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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-drawing.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-drawing.html index 5cd801f9013..a541f5b6bfb 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-drawing.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-drawing.html @@ -5,14 +5,25 @@ <p/>There are many packages to do pictures in (La)TeX itself (rather than importing graphics created externally), ranging from simple use of LaTeX <code>picture</code> environment, through enhancements like -<i>epic</i>, to +<i>eepic</i>, to sophisticated (but slow) drawing with PicTeX. Depending on your type of drawing, and setup, here are a few systems you may consider: <ul> +<li> PicTeX is a venerable, and very powerful, system, that draws + by placing dots on the page to give the effect of a line or curve. While + this has the potential of great power, it is (of course) much slower + than any of the other established packages. What’s more, there + are problems with its <a href="FAQ-docpictex.html">documentation</a>. +<li> <i>epic</i> was designed to make use of the LaTeX + <code>picture</code> environment somewhat less agonising; + <i>eepic</i> extends it, and is capable of using <i>tpic</i> + <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands to improve printing performance. (If the + <code>\</code><code>special</code>s aren’t available, the <i>eepicemu</i> will do the + business, far less efficiently. <li> <i>pict2e</i>; this was advertised in <a href="FAQ-books.html">the LaTeX manual</a>, but didn’t appear for nearly ten years after publication of the book! It removes all the petty - niggles that surround the use of the <code>picture</code> + restrictions that surround the use of the <code>picture</code> environment. It therefore suffers <em>only</em> from the rather eccentric drawing language of the environment, and is a far more useful tool than the original environment has ever been. (Note that @@ -21,9 +32,11 @@ of drawing, and setup, here are a few systems you may consider: <li> <i>PSTricks</i>; this gives you access to all the power of PostScript from TeX itself, by sophisticated use of <a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code> commands</a>. Since PostScript is itself a - pretty powerful programming language, many astounding things can in - principle be achieved using <i>PSTricks</i>. - <i>pstricks</i>’ <code>\</code><code>special</code>s are + pretty powerful programming language, many astounding things can in + principle be achieved using <i>PSTricks</i> (a wide range of + contributed packages, ranging from world mapping to lens design + diagrams, is available). + <i>Pstricks</i>’ <code>\</code><code>special</code>s are by default specific to <i>dvips</i>, but VTeX (both in its commercial and in its free versions) understands them. PDFTeX users may use <i>pst-pdf</i>, which (like @@ -63,15 +76,19 @@ of drawing, and setup, here are a few systems you may consider: readable (and is fully documented). </ul> <dl> -<dt><tt><i>dratex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dratex.zip">graphics/dratex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dratex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/dratex/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>mfpic</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic.zip">graphics/mfpic</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>preview.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview.zip">macros/latex/contrib/preview</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>pspicture.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pspicture</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>pst-pdf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>pict2e.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pict2e</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>pstricks</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.zip">graphics/pstricks</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/">browse</a>) -<dt><tt><i>tikz.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>dratex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/dratex.zip">graphics/dratex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/dratex/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>epic.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/epic</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/epic/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>eepic.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eepic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eepic</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eepic/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>eepicemu.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eepic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eepic</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/eepic/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>mfpic</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/mfpic.zip">graphics/mfpic</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>preview.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview.zip">macros/latex/contrib/preview</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preview/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pspicture.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pspicture</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pst-pdf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pict2e.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pict2e</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pictex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pictex.zip">graphics/pictex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pictex/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>pstricks</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.zip">graphics/pstricks</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/">browse the directory</a>) +<dt><tt><i>tikz.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>) </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=drawing">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=drawing</a> </body> |