[texhax] Source of TikZ manual

[Axel E. Retif]

On  16 Dec, 2009, at 01:51, Steven Woody wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am reading the TikZ manual in PDF format.  I feel the format and graphics in the document is so much beautiful so I desire to check out its latex source.  Is it public accessible and how can I get it?

If you're using TeXLive 2009, it's here:

/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/doc/generic/pgf

The chapters are in the subdirectory ``text-en''.

As for your previous question,

> Beside of creating graphics for latex documents, can I also use TikZ to create standalone graphics in other format, e.g, eps, so that I can use the graphics in documents with other formats?


Yes to both ---see the chapter ``Externalization Library'', where it says ``The purpose of this library is to provide a way to export any TikZ-picture to separate pdf (or eps) images...''.

There is a very helpful pgf/TikZ mailing list:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgf-users

See the archives ---a question like yours has just been answered there.

Best,

Axel