[OS X TeX] Who should use (La)TeX - who is able to use it?

[Joseph C. Slater]

Jack,
Better yet, try typing
texdoc mfpic
at the command line. I have no idea where it gets the documentation 
from, but it's newer.

(also texdoc mpman, etc)

How to figure out the names of these files, I haven't a clue. I found 
them by downloading the package from ctan and hunting for 
documentation.

One thing that can be done is
cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/doc
ls -R | grep "\.ps"

If I were better, I could get a cleaner list.
Anyway, texdoc on any of the names you see (without ".ps") will open up 
that document for reading.
Joe


On Nov 17, 2004, at 6:57 PM, Jack Kuipers wrote:

> Thank you, Joseph
>
> I use TeXShop ie TeX/LaTeX but I am not familiar with metapost, mfpic, 
> and/or  xfig.
> Are they packages, graphics apps, or utilities. They are discussed 
> where?
> 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.
> Sorry for being so dense. Tell me where and I'll find out about what 
> needs doing.
> Thanx,
>
> Jack
>
> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
>>> you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
>>> it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
>>> "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
>>>
>>
>> Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
>> metapost as needed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
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> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>> <snip>
>>> 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
>>> you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
>>> it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
>>> "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
>>>
>>
>> Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
>> metapost as needed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
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