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Re:Graphics in TeX

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From: Jose Alberto Fernandez R
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1990 16:37
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<< 
What's needed is a standard application-level representation for graphics,
and a good standard translation from this to PostScript.  Representing
all graphics in PostScript is like writing all programs in assembly language!
>>

I have been using Fig to create my graphics and the transfig package
to translate it to diferent outputs. I have used PiCTeX, EPic and
EEPic, there are also output to PostScript and directly to LaTex if
your figure is simple. 

The advantage of this is that my DVI files are not printer dependent
if I don't want it to be. This means that I can generate the same
document using only DVI primitives (resulting in a bigger file) and
being able to reproduce it everywhere or generate a PS version only
for my local printer. 

Are there any other tools that have this flexibility? The problem I
have is that the XFIG program version 1.4.3 to create the output has
lots of bugs. 

	Jose Alberto.

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