gabriele@riverdale.toronto.edu (Mark Gabriele ) (09/22/90)
I am attempting to coerce LaTeX into drawing a 2-dimensional matrix
which has labels on the rows *and on the columns*. The appearance
I wish to achieve is this:
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
/ / / / /
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row 1 name | | | | |
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row 2 name | | | | |
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row 3 name | | | | |
---------------------
...etc.
Where the areas represented by "/" should actually be the text which
labels the columns. The text should be ascending at an angle of
about 60 degrees elevation from the horizontal. Can anyone suggest
a way to do this? Thanks in advance.
=Mark (gabriele@hub.toronto.edu)ben@contact.uucp (Ben Eng) (09/23/90)
In <1990Sep22.005907.5826@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> gabriele@riverdale.toronto.edu (Mark Gabriele ) writes: >Where the areas represented by "/" should actually be the text which >labels the columns. The text should be ascending at an angle of >about 60 degrees elevation from the horizontal. Can anyone suggest >a way to do this? Thanks in advance. I have never seen any TeX document that had rotated text. It sounds like a lost cause to me. Perhaps it would be possible if your TeX supports embedded postscript, but then you probably won't be able to position the text exactly, and you wouldn't be able to preview it very easily. It sounds like you should use a WYSIWYG type DTP program instead if you want rotated text. I think there is something on the Sun that is WYSIWYG but outputs in TeX format... Maybe UofT has it somewhere? Ben -- Ben Eng | ben@contact.uucp (416)-438-2855 150 Beverley St. Apt #1L | Bix: jetpen Toronto, Ontario M5T 1Y6 | UofT Engineering Science: engb@ecf.toronto.edu _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_| Home: (416)-979-7885, (416)-979-8761
dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com (J. Daniel Smith) (10/03/90)
In article <1990Sep23.161653.11819@contact.uucp> ben@contact.uucp (Ben Eng) writes: >In <1990Sep22.005907.5826@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> gabriele@riverdale.toronto.edu (Mark Gabriele ) writes: >>labels the columns. The text should be ascending at an angle of >>about 60 degrees elevation from the horizontal. Can anyone suggest > >I have never seen any TeX document that had rotated text. It sounds A recent issue of the TUGboat has an article about generating rotated fonts. One of the examples is doing something just like this. If you don't belong to TUG, you should join. Its not that expensive (discounts for students) and the TUGboat is an invaluable resource, as can be seen from this example. Also, several DVI->PS drivers allow PostScript code to be included in a DVI file. The 'dvips' driver package includes some macros for rotating TeX text using PostScript. >It sounds like you should use a WYSIWYG type DTP program instead if you I would never want to step down to a WYSIWYG package :-) Dan ========================================================================= J. Daniel Smith Internet: dsmith@applga.aa.cad.slb.com Schlumberger CAD/CAM BITNET: smithdan@msuegr Ann Arbor, Michigan Usenet: uunet!sharkey!applga!dsmith SINet: AAACA1::SMITH The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity, but not necessarily in that order. =========================================================================