[OS X TeX] how best to draw diagrams

[Ross Moore]

> Thank you very much for the hint, what I can see from the manuals so 
> far, xy-pic is perfect for my purpose.
> 
> Am I right that xy-pic is not distributed as an i-package? If yes, is 

It is part of teTeX .
The package files are in  .../texmf/tex/generic/xypic/
The PostScript Type1 fonts and metrics should be installed already.

e.g.
[go:~] rossmoor% kpsewhich xy.tex
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/generic/xypic/xy.tex
[go:~] rossmoor% kpsewhich xyatip10.tfm
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/xypic/xyatip10.tfm
[go:~] rossmoor% kpsewhich xyatip10.pfb
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/xypic/xyatip10.pfb

Documentation is here:
[go:~] rossmoor% ls /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/doc/generic/xypic/
CATALOG     COPYING     MANIFEST    README      TRAILER     VERSIONS    xyguide.ps  xyrefer.ps

The only thing that extra that you might like, for TeXShop and pdfTeX,
is the (experimental) xypdf driver; see the link on the page:
	http://www-texdev.ics.mq.edu.au/WARM/


Hope this helps,
and enjoy Xy-pic

	Ross Moore


> there any safe way to install xy-pic without the risk of damaging my 
> (nicely working) texshop&i-installer-TeX installation? Which parts of 
> the xy-3.7 folder I just downloaded almost entirely are essential? Sorry 
> for this maybe stupid question, but I am a user without any 
> UNIX-knowledge and OSX makes me a little bit worried that my computer is 
> doing things I have no idea what they are...
> 
> daniel
> 
> Am Montag den, 4. November 2002, um 14:20, schrieb Ross Moore:
> >
> > Xy-pic is probably better for this kind of thing.
> > It is much more flexible in how to specify the kind
> > of relationships inherent in the layout of those diagrams.
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > 	Ross
> 
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