[OS X TeX] XY-pdf

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Sun Apr 21 10:20:44 EDT 2002



Thanks very much for this.
(where is that package located?)

-TR

on 4/20/02 7:44 PM, Ross Moore, typed:

>> Has somebody known how to use the xy-pdf package ?
> 
> First you need to install it, as follows....
>                 ^^^^^^^
> 
> The archive  xypdf.tar.gz  unpacks to folder 'xypdf Folder'
> which contains a collection of 7 files having names:
> xypdf<something>.tex
> 
> You need to copy or move these into your texmf tree.
> 
> To find out where, use a command in a terminal window
>          kpsewhich xy.sty
> 
> This should give something like:
> [go:~] rossmoor% kpsewhich xy.sty
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic/xy.sty
> 
> so the required location is:
> 
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic/
> 
> To actually do the copy, you may need admin privileges.
> So here's how I just did it (commands and comments):
> 
> cd ~                   # change to home directory
> cd Desktop/Downloads   # change to sub-dir for receiving downloads
> cd "xypdf Folder"      # need quotes to include the space in the name
> sudo cp xy*.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic
> 
> After giving the password, the copy was done.
> Now the files are ready to be used.
> 
> 
> To use the pdf driver with Xy-pic,
>  ^^^
> just include  pdftex  as part of the loading options for the
> xy package, in your document's preamble:
> 
> e.g. (LaTeX)
> \usepackage[xypdf,all,graph]{xy}
>                   ^^^^^
> 
> (non-LaTeX)
> \input xy.tex
> \xyoption{xypdf}\xyoption{all}\xyoption{graph}
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Ross Moore



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