[Xy-pic] Fw: question xypic

[Vadim Yu. Radionov]

Dear list members,

If you have to use pdftex, some features of ps backend are unavailable.
But in this case, you can process a single diagram (tex, dvips) and then 
include it as graphics, enjoying all the capabilities of ps.

Yours,

Vadim

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Stefan Fink wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I've found that the best quality can be reached by using the postscript 
> backend and the dvips driver. Add the following lines to the document header:
>
> \xyoption{ps}
> \xyoption{dvips}
>
> Greetings, Stefan.
>
> Kristoffer H Rose wrote:
>
>> Dear Xy-enthusiasts,
>> 
>> I'm forwarding this question from Manfred as I am not up to date on how 
>> well Xy-pic and PDF-TeX play together these days.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>>  Kristoffer
>> 
>> __                      <krisrose at us.ibm.com> +1(914)784-7642 (fax 6324)
>> Kristoffer H Rose, Ph.D. <http://www.research.ibm.com/people/k/krisrose>
>> IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, PO Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
>> 
>> ----- Forwarded by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM on 12/13/2005 01:45 PM 
>> -----
>> 
>> Manfred Karbe <manfred.karbe at ems-ph.org> wrote on 12/09/2005 08:46:39 AM:
>> 
>> 
>>> Dear Kristoffer,
>>> 
>>> Sorry again, but I am sure that you have an on-the-spot reply to this: 
>>> Diagonal lines seem to be composed of small pieces of straight lines, with 
>>> the effect that the whole line looks shaky. Is this normal? To demonstrate 
>>> what I mean I made a simple diagram, the dvi and pdf file of 
>> 
>> 
>>> which is attached.
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------
>>> \documentclass{article}
>>> \usepackage{amssymb}
>>> \usepackage{amsmath}
>>> 
>>> 
>>> \usepackage{xy}
>>> \xyoption{all}
>>> 
>>> 
>>> \begin{document}
>>> 
>>> $$
>>> \xymatrix{
>>>  \pi_{1}E\ar[r]^-{i}\ar[d]
>>> &\pi_{1}F\ar[r]^-{f} &\pi_{1}G\ar[r]^-{\phi} & \Gamma_{n}
>>> \\
>>>  \Gamma_{n}\ar[urrr]_{\varphi}
>>> }
>>> $$
>>> 
>>> \end{document}
>>> -------------------------------------
>>> 
>>> If such a diagram is run through a high-resolution phototypesetting 
>>> machine, one may detect the shaky diagonal.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Manfred
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kristoffer H Rose wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Dear Manfred,
>>>> 
>>>> I believe there are examples of how to do this in the reference 
>> manual.
>> 
>>>> Enjoy,
>>>>        Kristoffer
>>>> 
>>>> PS. A more reactive and up to date forum for Xy-pic questions is the 
>>>> mailing list, xy-pic at tug.org (or 
>> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xy-pic) 
>>>> since I rarely use Xy-pic these days.
>>>> __
>>>> Kristoffer H Rose, Ph.D. <krisrose at us.ibm.com> +1(914)784-7642 (fax 
>> 6324)
>> 
>>>> IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, PO Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 
>> 10598
>> 
>>> [attachment "diagram.dvi" deleted by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM] 
>>> [attachment "diagram.pdf" deleted by Kristoffer H Rose/Watson/IBM] 
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V