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+<!-- Created by texi2html 1.56k from texdraw.texi on 10 March 2004 -->
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+<TITLE>TeXdraw - 1. Introduction</TITLE>
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+Go to the first, previous, <A HREF="texdraw_2.html">next</A>, <A HREF="texdraw_11.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="texdraw_toc.html">table of contents</A>.
+<P><HR><P>
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+<H1><A NAME="SEC1" HREF="texdraw_toc.html#TOC1">1. Introduction</A></H1>
+
+<P>
+TeX is a powerful typesetting program which allows for complex text
+layouts but by itself lacks a general graphics capability. However,
+when coupled with an appropriate printer driver program, external
+graphics files can be inserted into the printed document. In this mode,
+TeX is instructed to leave space for a drawing. The drawing is
+inserted by the printer driver program. The TeXdraw macros described
+here generate the external graphics file from within TeX and generate
+the instructions to the the print driver program to position the
+graphics at the appropriate position on the page.
+
+
+<P>
+TeXdraw consists of a set of TeX macros that create line drawings
+and other figures. The drawing primitives include solid lines,
+patterned lines, Bezier curves, circles and arrows. Other commands
+allow for the filling of a region with a gray level. The drawing
+commands generate PostScript code. This limits TeXdraw to systems
+which use PostScript printers. TeXdraw also provides commands to
+position TeX text, including mathematics, on the drawing. The final
+drawing, with text and graphics, can be positioned on the page like any
+other TeX box.
+
+
+<P>
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+The basic TeXdraw macros for TeX use the <CODE>\special</CODE> syntax
+recognized by the printer driver program <CODE>dvips</CODE>. However, when
+invoked as a LaTeX2e package, the TeXdraw macros can be used with
+any of the PostScript printer driver programs supported by the standard
+<CODE>graphics</CODE> package for LaTeX2e.
+
+
+<P>
+The basic TeXdraw macros provide only simple drawing commands.
+However, TeXdraw provides a drawing segment environment which allows
+parameter changes and coordinate scaling changes to be kept local to the
+drawing segment. This facility, together with TeX's macro
+capabilities allows one to modularize drawing units and extend
+TeXdraw by building more complex graphics entities from simpler
+elements.
+
+
+
+<UL>
+<LI><A HREF="texdraw_1.html#SEC2">Distribution</A>
+</UL>
+
+
+
+<H2><A NAME="SEC2" HREF="texdraw_toc.html#TOC2">1.1 Distribution information</A></H2>
+<P>
+<A NAME="IDX4"></A>
+
+
+<P>
+The TeXdraw routines are provided free of charge without warranty of
+any kind. Note that the TeXdraw routines are copyrighted. They may
+be distributed freely provided that the recipients also acquire the
+right to distribute them freely. The notices to this effect must be
+preserved when the source files are distributed.
+
+
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