[texworks] Using .ps/.eps figures with TexWorks

[Stefan Löffler]

Hi,

On 2010-01-28 08:55, Bruno Voisin wrote:
> Le 28 janv. 2010 à 07:34, Stefan Löffler a écrit :
>
>   
>> 2) pdflatex doesn't support .eps (directly), AFAIK. Since Tw is
>> pdf-oriented, only pdf typesetting tools are defined by default. See
>> http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/AdvancedTypesettingTools for
>> information on how to set up other workflows.
>>     
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Thanks for setting up that page, that's very useful.
>
> Just one remark: on the Mac (and I think that applies to Linux too), creating a new script is not the logical way to go for TeX Live. Instead, there's the simpdftex script (formerly called altpdftex) which is already provided to do just that: emulate pdftex through dvips and ps2pdf (or any distiller of your choice), or even dvipdfm(x). The only think you have to do is create the appropriate engines.
>   

Thanks for pointing this out (again; I realized that you have mentioned
this a few times already, but I always forgot about it - sorry). I added
it to the page.

-Stefan