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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 - 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 - <i>pict2e</i> supersedes David Carlisle’s stop-gap - <i>pspicture</i>.) -<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> (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 - <i>epstopdf</i> — see - <a href="FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html">PDFLaTeX graphics</a>) generates - PDF files using an auxiliary program, from <i>PSTricks</i> - commands (<i>pst-pdf</i> also requires a recent installation of - the <i>preview</i> package). -<p/> There is a <i>PSTricks</i> mailing list - (<a href="mailto:pstricks@tug.org"><i>pstricks@tug.org</i></a>) which you may - <a href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks">join</a>, or you may - just browse the - <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/">list archives</a>. -<li> <i>pgf</i>: while <i>pstricks</i> is very powerful and - convenient, using it with PDFLaTeX is an awful fidget: if you - simply want the graphical capabilities, <i>pgf</i>, together with - its rather pleasing “user-oriented” interface <i>tikz</i>, may be a good - bet for you. While PDF has (in essence) the same graphical - capabilities as PostScript, it isn’t programmable; <i>pgf</i> provides - common LaTeX commands that will utilise the graphical - capabilities of both PostScript and PDF equally. -<li> MetaPost; you liked Metafont, but never got to grips with font files? - Try <a href="FAQ-MP.html">MetaPost</a> — - all the power of Metafont, but it generates PostScript figures; MetaPost - is nowadays part of most serious (La)TeX distributions. Knuth - uses it for all his work… -<p/> Note that you can “embed” MetaPost source in your document (i.e., - keep it in-line with your LaTeX code), using the <i>emp</i> - package. -<li> <i>Mfpic</i>; you liked Metafont, but can’t understand the - language? The package makes up Metafont or MetaPost code for you - within using familiar-looking TeX macros. Not <em>quite</em> the - full power of MetaPost, but a friendlier interface; of course, with - MetaPost output, the results can be used equally well in either - LaTeX or PDFLaTeX. -<li> You liked PicTeX but don’t have enough memory or time? Look - at Eitan Gurari’s <i>dratex</i>, which is as powerful as most - other TeX drawing packages, but is an entirely new - implementation, which is not as hard on memory, is much more - readable (and is fully documented). -<li> You fancy the idea of embedding the source of drawings (as with - <i>emp</i>, but you like another drawing tool? In principle, - it’s possible to do the same with other tools; for example - <i>asyfig</i> allows you to embed - <i>asymptote</i> code in your document. -</ul> -<p/>Some of the free-standing graphics applications may also be used -(effectively) in-line in LaTeX documents; examples are -<dl> -<dt>asymptote<dd>A package, <i>asymptote</i>, defines an environment - <code>asy</code> which arranges that its contents are included - (after “enough” runs, in the LaTeX way). -<p/> Basically, you write - <blockquote> - <code>\</code><code>begin{asy}</code> - <code><<i>asymptote code</i>></code> - <code>\</code><code>end{asy}</code> - </blockquote><p> - and then execute -<blockquote> -<pre> -latex document -asy document-*.asy -latex document -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -<dt>egplot<dd>Allows you to incorporate <i>GNUplot</i> - code in your document, again for processing outside of LaTeX; the - design of this package was strongly influenced by that of <i>emp</i> -<dt>emp<dd>Another of the same, this time for MetaPost graphics. -</dl> -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>asymptote.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote.zip">graphics/asymptote</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/asymptote/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/asymptote.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>dratex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/dratex.zip">graphics/dratex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/dratex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/dratex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>egplot</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/egplot.zip">macros/latex/contrib/egplot</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/egplot/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/egplot.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>emp</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/emp.zip">macros/latex/contrib/emp</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/emp/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/emp.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>epic.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/epic</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/epic/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/epic.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>eepic.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eepic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eepic</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eepic/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/eepic.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>eepicemu.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eepic.zip">macros/latex/contrib/eepic</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/eepic/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/eepic.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>emp.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/emp.zip">macros/latex/contrib/emp</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/emp/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/emp.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>mfpic</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/mfpic.zip">graphics/mfpic</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/mfpic/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>preview.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/preview.zip">macros/latex/contrib/preview</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/preview/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/preview.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pspicture.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pspicture</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pspicture/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pspicture.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pst-pdf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pst-pdf.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pgf.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pict2e.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pict2e</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pict2e.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pictex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pictex.zip">graphics/pictex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pictex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pictex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>pstricks</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks.zip">graphics/pstricks</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pstricks/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pstricks.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>tikz.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/pgf.html">catalogue entry</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> |