[OS X TeX] Mac OS X Question

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Tue Nov 7 18:11:55 EST 2006


Louis,

Why don't you use latex instead of plain tex? This would make life  
much easier for you without any sacrifices.

Claus


On Nov 7, 2006, at 23:45, Louis S VanSlyck wrote:

> I googled  "graphics plain tex", but the explanation is too anemic  
> for me. I thought the syntax would be like:
>
> \input color
>
> {\color{red} This prints red.}    % This works fine.
>
> which suggests (to me) that one should write:
>
> \input picture
>
> {\picture{Logo.pdf}}
>
> to place the graphic named "Logo.pdf".    % But that fails.
>
> Lou
>
> On Nov 7, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Alan Munn wrote:
>
>> At 9:58 AM -0500 11/7/06, Louis S VanSlyck wrote:
>>> When typesetting in XeTeX, using TeXshop on a Mac G4, running OS  
>>> X 10.3.9,
>>> the following command will paste a pdf graphic:
>>>
>>> \XeTeXpicfile "Logo.PDF"  scaled 150
>>>
>>> Is there a neat way to do this using plainTeX?
>>>
>>> Lou   <LSV at PCE-CO.COM>
>>
>> The graphics wrapper that I mentioned in response to your earlier  
>> question has this capability.  You will need to read the  
>> documentation there.
>>
>> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/plain/graphics/
>>
>> This is part of the standard teTeX distribution so you shouldn't  
>> need to download it from CTAN.
>>
>> As others have mentioned, this can be found quite easily with  
>> Google (it's the top hit on "graphics plain tex")
>>
>> Also, unless you have a really important reason for using plain  
>> TeX, you should probably switch to LaTeX.  Most things are easier  
>> to do, and most of us here use it and not plain TeX.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
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