On Sat, 6 May 2000, Jacek Pliszka wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I got an alpha version of export to TeX PStricks macros.
> This was done on the basis of EPS export.
> I allowed myself to attach them to this letter.
> In order to use it you have to use:
>
> \usepackage{pstricks}
>
> and then
>
> \input{file.pstricks}
>
> What you can do:
>
> 1. You can draw lines/arc/ellipses/rectangles in colors
> 2. You can write $g_{\mu\nu}$ and TeX will put it as it should be.
>
> what does not work, ordered by difficulty:
>
> 1. LINEJOINMODE (when I learn what is it exactly I can add)
> 2. LINECAPS (same comment)
These things are not strictly necessary (you will get fairly good output
ignoring them). Looking at the pstricks files in my texmf dir, it doesn't
look like it provides a way to set these.
> 3. setting font, can be added manually, at the moment generates
> something like that: \setfont{Courier}{1.0)
> 4. dash-dot and dash-dot-dot line types (not implemented in PSTricks)
> 5. Bezier curves, I cannot get \curveto in PSTricks working
> 6. No images inclusion
>
> Small problems I think I found in Dia:
>
> 1. Dashing of a polygon dashes every line separately
Is this a problem with a specific renderer? I couldn't reproduce it in
the gdk renderer.
> 2. dots sometimes are as long as dashes (should they?)
> 3. In renderer_eps there should be a single procedure for
> set_line_color.
>
> Wishes I have for Dia:
>
> 1. Line types: coil, zigzag:
> http://www.loria.fr/tex/graph-pack/pstricks/pst-usr4.ps.gz
>
> If anybody wants to test or help please do.
>
> Also I would welcome all comments.
It looks pretty good.
>
> Also if this code is allowed into CVS I would be very glad
> if someone could help me with that.
I can check it in if you want (I can also put together the makefiles to
build it as a plugin).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacek
>
James.
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