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-* Circuit_macros Version 10.0, copyright (c) 2022 J. D. Aplevich under *
+* Circuit_macros Version 10.1, copyright (c) 2022 J. D. Aplevich under *
* the LaTeX Project Public Licence in file Licence.txt. The files of *
* this distribution may be redistributed or modified provided that this *
* copyright notice is included and provided that modifications are clearly *
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
* whatsoever for these files. *
This is a set of macros for drawing high-quality line diagrams to
- include in LaTeX, web, or similar documents, with support for SVG
+ include in LaTeX, web, or similar documents, with support for svg
(including Inkscape) and other formats. Fundamental electric circuit
elements and basic logic gates based on IEEE and European standards are
included with several tools and examples of other types of diagrams.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Alternative:
Also possible for some diagrams:
m4 and dpic with output in the following formats:
LaTeX graphics or LaTeX eepic (for simple diagrams), mfpic, xfig,
- MetaPost, SVG, PDF, or Postscript.
+ MetaPost, svg, pdf, or Postscript.
USAGE
First-time users should read the Quick Start section of Circuit_macros.pdf.
@@ -165,21 +165,20 @@ GPIC:
http://doc.cat-v.org/unix/v10/10thEdMan/pic.pdf
SVG output, Inkscape:
- Dpic -v produces svg output. If the result is to be directly
- inserted into html, then as for Postscript output, the diagram
- source file has to be adapted to remove any LaTeX formatting. The
- configuration file svg.m4 contains macros that can assist. To avoid
- this problem at the expense of an extra postprocessing step,
- sophisticated text formatting and font selection can be retained
- by first producing pdf output and then converting to SVG using,
- say, pdf2svg (https://github.com/dawbarton/pdf2svg) or dvisvgm
- (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/dvisvgm).
+ Dpic -v produces svg output. If the result is to be directly inserted
+ into html, then as for Postscript output, the diagram source file has
+ to be adapted to remove any LaTeX formatting. The configuration file
+ svg.m4 contains macros that can assist. At the expense of an extra
+ postprocessing step, sophisticated text formatting and font selection
+ can be retained by first producing pdf output and then converting to
+ svg using, say, dvisvgm (https://www.ctan.org/pkg/dvisvgm) or pdf2svg
+ (https://github.com/dawbarton/pdf2svg).
SVG is the native file format for the Inkscape graphics editor.
Therefore, elements defined by these macros can be output by dpic -v in
svg format for later manipulation by Inkscape. A very basic palette of
- circuit elements for Inkscape is found in examples/svg/paletteSVG.m4.
- In the svg subdirectory, type "make paletteSVG.svg", read the resulting
+ circuit elements for Inkscape is found in examples/paletteSVG.m4.
+ In the examples subdirectory, type "make paletteSVG.svg", read the resulting
file into Inkscape, and then ungroup the elements as desired. You would
probably wish to add to or customize these elements for extensive use.
@@ -190,10 +189,10 @@ EXAMPLES
test the boundaries of the domain of application of dpic with m4
macros. Read the manual Circuit_macros.pdf and view examples.pdf
in the examples directory or make and view the html file in the
- examples/svg directory. For the curious, There are additional source
+ examples/svg directory. For the curious, there are additional source
files in the examples directory that are not shown in examples.pdf.
- For the possibly unstable development version of these macros, try
- http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/
+ Try http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~aplevich/Circuit_macros/
+ for the possibly unstable development version of these macros.
The examples directory Makefile automates the generation of .ps, .eps,
.png, and .pdf files for individual diagrams. Subdirectories of the