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diff --git a/macros/plain/graphics/README.txt b/macros/plain/graphics/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fc65eaf69b --- /dev/null +++ b/macros/plain/graphics/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ + +Graphics code for non-LaTeX users. +================================== + +This directory provides a small wrapper file such that users of +formats based on plain TeX may make use of some of the parts of the +standard LaTeX distribution. + +These files are *NOT* supported by the LaTeX3 project, and any +problems with them should *NOT* be reported to the LaTeX bugs system. + +Problems should be reported as issues at +https://github.com/davidcarlisle/dpctex/tree/master/graphics-pln + + +David Carlisle 1995/01/29 + 1996/11/13 + 2016/08/17 + 2017/06/01 + 2018/01/16 + +Copyright 1995 1996 2016 2017 2018 David Carlisle + + All the files in this directory may be redistributed and/or modified + under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License distributed from + CTAN archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either + version 1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. + + + +This directory contains + +README.txt This file. + +exmplpic.tex + A plain TeX document using LaTeX' `picture mode': a portable + means of producing simple diagrams. + +exmplgrf.tex + A plain TeX document using the LaTeX graphicx package, for + rotating and scaling text, and include PostScript and other + graphics formats. (This will include the file a.ps available + in the LaTeX graphics distribution.) + +exmplcol.tex + A plain TeX document using the LaTeX color package, for + producing colour. + +exmplpfg.tex + A plain TeX document using the contributed LaTeX psfrag package, + for including PostScript documents, while replacing certain text + strings with TeX typeset replacements. This uses the example.eps + figure from the psfrag 3.0 distribution. + +miniltx.tex + A small `miniLaTeX' that defines fakes or otherwise hacks + sufficient bits of LaTeX internals so that the packages can load. + +picture.tex + The user interface to the picture environment. + \input picture. + Normally a plain-style syntax is used, viz + \picture(100,100) + .... + \endpicture + + However if the command \LaTeXbegin is issued, then a LaTeX + syntax of + \begin{picture}(100,100) + .... + \end{picture} + May be used. this may be prefered if the picture is being copied + from a LaTeX document, or if it is produced automatically from + a drawing tool such as xfig or texcad. + +autopict.sty + This is a frozen copy of a file that used to be distributed with + LaTeX but is no longer needed in that context, it is basocally + the source of LaTeX Picture mode from LaTeX in 2014. The + original use for this package was to build a latex format in + which some environments such as picture and tabbing were not + defined by default, to save space if working with TeX on a + machine with 640K memory. + + +graphicx.tex + The user interface to the graphicx package. + \input graphicx + See the documentation in grfguide.ps in the LaTeX graphics + distribution. + This file sets the driver to be dvips. If you + use another driver, edit accordingly. + +color.tex + The user interface to the color package. + \input color + See the documentation in grfguide.ps in the LaTeX graphics + distribution. + This file sets the driver to be dvips. If you + use another driver, edit accordingly. + + +psfrag.tex + The user interface to the psfrag package. + \input psfrag + See the documentation in pfgguide.tex in the psfrag distribution, + and the example document pfgexmpl.tex included here. |