Re: Who should use (La)TeX - who is able to use it?

On 17 Nov, 2004, at 7:37 PM, Matthew Hills wrote:

> On Nov 17, 2004, at 3:57 PM, Jack Kuipers wrote:
> > I have been converting all my figures (in Superpaint) from whatever 
> > to eps. Then, using
> > pkg eps2pdf to put them in pdf format. Not very successful for me.
On 17 Nov, 2004, at 7:37 PM, Matthew Hills wrote:
> What format were the graphics that were being included in your 
> document?
> And what was the problem with the approach you outlined above?
It was OK in OS 9

On 17 Nov, 2004, at 7:37 PM, Matthew Hills wrote:
> If your graphics are saved as PICT files, then you have another option
> that might be easier:
But, I want to do it in Panther.
>         •        From: Scott Prahl <prahl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >         •        Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:04:03 -0800
> > > On Thursday, Mar 27, 2003, at 14:07 Europe/Amsterdam, Jérôme Laurens
> >  > wrote:
> >  >>
> >  >> Many TeX users under os < X were using pict files. Is there a how 
> > to
> >  >> explaining the management of pict files inside latex docs under 
> > os X?
> >  >>
> >  >> If not, we should make one...
> >
> >
> >
> >  I wrote pict2pdf to solve this problem. This is a simple command line
> >  utility that will create pdfs from pict files that are properly 
> > cropped and
> >  still retain their vector graphics nature.
> >
> >  After installing pict2pdf, a quick and dirty conversion for a latex 
> > file
> >  that uses pict files can be done by doing
> >
> > pict2pdf *.pict
> >  perl -pi.bak -e 's/\.pict/\.pdf/' *.tex
> >
> >  which will create .pdf files for all the .pict files in the current 
> > directory and then
> >  replace any occurrence of .pict in the .tex file by .pdf. If your 
> > pict files do not
> >  end in .pict then you'll need to do some hand editing.
> >
> >  You can download pict2pdf from
> >
> >  http://sourceforge.net/projects/pict2pdf/
> >
> >  Hope this helps,
> >  Scot
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