[texworks] Problem with .eps files

[Mark Saul]

Andreas: Thank you for your kind reply.  Can I prevail just a bit more 
on your kindness?

>If it is neccessary to use eps-Files, you have to use latex instead of
pdflatex (which is default).

>  So you have to go this way:

>   file.tex ->  file.dvi ->  file.ps ->  file.pdf

>using latex, dvips and ps2pdf

As a naive user, I'm not sure what this is saying.  I compile the code, 
and now see that I've been using PdfLatex--under the 'Typeset' menu in 
TexWorks.  I tried choosing 'LaTexmk', but immediately got an error 
messag e"The Perl interpreter could not be found."  I'm totally lost.

How do I create a file.dvi file?  Where do I get dvips?  Is that yet 
another compiler, that eats .dvi files and gives .ps files?  And will 
ps2pdf take a .ps file as imput and give me a .pdf file?

If so, where do i find all these programs?

I thank you in advance for your patience with me.

On 9/18/2011 1:18 PM, Andreas Hirsch wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> quoting Mark Saul, [18.09.2011 18:50 +0100]:
>> I hope someone here can help me.
>>
>> I am a relatively naive end user of TexWorks, which has been wonderful
>> for me.
>>
>> I'm now working on a book, and the publisher requires that diagrams
>> (it's mathematics) be in .eps format.  It says in my Latex manual
>> (Gratzer, More Math in Latex) that Latex assumes .eps files, so I should
>> just use the command \usepackage{graphicx} in the preamble, then code like:
>>
>> \begin{figure}[ht]
>>
>> \includegraphics{fig1}
>>
>> \ncaption{1}
>>
>> \end{figure}
>>
>>
>> This works fine if the file fig1 is a .png file.  But if I try it with
>> an .eps file, I get an error message:
>>
>> LaTex Error: 'fig1' not found.
>>
>> The only thing I changed was the format: .png to .eps.  Both these
>> graphics files were created with GeoGebra, a dynamic geometry package.
>> I tried saving the Tex source code as foo.tex and also as foo.ltx.  It
>> didn't seem to help.  I am using Windows (but as a bona fide naive user,
>> I don't know the version--it's later than Windows 7).
>>
>> Can anyone advise me on how to use .eps files?
> If it is neccessary to use eps-Files, you have to use latex instead of
> pdflatex (wihich is default).
>
> So you have to go this way:
>
> file.tex ->  file.dvi ->  file.ps ->  file.pdf
>
> using latex, dvips and ps2pdf
>
> Another wy could be (if only your publisher needs the eps-Files):
>
> Create eps/png-Versions of eyery image an use pdflatex and transfer the
> eps-Files to your publisher
>
> Andreas
>