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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epsdice/epsdice.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epsdice/epsdice.tex deleted file mode 100644 index a379bc86939..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/epsdice/epsdice.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,102 +0,0 @@ -% -% EPSDICE.TEX -% -% some notes on the package EPSDICE by Thomas Heim -% -% LICENSE: LPPL -% -% 2001/02/11 -- thomas.heim@unibas.ch -% -\documentclass[11pt]{article} -\usepackage{epsdice} -%\pagestyle{empty} -% -\title{Package `epsdice' --- a scalable dice font} -\author{2001/02/11 -- Version 1.0 \\[.5ex] Thomas Heim \\[.5ex] - (thomas.heim@unibas.ch)} -\date{} -\begin{document} -\maketitle -\section{Introduction} -Dice fonts are already available in \textsc{metafont} format. -\begin{quote} -\verb+\begin{ShamelessPlug}+ \\[.5ex] -I should know, I wrote one myself: \verb+dice3d.mf+ \\[.5ex] -\verb+\end{ShamelessPlug}+ -\end{quote} -For some applications it seems preferable, however, to have the fonts -in scalable form. The package \verb+epsdice+ fills this gap. - -\texttt{epsdice.sty} provides a single command, -\verb+\epsdice{#1}+. It takes one argument, an integer from 1 to 6. -The value of a counter is allowed as an argument, too, so automatic -representation of (generated or input) data is possible as well. -Depending on the value of the argument, \verb+\epsdice+ includes the -appropriately clipped region from the encapsulated PostScript file -\verb+epsdice.eps+ that contains simple drawings of dice faces. -The drawings scale with the current font because the height of -the included graphics file is set in terms of `ex' units. -% -\section{Requirements and limitations} -\verb+epsdice+ relies on the \verb+graphicx+ package with package -option \verb+[dvips]+ to include the encapsulated PostScript file. -It also uses the \verb+ithen+ package to validate the arguments -(error checking). - -Although the PostScript file is rather small, -including it too many times may not be desirable. -% -\section{Configuring this package} -To install the package, -simply move the following files somewhere in your ``local texmf tree'': -\verb+epsdice.{sty, eps, cfg}+, as well as \verb+diceface.eps+. -I suggest a new subdirectory -\verb+/$LOCALTEXMF/tex/latex/epsdice/*+, where \verb+$LOCALTEXMF+ stands -for your ``local texmf tree'' (what a surprise). Refresh your -\TeX-system's file name database, and that's it, you're all set! -The remainder of this section applies only if you want to change -the default settings. - -The command \verb+\epsdice+ works by including an encapsulated postscript -file, so this file must be found by \LaTeXe. -The package comes with a configuration file \verb+epsdice.cfg+ containing -the file name in the variable \verb+\dicefile+. By default, this variable -points to the file \verb+epsdice.eps+ (without file name extension). -If you don't like my drawings and would like to ``roll your own'' -(PostScript code, not dice), a look at the file \verb+diceface.eps+ -may help. It contains the same PostScript code as \verb+epsdice.eps+, -with some comments about what's going on. -If you intend to keep the \verb+.eps+ file with the dice drawings in a -different place or if you want to use your own version -you have to edit the configuration file \verb+epsdice.cfg+ accordingly, -by adding the path to the file name, or by changing the file name in the -variable \verb+\dicefile+. - -If a configuration file does not exist, the file \verb+epsdice.eps+ -is assumed to be located in the present working directory. -% -\section{Examples} -This text shows dice faces in an 11pt environment: -\epsdice{1} \epsdice{2} \epsdice{3} \epsdice{4} \epsdice{5} \epsdice{6}. -The pictures fit into the surrounding text. - -{\Large -Here is some large text. The dice pictures scale accordingly:% -\footnote{\ldots as they do in footnotes, \epsdice{\value{footnote}}, -like this.} \epsdice{3}. See?} The package works with standard counters, -too: Here's the result of \verb+\epsdice{\value{page}}+ -\epsdice{\value{page}}. -% -\section{Errors} -Of course it doesn't make sense to ask for dice faces with arguments -other than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. The package generates error -messages and simply prints the offending argument in the \TeX\ output. -Uncomment the final lines in this documentation to see this feature -in action. -% This generates `benign' errors: \epsdice{99} and \epsdice{-3}. -% The following is more serious, generating two different errors: -% \epsdice{epsfoo}. Nevertheless, output continues with a fall-back -% solution. -% -\end{document} - |