[OS X TeX] Who should use (La)TeX - who is able to use it?

[Jack Kuipers]

Thank you for the info about Intaglio.

jbk

On 17 Nov, 2004, at 7:39 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> Maybe this could be useful:
> I had a lot of figures made in Canvas but within Word files.
> I copy the figure in the Word file and paste it in Intaglio which I 
> then save in pdf "cropped to contents size".
> (Actually, I also keep a copy saved in Intaglio in case of later 
> editing.)
> By the way, Intaglio is a very, very nice, completely Mac app.
> Regards
> --schremmer
>
> Jack Kuipers wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Joseph
>>
>> I use TeXShop ie TeX/LaTeX but I am not familiar with metapost, 
>> mfpic, and/or  xfig.
>> Are they packages, graphics apps, or utilities. They are discussed 
>> where?
>> I have been converting all my figures (in Superpaint) from whatever 
>> to eps. Then, using
>> pkg eps2pdf to put them in pdf format. Not very successful for me.
>> Sorry for being so dense. Tell me where and I'll find out about what 
>> needs doing.
>> Thanx,
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
>>>> you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
>>>> it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
>>>> "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
>>> metapost as needed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe
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>> On 17 Nov, 2004, at 5:21 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 17, 2004, at 5:10 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>> 4. With regard to your graphics, I can only speculate; but even if 
>>>> you have to recreate them from scratch, I could imagine that doing 
>>>> it with the help of metapost, in which case I would recommend the 
>>>> "frontend" mfpic, would be fun - at least for you as author.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Easier may be xfig instead, exporting to metapost, then editing the 
>>> metapost as needed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe
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