[OS X TeX] pictures in plain TeX

[juan tolosa]

Hi Ross,
Thank you for your help---from the opposite end of the world!
Unfortunately, your fix didn't work for me.
I did input

\input minltx.tex

However, after that, when running plain TeX, I got the message that

\usepackage
was an undefined control sequence, and so was
\includegraphics

Maybe I didn't fully understand your suggestion?

Best,
            Juan

On May 10, 2012, at 12:22 AM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hello Juan,
> 
> On 10/05/2012, at 2:16 PM, juan tolosa wrote:
> 
>> I have just installed MacTeX, and it is wonderful. I have a question about pictures. How do you insert a figure in Plain TeX
>> using MacTeX? Previously I used TeXtures in my old mac, and the command looked like
>> \special{picture figure27 scaled 400}
>> I also tried PCTeX in a PC, and the command was something like
>> \special{bmp: figure27.jpf  y=2in}
>> 
>> What is your advice for inserting pictures in Plain Tex, using MacTex?
> 
> \input miniltx.tex
> 
> then you can
> 
> \usepackage{graphicx}   
> 
> just as you would using LaTeX instead of Plain.
> Then you have all of the syntax for  \includegraphics .
> 
> Not every LaTeX package works seamlessly this way, but 
> many of the "base" LaTeX packages have been programmed
> to do so, not being dependent on other LaTeX structures.
> 
> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>>                   Juan Jose
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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