[comp.text.tex] What is PiCTeX

templon@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (Jeffrey Templon) (08/14/90)

Hi,

	I am new to this group and was lucky enough to catch the frequently
asked questions posting.  I found that one of the answers (where to get the
PiCTeX manual) actually raised another for me: what IS PiCTeX?  Is this the
same as {picture} mode in LaTeX?  I am quite interested in any other means
of getting graphics into TeX (I use LaTeX) since {picture} mode routinely
makes latex run out of space at our site (I get the picture-mode stuff
from GNUPlot, it has a latex driver.)

	So, what is PiCTeX?  Maybe you should rephrase that question in
the frequ. asked list to "What is PiCTeX and where do I get the manual?"

			Thanks,		Jeff

spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) (08/16/90)

In article <3923@cica.cica.indiana.edu> templon@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (Jeffrey Templon) writes:

   PiCTeX manual) actually raised another for me: what IS PiCTeX?  Is this the
   same as {picture} mode in LaTeX?  I am quite interested in any other means
   of getting graphics into TeX (I use LaTeX) since {picture} mode routinely
   makes latex run out of space at our site (I get the picture-mode stuff
   from GNUPlot, it has a latex driver.)
PiCTeX is nothing to do with LaTeX picture mode. It is a very
ingenious set of macros that implements quite sophisticated drawing
and plotting using tiny dots (usually). it is good, but slow and
*massive*. if you run out of memory with LaTeX picture, forget PiCTeX.
get yourself a bigger TeX. 

there is an article on PiCTeX in Tugboat from about 18 months ago by
memory. find a local source for Tugboat

 
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