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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvipsgraphics.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvipsgraphics.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..19140f647be --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvipsgraphics.html @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label dvipsgraphics</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Imported graphics in <i>dvips</i></h3> +<p/><i>Dvips</i>, as originally conceived, can only import a single +graphics format: +<a href="FAQ-eps.html">encapsulated PostScript</a> (<code>.eps</code> files). +<i>Dvips</i> also deals with the slightly eccentric EPS that is +created by <a href="FAQ-MP.html">MetaPost</a>. +<p/>Apart from the fact that a depressing proportion of drawing +applications produce corrupt EPS when asked for such output, +this is pretty satisfactory for vector graphics work. +<p/>To include bitmap graphics, you need some means of converting them to +PostScript; in fact many standard image manipulators (such as +<i>ImageMagick</i>’s <i>convert</i>) make a good job of +creating EPS files (but be sure to ask for output at PostScript +level 2 or higher). (<i>Unix</i> users should beware of +<i>xv</i>’s claims: it has a tendency to downsample your bitmap to +your screen resolution.) +<p/>Special purpose applications <i>jpeg2ps</i> (which converts +JPEG files using PostScript level 2 functionality), +<i>bmeps</i> (which converts both JPEG and PNG +files) and <i>a2ping</i>/<i>sam2p</i> (which convert a +bewildering array of bitmap formats to EPS or PDF files; +<i>sam2p</i> is one of the engines that <i>a2ping</i> uses) +are also considered “good bets”. +<p/><i>Bmeps</i> comes with patches to produce your own version of +<i>dvips</i> that can cope with JPEG and PNG direct, +using <i>bmeps</i>’s conversion library. <i>Dvips</i>, as +distributed by MiKTeX, comes with those patches built-in, but +assuming that capability destroys portability, and is only +recommendable if you are sure you will never want to share your +document. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>a2ping</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping.zip">graphics/a2ping</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/a2ping/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>bmeps</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bmeps.zip">support/bmeps</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/bmeps.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/bmeps/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>jpeg2ps</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/jpeg2ps.zip">nonfree/support/jpeg2ps</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/jpeg2ps.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/support/jpeg2ps/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>sam2p</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/sam2p.zip">graphics/sam2p</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/sam2p.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/sam2p/">browse</a>) +</dl> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvipsgraphics">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvipsgraphics</a> +</body> |