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Re: Strange Doc behavior

#1435
From: Mark Linton
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1991 23:46
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In article <1991Jun5.150141.21089@csc.ti.com>, dnichols@goddess.csc.ti.com (Dan Nichols) writes:
|> If I run doc on "intro.doc" from a directory other than the "doc-samples"
|> directory, the spots that apparently should have a postscript image just have 
|> the words "idraw figure=car.ps width=2in" garbled on top of other text.

This is expected behavior--it can't find the file.  I don't believe there is a search path
for figures, though it would be useful.

|>If I
|> run it from the doc-samples directory, it puts "idraw figure=car.ps width=2in"
|> in a nice little box and everything looks neat. BUT, isn't it supposed to
|> actually draw the figure there? 

Not by default.  You need to select the figure and then choose the "Final mode" option
from the View menu.  This can be customized with the init_psfig_mode resource.
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