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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html index 2b6f3fee48b..597209286fe 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html @@ -3,34 +3,34 @@ </head><body> <h3>Imported graphics in PDFLaTeX</h3> <p/>PDFTeX itself has a rather wide range of formats that it can -“natively” incorporate into its output PDF stream: +“natively” incorporate into its output PDF stream: JPEG (<code>.jpg</code> files) for photographs and similar images, PNG files for artificial bitmap images, and PDF for vector drawings. Old versions of PDFTeX (prior to version 1.10a) supported TIFF (<code>.tif</code> files) format as an alternative -to PNG files; don’t rely on this facility, even if you -<em>are</em> running an old enough version of PDFTeX… -<p/>In addition to the ‘native’ formats, the standard PDFLaTeX -<i>graphics</i> package setup causes Hans Hagen’s <i>supp-pdf</i> +to PNG files; don’t rely on this facility, even if you +<em>are</em> running an old enough version of PDFTeX… +<p/>In addition to the ‘native’ formats, the standard PDFLaTeX +<i>graphics</i> package setup causes Hans Hagen’s <i>supp-pdf</i> macros to be loaded: these macros are capable of translating the -output of MetaPost to PDF “on the fly”; thus MetaPost output +output of MetaPost to PDF “on the fly”; thus MetaPost output (<code>.mps</code> files) may also be included in PDFLaTeX documents. <p/>The commonest problem users encounter, when switching from TeX, is that there is no straightforward way to include EPS files: -since PDFTeX is its own “driver”, and since it contains no means -of converting PostScript to PDF, there’s no direct way the job can +since PDFTeX is its own “driver”, and since it contains no means +of converting PostScript to PDF, there’s no direct way the job can be done. <p/>The simple solution is to convert the EPS to an appropriate -PDF file. The <i>epstopdf</i> program will do this: it’s +PDF file. The <i>epstopdf</i> program will do this: it’s available either as a Windows executable or as a <i>Perl</i> script to run on Unix and other similar systems. A LaTeX package, <i>epstopdf</i>, can be used to generate the requisite PDF -files “on the fly”; this is convenient, but requires that you -suppress one of TeX’s security checks: don’t allow its use in files -from sources you don’t entirely trust. -<p/>A similar package, <i>pst-pdf</i>, permits other things than ‘mere’ +files “on the fly”; this is convenient, but requires that you +suppress one of TeX’s security checks: don’t allow its use in files +from sources you don’t entirely trust. +<p/>A similar package, <i>pst-pdf</i>, permits other things than ‘mere’ graphics files in its argument. <i>Pst-pdf</i> operates (the -authors suggest) “like BibTeX” — you process your file using +authors suggest) “like BibTeX” — you process your file using PDFLaTeX, then use LaTeX, <i>dvips</i> and <i>ps2pdf</i> in succession, to produce a secondary file to input to your next PDFLaTeX run. (Scripts are provided to ease the production of the @@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ secondary file.) <p/>An alternative solution is to use <i>purifyeps</i>, a <i>Perl</i> script which uses the good offices of <i>pstoedit</i> and of MetaPost to convert your Encapsulated PostScript to -“Encapsulated PostScript that comes out of MetaPost”, and can therefore be -included directly. Sadly, <i>purifyeps</i> doesn’t work for all +“Encapsulated PostScript that comes out of MetaPost”, and can therefore be +included directly. Sadly, <i>purifyeps</i> doesn’t work for all <code>.eps</code> files. -<p/>Good coverage of the problem is to be found in Herbert Voss’ +<p/>Good coverage of the problem is to be found in Herbert Voss’ <a href="http://pstricks.tug.org/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdfoutput">PDF support page</a>, which is targeted at the use of <i>pstricks</i> in PDFLaTeX, and also covers the <i>pstricks</i>-specific package <i>pdftricks</i>. <dl> <dt><tt><i>epstopdf</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/epstopdf/">support/epstopdf/</a> -<dt><tt><i>epstopdf.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with Heiko Oberdiek’s packages +<dt><tt><i>epstopdf.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed with Heiko Oberdiek’s packages <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek.zip">macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>pdftricks.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>pst-pdf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://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/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pst-pdf/">browse the directory</a>) |