[OS X TeX] Problem installing 'xypic' and 'xyling' under Leopard

[Eldon Lytle]

I am using MacTeX and you are absolutely right - both
xypic and xyling (also xyli-doc) are already present.
The sample script you included worked perfectly on the
first run.

Thanks so much for tolerating the ignorance of a
newbie.

Eldon 

--- Alan Munn <amunn at msu.edu> wrote:

> 
> At 11:31 AM -0800 2/8/08, Eldon Lytle wrote:
> >Hi,
> >The writing I do requires representation of
> >complicated linguistic structures. In searching the
> >web for laTeX graphics packages designed for this
> >task, I came upon 'xypic' and 'xyling.' These I
> >downloaded but can't get them to install under
> >Leopard.
> 
> Assuming you are using MacTeX, xypic and xyling 
> are already installed as part of TeXLive, so you 
> shouldn't need to install them yourself.
> 
> Try the followng document in TeXShop:
> 
> %!TEX TS-program = latex
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{xyling}
> \begin{document}
> \Tree{ & \K{VP}\B{dl}\B{dr} \\
> \K{NP}\B{d} & & \K{V$¹$}\B{dl}\B{dr} \\
> \K{\emph{John}}& \K{V$^{0}$}\B{d} & & \K{NP}\B{d} \\
> & \K{\emph{loves}} & & \K{\emph{Mary}} }
> \end{document}
> 
> This should produce a proper tree.
> 
> Note, that since xyling uses pstricks, documents 
> using it must use latex+dvips instead of 
> pdflatex.  To do this in TeXShop, put
> 
> %!TEX TS-program = latex
> 
> as the first line of your file.
> 
> To see the (unfortunately badly named) 
> documentation, open a terminal window, and type
> 
> texdoc xyli-doc
> 
> Alan
> 
> --
> Alan Munn 
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