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- From: stud16@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be (Kurt Haenen)
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- References: <BXV875.93G@GABRIEL.KEELE.AC.UK>
- Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 16:14:14 +01
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.161239@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be>
- Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
- Subject: Re: PasTex 1.3, e(e)pic and Showdvi problem
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- In article <BXV875.93G@GABRIEL.KEELE.AC.UK>, u0g78@teach.cs.keele.ac.uk writes:
- > Hello there,
- >
- > I am currently trying to put together a document using PasTeX1.3 (on my
- > Amiga 500). It includes several e(e)pic pictures, that were created using
- > fig.
- >
- > The .fig files were converted to .tex files, by using:
- >
- > fig2dev -L epic file.fig file.tex, and/or
- > fig2dev -L eepic file.fig file.tex
- >
- > Now, when it comes to previewing them on my Amiga, I get lots of:
- > "Found no special program" messages, unless I am first running SpecialHost,
- > in which case everything previews fine.
- >
- > Of couse, I can now no longer print/preview the .dvi file here at university
- > as they do not have an equivalent special host program. (Indeed Latex'd
- > files including xfig figs do not print properly if they contain circles, or
- > curves)
- >
- > I guess looking at the epic, and eepic style files, the problems occur
- > because they create /special commands.
- >
- > Is there any way around this? Or is there a (more) portable e(e)pic style
- > file?
- >
-
- Yes, use pictex instead of some non-portable way to draw curves. The
- pictex macros can be found in any nice TeX collection and should be
- used for drawing REAL circles (not the rounded boxes of LaTeX) and
- other curves. I don't know if the Amiga version of FIG can generate
- code for PICTEX, but XFIG (guess for what kind of system) can !
-
- > Martin.
- > --
- > Martin N. Steed
- >
- > JANET: u0g78@uk.ac.keele.cs.teach.bilbo
- > InterNet: u0g78@bilbo.teach.cs.keele.ac.uk
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