bo@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bo Slaughter) (11/13/90)
Hi guys. I'm looking for a LaTeX previewer that will work with X-Windows (OpenWindows). If anyone knows where I can find one, It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bo Slaughter -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bo Slaughter bo@gumby.eng.clemson.edu | | (803)656-2721 "I'm gumby.eng.clemson.edu dammit." | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
rwberry@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert W Berry) (11/13/90)
Bo, You might try one of the following (all available via anonymous ftp at uunet.uu.net in the X/contrib directory.) xdvi texx xtex pageview (If you convert your .dvi file to a postscript file first.) Hope this helps, (tm) Bob -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=- Bob Berry -=- PC-Guru's Inc. ! rwberry@hubcap.clemson.edu -=- -=- Teach them quick, before they think. ! 803-654-7623 || 803-656-2635 -=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
yakker@ucrmath.ucr.edu (matt robinson) (11/17/90)
rwberry@hubcap.clemson.edu (Robert W Berry) writes:
->Bo,
->
->You might try one of the following (all available via anonymous ftp at
->uunet.uu.net in the X/contrib directory.)
->
-> xdvi
-> texx
-> xtex
-> pageview (If you convert your .dvi file to a postscript file first.)
->
->Hope this helps, (tm)
->Bob
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->-=- Bob Berry -=- PC-Guru's Inc. ! rwberry@hubcap.clemson.edu -=-
->-=- Teach them quick, before they think. ! 803-654-7623 || 803-656-2635 -=-
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Well, since we are on the subject of previewers, I would like to ask a
few questions, all of which seem to be rather confusing.
I'm trying to create a document in LaTeX, which will include a PostScript
file within the document. Now, when I set up the document, I type in:
% Now add a PostScript file...
\begin{figure}[h]
\vspace{5.0in}
\special{psfile=/home/maj/yakker/mypostscriptfile.ps}
\end{figure}
% Done adding Postscript file...
Now, after typing in my entire document properly, I send my file through
LaTex by:
ucrmath% latex myfile.tex
And then I print out the file with:
ucrmath% dvi2ps myfile.dvi | lpr -Plw
All of which works perfectly fine.
Now the problem. Say, I want to preview this file, with both the
LaTeX materials, and the PostScript image in the .dvi file. None of the
.dvi files can load up the image, and when converted to PostScript,
neither xps or PageView can handle the file (PageView chokes when trying
to view an additional page by allowing only one page, and puts all of
the text UPSIDE DOWN, over the image! xps cannot even get the image onto
the screen.) My guess is that the dvi2ps program is only including my
PostScript file into its output, and not really incorporating the image
with the rest of the document. Am I wrong, or is something else going
on with LaTeX, dvi2ps, and {pageview|xps}?
Just curious, as I would love to hear from anyone who has gotten anything
similar to this working, or knows of a viewer (public domain) that can
handle this type of functionality. Thanks for your time, people!
--Matt
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Matt D. Robinson ".....if I only had a brain....."
Systems Programming Group, UC Riverside Internet: yakker@ucrmath.ucr.eduhughes@azroth.csee.usf.EDU (Ken Hughes) (11/18/90)
In article <9966@ucrmath.ucr.edu>, yakker@ucrmath.ucr.edu (matt robinson) writes: |> ...... |> Now the problem. Say, I want to preview this file, with both the |> LaTeX materials, and the PostScript image in the .dvi file. None of the |> .dvi files can load up the image, and when converted to PostScript, |> neither xps or PageView can handle the file (PageView chokes when trying |> ...... |> Just curious, as I would love to hear from anyone who has gotten anything |> similar to this working, or knows of a viewer (public domain) that can |> handle this type of functionality. Thanks for your time, people! |> I've never actually looked at it, but I'd assumed the same; LaTeX only makes note in the .dvi file that there is another file to be included and it is dvi2ps which actually includes the file itself. This is why it's also annoying that my dvimac (dvi to Apple ImageWriter) doesn't show the image either. Anyway, I've had success with gettint GhostScript V2.0 to recognize the dvi2ps output. It also seems to recognize other stuff that kills the other previewers like PS images from Jef Poskanzer's pgmtops utility. Last time I looked I think it was on gatekeeper.dec.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Ken Hughes (hughes@sol.csee.usf.edu) | "Which button do I press to turn FT-Ph D student, PT-ex-sysadm | it off?" "Try the red one, Dept of Comp Sci and Eng | allright?" "Which red button?" University of South Florida | from _Heathers_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----
yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) (11/18/90)
Well On the suns here, we use XDVI, a Nice DVI previewer prog. C-ya . -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.
jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu (James Darrell McCauley) (11/19/90)
In article <9966@ucrmath.ucr.edu>, yakker@ucrmath.ucr.edu (matt robinson) writes: [ talk of using psfig in LaTeX deleted] |> Now the problem. Say, I want to preview this file, with both the |> LaTeX materials, and the PostScript image in the .dvi file. None of the Convert it to PostScript and use GhostScript. It works for me. GhostScript is available from prep.ai.mit.edu. Darrell --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - James Darrell McCauley jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu Dept of Ag. Engineering (409) 845-6484 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2117, USA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -