[OS X TeX] Adding text, etc. to figures... why don't we just do it like this...

[Axel E. Retif]

On  21 Feb, 2009, at 07:57, Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD wrote:

> I used to be a big fan of psfrag before pdtex. pdftricks, etc.,  
> isn't quite as convenient (I might have the names wrong). I had to  
> get something done quickly the other day and put $k_1$ on a figure,  
> and simply did the following.
>
> \includegraphics[]{fig.jpg}\hspace*{-2.4in}\raisebox{1.2in}{$k_1$}

I didn't see a mention of it, so let me tell you that what I've been  
using is the ``old'' (1997) but amazingly robust overpic package. If  
you want to see the one page manual (yes, *one* page),

/usr/local//texlive/2008/texmf-dist/doc/latex/overpic

`` texdoc overpic '' doesn't work, because the 28kB picture it uses  
for the example is gzipped (remember: 1997). So you might want to copy  
the above overpic directory (36kB) to your desktop and typeset it  
there. It will only take you a minute to decide if you care to use the  
package.

I've been using overpic not only in the figure environment, but also  
in the wrapfigure (wrapfig.sty) and SCfigure (sidecap.sty) environments.

Best,

Axel