[OS X TeX] Re: warmreader

[Ross Moore]

> > We have a tutorial we have written describing this process if anyone is
> > interested. Keep in mind that it was written for our students, so it is 
> > not
> > meant to be a complete tutorial with every detail.
> 
> Yes that sounds interesting.
> 
> I read _very_ rapidly the description on WARMreader's web page and came 
> out with the impression that labeling Mathematica graphics was not 
> straightforward. So I decided I would try that when I have time 
> available for experimenting -- which is close to never.

If you have Adobe Illustrator, and the MarkedObjects plug-in, 
then creating the .bb file is a snap,
whatever the original application that made the .eps file.

The instructions you read were for making a .mbb file,
*directly in Mathematica*, using its Front-End software.
In this case, there are 2 different ways to "Save as EPS",
which give different results. You have to muck-around a bit
to "get it right", according to whichever way you do that save.

> Your mail seems to say this is all straightforward indeed, so yes it's 
> very interesting.

Gary and Francesco use the Illustrator/MarkedObjects combination.
This is indeed straight-forward; though the plug-in is still
only beta, having some known bugs.

(BTW, in positioning labels, it helps to know a bit about Xy-pic.
This is especially so if you want to use arrows, circles, rectangles
etc. tied to the text/math labels.)



However, the WaRMreader package can be used without the plug-in.
The method is sufficiently flexible, that you "can" define
your own formats for storing the coordinate data;
then "program" a set of TeX macros to match that format. 
That's what the 'reader' means, in the name.


If you are adventurous enough to try this...

There are 4 or 5 examples of different formats in the macro file:
 warmreader.tex  --- doubtless someone will say that you need to be
a TeX magician to even try to read this file.

That's probably true.  :-)

Certainly you need to understand pattern-matching for TeX macros,
far beyond what is normal with LaTeX.


One example takes files of city names and locations (latitude/longitude
expressed in degrees/minutes/seconds) and transforms it to rectangular
coords over a Robinson Projection of a map of the world.

That this is possible is an indication of how powerful TeX can be,
as a programming language.



Have fun,

	Ross

 
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