[Xy-pic] Fw: question xypic

Stefan Fink stefan.fink at hanse.net
Thu Dec 15 20:51:48 CET 2005


Hello list,

I've found that the best quality can be reached by using the postscript 
backend and the dvips driver. Add the following lines to the document 
header:

\xyoption{ps}
\xyoption{dvips}

Greetings, Stefan.

Kristoffer H Rose wrote:

>Dear Xy-enthusiasts,
>
>I'm forwarding this question from Manfred as I am not up to date on how 
>well Xy-pic and PDF-TeX play together these days.
>
>Best regards,
>  Kristoffer
>
>__                      <krisrose at us.ibm.com> +1(914)784-7642 (fax 6324)
>Kristoffer H Rose, Ph.D. <http://www.research.ibm.com/people/k/krisrose>
>IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, PO Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
>
>----- Forwarded by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM on 12/13/2005 01:45 PM 
>-----
>
>Manfred Karbe <manfred.karbe at ems-ph.org> wrote on 12/09/2005 08:46:39 AM:
>
>  
>
>>Dear Kristoffer,
>>
>>Sorry again, but I am sure that you have an on-the-spot reply to this: 
>>Diagonal lines seem to be composed of small pieces of straight lines, 
>>with the effect that the whole line looks shaky. Is this normal? To 
>>demonstrate what I mean I made a simple diagram, the dvi and pdf file of 
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>which is attached.
>>
>>--------------------------------
>>\documentclass{article}
>>\usepackage{amssymb}
>>\usepackage{amsmath}
>>
>>
>>\usepackage{xy}
>>\xyoption{all}
>>
>>
>>\begin{document}
>>
>>$$
>>\xymatrix{
>>  \pi_{1}E\ar[r]^-{i}\ar[d]
>>&\pi_{1}F\ar[r]^-{f} &\pi_{1}G\ar[r]^-{\phi} & \Gamma_{n}
>>\\
>>  \Gamma_{n}\ar[urrr]_{\varphi}
>>}
>>$$
>>
>>\end{document}
>>-------------------------------------
>>
>>If such a diagram is run through a high-resolution phototypesetting 
>>machine, one may detect the shaky diagonal.
>>
>>Best,
>>Manfred
>>
>>
>>Kristoffer H Rose wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Dear Manfred,
>>>
>>>I believe there are examples of how to do this in the reference 
>>>      
>>>
>manual.
>  
>
>>>Enjoy,
>>>        Kristoffer
>>>
>>>PS. A more reactive and up to date forum for Xy-pic questions is the 
>>>mailing list, xy-pic at tug.org (or 
>>>      
>>>
>http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xy-pic) 
>  
>
>>>since I rarely use Xy-pic these days.
>>>__
>>>Kristoffer H Rose, Ph.D. <krisrose at us.ibm.com> +1(914)784-7642 (fax 
>>>      
>>>
>6324)
>  
>
>>>IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, PO Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 
>>>      
>>>
>10598
>  
>
>>[attachment "diagram.dvi" deleted by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM] 
>>[attachment "diagram.pdf" deleted by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM] 
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