From b4fc5f639874db951177ec539299d20908adb654 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:44:40 +0000 Subject: doc 4 git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@80 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 119 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme') diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2d6c613792b --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/eepic/readme @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +EEPIC is a set of TeX macros for LaTeX. It includes several extensions to EPIC +and LaTeX picture drawing environement and provides several new commands. + +------------------------------ +Additions to Version 1.00 +o new commands to draw filled cirlces and ellipsis. +o new command to set line thickness to any width. +o bugs in EEPICEMU.sty are fixed. +------------------------------ + +Extensions to LaTeX and EPIC include: +o drawing of lines in any slopes +o drawing of circles in any radii +o drawing of dotted lines and dash lines in a much faster way and much less + TeX memory + +It also provides new commands for: +o drawing ellipsis +o drawing arcs +o drawing of splines + +Please read the manual for details. + +************IMPORTANT************** + +The standard EEPIC style file generates tpic \special. If your printer does not +support those specials, you have to either change "eepic" in the +\documentstyle command to "eepicemu" or rename "eepicemu.sty" to "eepic.sty" +before formating the manual. "eepicemu.sty" is the emulation package of EEPIC +using EPIC and it does not generate any \special command. However, \arc +command is not supported in the emulation package. Hence, you will get 3 error +messages if you use "eepicemu" to format the manual. Furthermore, the +emulation package uses a lot more TeX memory. If your TeX run out of memory +during the formating of the manual, you can insert \clearpage between example +3 and example 4 to put them on different pages. + +EPIC is an TeX macro package for use with LaTeX. It is written by +Sunil Podar, Dept of Computer Science, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY 11794. +The "epic.sty" file is include in the distribution so that you can format the +manual. I strongly recommend everyone using EEPIC should get a full package of +EPIC. Information on getting EPIC and printer drivers that support tpic +specials are given at the end of this file. + +[ I tried to contact the author to get permission to include "epic.sty" ] +[ in EEPIC distribution but I did not get any reply. I hope this is okay ] + +********MISC*********** +o Any line beginning with "%%" in eepic.sty may be removed for efficiency + + +*******E-MAIL Address******* +% Internet : kwok@iris +% csnet : kwok@ucd.csnet +% csnet : kwok%iris.ucdavis.edu@csnet.relay +% UUCP : ...!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!kwok + + +--Conrad Kwok + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +First, thanks to all who have responsed to my question. It seems +to me that not many DVI drivers currently support tpic +specials but a number of people are planning to support tpic +specials in their new DVI drivers. Here is the summary. + +1) "iptex" written by Chris Torek --- This is for imagen printer. +It is included in the UNIX TeX distribution. It is also +available for anonymous ftp from a.cs.uiuc.edu in +pub/TeX/iptex.tar + +2) "texx" written by Dirk Grunwald --- DVI previewers for X11. +It supports most of the tpic specials but not all. It is part of +the iptex package. See 1) above. + +3) "texsun" written by Dirk Grunwald --- DVI previewers for +Sunview window system. It supports most of the tpic specials. It +is also part of the iptex package. See 1) above. + +4) "dvips" written by Tomas Rokicki and tpic special codes are +added by Dorab Patel --- A DVI to Postscript translator. It is +available for anonymous ftp from labrea.stanford.edu. + +5) L. Michael Gray in the University of New Hamsphire said he has +modified dln01 (for DEC LN01S), dvi2ps and xdvi (for X10.4) to +handle tpic specials. He may be reached at lmg%unhcs@RELAY.CS.NET. + +6) "dviis" previewers for Integrated Solutions. I think it is +available on june.cs.washington.edu. + +7) DVI previewers written by Randy Buckland for VMS vaxstations. +The program is written in Ada. The executable is available for +anonymous ftp from argon.rti.org [128.109.139.64]. + +8) There are a number of DVI drivers in science.utah.edu but I +don't know which one support tpic specials and who one don't. + +9) Another "dvips" is available from a.cs.uiuc.edu in +pub/TeX/dvips.tar.Z + +10) quicspool that come with the distribution also supports tpic +specials. + + +Some of the information here come at second hand. Correct me if +any of these are wrong. If you know any DVI drivers that support +tpic specials but they are not list here. Please send me a +message so that I can keep this list up-to-date. + +================================================ +Additions to Version 1.1 +o new commands to do area fill for circles, ellipses, paths and + arcs. +o allows user to define the area fill pattern. It may not work on + all dvi drivers but it is known to work using iptex. +================================================ + +Thanks. + +--Conrad -- cgit v1.2.3