplus]. This copy was obtained from vmsserv@wkuvx1.bitnet on 22-May-1991. Please note that the files are stored in VMS_SHARE format split into multiple parts exactly as distributed from that source. The following is from a posting by the author in comp.text.tex: -Do you know about the Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit? This package -consists of a number of programs to convert image files to portable -bitmaps and back. For example, MacPaint, .PCX, and X11 bitmaps can -all be converted to portable bitmaps; each of the portable bitmaps can -then be converted to other formats. -I bring this up because there is also a (separate) program to convert -a Portable Bitmap to a TeX .PK file, letting you convert PC images to -"normal" TeX fonts. The program generates both a .PK file and a .TFM -file; the image is stored as character "A" in that font and is -referenced as any other font would be referenced. -Ever since I happened upon these, this is how I've included graphics into -my TeX files. Since they're stored as .PK files, even previewers like -XDVI can display the graphics images. -The PBMPLUS programs are all written in C; the PBM_TEX program is written in -C and FORTRAN. -dh Don Hosek | To retrieve files from ymir via the mailserver, dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu | send a message to mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu Quixote Digital Typography | with a line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME 714-625-0147 | where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans ---------------------------+ "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt. Binary files are not available by this technique.