[Mac OS X TeX] Hack release: TEX -> PDF Service
Arun Mangalam
arun_mangalam at mac.com
Sun Dec 16 19:30:35 CET 2001
I think this is awesome. I tried the service, but I get the same
behavior as Ulli. Is it possible to put the source up as well. I could
probably hack at it quickly to get it working.
I, myself, was hoping to get a table/equation editor and a flowchart
editor that uses ConTeXt, since the same way you create a "TeXpage",
there is an equivalent "\startMPpage" for MetaPost graphics [there are
sooo many things you can do with MetaPost]. Try this simple example
putting your picture (jpeg, pdf, etc.) for "escher_ascending":
\setupcolors[state=start]
\startMPclip{text clip}
clip currentpicture to fullcircle shifted (.5,.5)
xscaled \width yscaled \height ;
\stopMPclip
\startuseMPgraphic{clip outline}
draw fullsquare
xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight
withpen pencircle scaled 3mm
withcolor .625red ;
label("72.27pt", center currentpicture) ;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay
[clip outline]
[\useMPgraphic{clip outline}]
\starttext
\startTEXpage[scale=3000,offset=5pt]
{\framed
[background=clip outline, offset=overlay,frame=off]
{\clip
[nx=1,ny=1,mp=text clip]
{\externalfigure[escher_ascending][width=3cm,height=3cm]}}}
\stopTEXpage
\stoptext
On Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 01:06 PM, Ullrich Steiner wrote:
> On Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 02:11 , Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> But: in this Mail.app compose window (or any rich text object), this
>> works. I type $2\over3^x$, select it and call the service (Cmd-\), and
>> hopla:
>>
>>
>> Or when I type: \TeX\ is a wonderful app --- really, I get
>>
>> [ditto]
>>
>> Don't expect your LATeX commands to work, it is ConTeXt (which was
>> easier for this particular PDF image production). Please read the
>> readme before you contact me (or before you comment on the list thus
>> also contacting me).
>
> I have a working version of ConTeXt, but the TeXService doesn't work
> for me. When selecting the two examples in Mail.app, and hit Cmd-\,
> the color wheel spins for a while, but nothing else happens.
>
> Ulli
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