[OS X TeX] figures in plain TeX

[juan tolosa]

I also replaced the old pdftex.def with the updated version, as suggested by Ross.
Sucess!
Thank you!

> On Jul 14, 2016, at 12:07 AM, juan tolosa <juantolo at me.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Ross!
> 
> I’ll definitely try the amsmath package, as I begin my (inevitable!) transition to LaTeX.
> 
> Juan
> 
>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 10:18 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au <mailto:ross.moore at mq.edu.au>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Juan,
>> 
>>> On Jul 14, 2016, at 11:56 AM, juan tolosa <juantolo at me.com <mailto:juantolo at me.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Even more basic things, like matrix commands (\pmatrix{…} and the like) are not recognized by LaTeX,
>> 
>> The LaTeX answer is:   \usepackage{amsmath}
>> 
>> Then  use  \begin{matrix} … \end{pmatrix} .
>> Doing the editing to get this from  \pmatrix{….}  is not that hard.
>> 
>> I have to do it all the time, with assignment questions and solutions from my teaching colleagues,
>> who are at a similar level to what you described concerning yourself.
>> 
>>> and are not easily translatable. So, I am still struggling with plain TeX.
>> 
>> AMSTeX used to be very popular with my math colleagues, but the  amsmath  package *is* 
>> the adaptation of that to LaTeX. 
>> So all those Plain TeX and AMSTeX extensions and macros should have an equivalent.
>> Frequently the LaTeX commands actually produce better, improved layouts than what AMSTeX did. 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>>              Juan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> BTW. If you are having trouble finding  pdftex.def  get it this way:
>> 
>> SCI:~ ross$ kpsewhich pdftex.def
>> /usr/local/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
>> 
>> Also, David Carlisle email’d me saying that the latest version of it, updated since you last did,
>> should no longer give this problem. That line ...
>> 
>>>> … is not in the current version in the sources
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/latex3/graphics-def/blob/master/pdftex.def <https://github.com/latex3/graphics-def/blob/master/pdftex.def>
>>>> 
>>>> and the test file works for me.
>>>> 
>>>> That release was pushed to ctan  a couple of days ago, so should be getting to texlive update
>>>> any day now, or you can get the file from the above link.
>>>> 
>>>> David
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Ross
>> 
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