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Article #2164Re: Including PostScript figures; problems with xdvi on Sun?
From: Phil Fischer
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:01
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:01
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In article <1992Aug13.150857.29856@ctr.columbia.edu> anselmo@cumesb.mech.columbia.edu (Andrew P. Anselmo) writes: >About including PS files in a Latex document... > >I've been trying this for a while now, with no success. I have gotten >the psfig.sty file, and have a PS file that has been created with XtoPS. >By running Latex on the file (pap0.tex) I get no errors, but while running >xdvi (I'm running this on a Sun IPX w/ OpenWindows 2.0), I get the main >text of what is in my file, without the pictures. Any ideas why this might >not be working? It does seem that enough space is created for the figure, >but all I get is a big blank space. > >Here's the error message from xdvi: > >[ anselmo@cumesb ~/text/tex ]: xdvi pap0 >xdvi: special "dvitps: Include0 "psfig.pro"" not implemented >xdvi: special "dvitps: Literal "38153420 26510049 1052508 12761661 39205928 39271710 startTexFig "" not implemented >xdvi: special "dvitps: Include1 "/home/cumesb/anselmo/text/tex/a.ps"" not implemented >xdvi: special "dvitps: Literal "endTexFig " " not implemented >[ anselmo@cumesb ~/text/tex ]: > >Thanks. > >-A. > > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Anselmo / Department of Mechanical Engineering / Columbia University > 236A SW Mudd Building 212-854-2965 / anselmo@cumesb.mech.columbia.edu > xdvi only displays the .dvi file. If you are including a postscript figure this is not included until you use dvips (or on of its variants) to make a postscript file. At that point the file is all postscript and you can display it with a postscript previewer (i.e. ghostscript, pageview). Phil
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Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!maccs!mcshub!physun!fischer From: fischer@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Phil Fischer) Subject: Re: Including PostScript figures; problems with xdvi on Sun? Message-ID: <1992Aug13.160124.14777@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Sender: usenet@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: physun.physics.mcmaster.ca Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University References: <1992Aug13.150857.29856@ctr.columbia.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:01:24 GMT Lines: 38