[OS X TeX] A suggestion for NewPdftricks (or for pdftricks in general)

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 26, 2005, at 1:47 AM, Franck Pastor wrote:

> What about making an option to NewPdftricks for the font size (if  
> you have time enough, of course, and if it's possible) ? i.e,  
> something like
>
> \usepackage[12pt]{pdftricks}
>
>  Up to know, even if the principal document begins with  
> "\documentclass[12pt]{article}", the header of each pdftricks file  
> ("file-fig1.tex", "file-fig2.tex") still is  "\documentclass 
> {article}" only, without the font size option :-( Hence the labels  
> in the figures are far too small...
>
> I have found a workaround : I add "\fontsize{12pt}\selectfont" at  
> the beginning of each pspicture :
>
> \begin{pdfdisplay}
> \begin{pspicture}(0,0),(5,5)
>     \fontsize{12pt}\selectfont
>     ....
> \end{pspicture}
> \end{pspicture}
>
> But it's a bit annoying if you  numerous pictures...
>

Howdy,

You shouldn't really need to have the option since the information  
should be available from the documentclass command above it. I'm not  
sure how to get that information, yet, but I'll look into it.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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