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salehi@splinter.coe.northeastern.edu (Masoud Salehi) writes:

>I use  xfig to generate  figures for my LaTeX files. My figures contain 
>some math and I use the "special" command from the edit window of xfig to 
>make it interprete them as LaTeX math formulas. After saving the fig file,
>if I use transfig with pictex, latex, epic, or any other option  other than ps
>and psfig, the result is as I intended, all math formulas appear OK. However, 
>if I use ps or psfig options and after LateXing use dvips to generate the 
>ps file and view it with a PS viewer the math formulas appear exactly as they
>were typed with $ and \ ,...etc.

There's really no way around this - LaTeX formatting commands are only
understood by LaTeX, and when you translate directly to PS there is no
opportunity for them to be interpreted.  The "special" property on an
XFig text object means the same thing as the TeX \special command - pass
the text through to the driver without interpretation.

Micah Beck
Cornell CS