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

[Jack Kuipers]

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 at 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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