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In article <Oct.6.18.56.08.1989.25600@math.rutgers.edu> kuplinsk@math.rutgers.edu (Julio Kuplinsky) writes:

> 
> Well, it doesn't work. I'm referring to "Rutgers Tex, Latex and Amstex
> Reference, by D. Steiner and T. Madhyastha":
> 
>    p. 34: The picture environment in Latex provides ... picture objects ...
>    Users of plain Tex can get access to these Latex picture objects by
>    inputting the file latexpicobjs.tex.
> 
> So my plain tex file is:
> 
[...]
> 
> Texing it produces all sorts of error messages. Deleting 
> \begin/end{picture} doesn't help either. Am I missing something?
>                           Julio.

Yes, I'm afraid it isn't that easy! Referring to the same reference, a
little further down:

     "Complete descriptions of all the PiCTeX macros and examples of how
      to place LaTeX picture objects in a PiCTeX picture are provided in
      The PiCTeX Manual by Michael Wichurn."

You access LaTeX picture objects in TeX by typing

      \put {picture object} [B1] at xcoord ycoord

Complete instructions are given in the PiCTeX manual, which you can
get from TUG. (tug@math.ams.com) I recommend that you either use the
LaTeX picture environment within an LaTeX document *or* the PiCTeX
picture environment within a TeX document (\put 'ing your LaTeX
picture inside the PiCTeX picture).

Tara Madhyastha
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Tara Madhyastha                                 tara@rutgers.edu