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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/support/bm2ltx/readme b/support/bm2ltx/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..26e72765bc --- /dev/null +++ b/support/bm2ltx/readme @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ + BM2LTX - (c) 1995 claas bontus + + email: bontus@al6000.physik.uni-siegen.de + bontus@141.99.131.151 + +Copyright +--------- + BM2LTX is on the public domain. I used some functions of + Ian Ashdown's PCX library. See file PCX_LIB.DOC for further + information. + You are free to + * distibute BM2LTX + * modify the source code, as long as you document all changes + * transform BM2LTX to other operating systems. + +Files +----- + bm2ltx.exe - the executable for DOS and OS/2 + readme - this file + pcx_fmt.doc - explanation of the PCX format by Ian Ashdown + pcx_lib.doc - explanation of Ian Ashdown's PCX library + b2l_src.zip - ZIP-file containing the source code of BM2LTX + +Explanation +----------- + BM2LTX converts PCX graphics files to a LaTeX readable format. + If you want to convert the file TEST.PCX to TEST.PIC just type + + BM2LTX TEST.PCX TEST.PIC + + You can include TEST.PIC in your LaTeX documents using the + following commands: + + \begin{figure} + \begin{center} + \input{TEST.PIC} + \end{center} + \caption{Hello world!} + \end{figure} + + The picture will be stored in the DVI file, so that it can be + processed independently of drivers or platforms. + +Installation +------------ + OS/2: You need to copy EMX.DLL to a directory listed in your + LIBPATH environment variable. If you have already EMX.DLL + replace it only if the one you got now is newer. + + DOS: BM2LTX is bound with emx.exe. Therefore it should be able + to work with DOS as is. Problems can occur if the processor + is already in protected mode. + +Advantages +---------- + Files created with BM2LTX can be used with LaTeX on different + platforms, no matter which graphics formats are supported by + your drivers. + +Disadvantages +------------- + Files created with BM2LTX can become very large in size. A picture + consisting of 100x100 pixels can yield to a file with up to 5000 + lines of code. TeX can slow down processing these files or it + can even run out of memory. + +Things someone might do +----------------------- + * Add options to resize the pictures + * Find an algorithm which yields to smaller files + * Add color + * Add the possibiliy to process graphics formats other than PCX + |