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In article <Oct.5.18.12.00.1989.10808@math.rutgers.edu> kuplinsk@math.rutgers.edu (Julio Kuplinsky) writes:

> I have tried unsuccessfully to include a LaTeX picture in a plain TeX file 
> by using the following procedure:
> 
> 1. latex myfile       %myfile.tex is a LaTeX source.
> 2. dvi2ps myfile.dvi > myfile.ps
> 3. create the file myfile2.tex
> 
>             \vskip 2 in    %space for the picture
>             \special{psfile=myfile.ps}
>             \bye
> 
> 4. tex myfile2
> 5. lpr -d myfile2.dvi
> 
Assuming by "LaTeX picture", you mean a LaTeX file which uses the
built-in picture environment, you don't need to convert it to
PostScript. Inserting the line

\input pictex.tex
\input latexpicobjs.tex

in the beginning of your TeX document will allow you to use the LaTeX
picture objects. You might also want to check out the PicTeX macros
for simple \TeX figures. 

In general, TeX documents converted to PostScript via dvi2ps cannot be
included well as \specials other TeX documents. The new filter I hope
to install shortly, dvitps, will be better that way. 

tara
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Tara Madhyastha                                 tara@rutgers.edu

Subject: Re: tex pictures
Newsgroups: ru.qa.tex,comp.text
Distribution: usa
Keywords: LateX TeX
Summary: doesn't work
References: <Oct.5.18.12.00.1989.10808@math.rutgers.edu> <Oct.6.15.43.00.1989.23045@math.rutgers.edu>

In article <Oct.6.15.43.00.1989.23045@math.rutgers.edu>, tara@math.rutgers.edu (Tara Madhyastha) writes:
> In article <Oct.5.18.12.00.1989.10808@math.rutgers.edu> kuplinsk@math.rutgers.edu (Julio Kuplinsky) writes:
> 
> > I have tried unsuccessfully to include a LaTeX picture in a plain TeX file 
> > by using the following procedure:
> > 
> > 1. latex myfile       %myfile.tex is a LaTeX source.
> > 2. dvi2ps myfile.dvi > myfile.ps
> > 3. create the file myfile2.tex
> > 
> >             \vskip 2 in    %space for the picture
> >             \special{psfile=myfile.ps}
> >             \bye
> > 
> > 4. tex myfile2
> > 5. lpr -d myfile2.dvi
> > 
> Assuming by "LaTeX picture", you mean a LaTeX file which uses the
> built-in picture environment, you don't need to convert it to
> PostScript. Inserting the line
> 
> \input pictex.tex
> \input latexpicobjs.tex
> 
> in the beginning of your TeX document will allow you to use the LaTeX
> picture objects. You might also want to check out the PicTeX macros
> for simple \TeX figures. 
> 
> In general, TeX documents converted to PostScript via dvi2ps cannot be
> included well as \specials other TeX documents. The new filter I hope
> to install shortly, dvitps, will be better that way. 
> 
> tara
> -- 
> Tara Madhyastha                                 tara@rutgers.edu


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:

\input pictex.tex
\input latexpicobjs.tex
\setlength{\unitlength}{1mm}
\vskip 1 in
\begin{picture}(70,40)(-35,-20)
\thicklines
\put(30,5){A}
\put(30,5){\line(2,1){10}}
\put(20,5){\circle*{1.5}}
\end{picture}
\bye


Texing it produces all sorts of error messages. Deleting 
\begin/end{picture} doesn't help either. Am I missing something?
                          Julio.

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