Re: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread root
All of the versions of latex I've tried on axiomunit_v2.tex blow up on the \pdfoutput=1. bad karma has come to haunt me. rather than trying to generate pdf files in latex i'd suggest using latex to gen a .dvi file and then use dvipdfm or dvi2pdf. dvi2pdf is a shell script that reads: dvips -e 0 -

RE: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread Page, Bill
On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:37 PM C Y wrote: > ... > > The line breaker code (written by Robert Sutor - one of the > > original Axiom developers) that we use with Axiom on both > > MathAction and in the Windows version of the TeXmacs interface > > is written in C. The original version was ru

RE: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread C Y
--- "Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:56 PM Tim Daly (root) wrote: > > > > > I got a bit fancy and allowed automatic resizing of a > > > couple of large equations based on the two margin sizes, > > > but breqn would be a preferable solution there if t

RE: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread Page, Bill
On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:56 PM Tim Daly (root) wrote: > > > I got a bit fancy and allowed automatic resizing of a > > couple of large equations based on the two margin sizes, > > but breqn would be a preferable solution there if the > > license is ever straightened out. (Or we implement

Re: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread C Y
--- root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CY, > > I liked the 'axiomunit_diagramtest' version a lot. > I'll have to try that with src/doc/endpaper. > Can you post or send the diagram code? Actually, the whole tex file is posted, I just didn't link to it ;-). http://portal.axiom-developer.org/Memb

Re: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread root
> I got a bit fancy and allowed automatic resizing of a couple of large > equations based on the two margin sizes, but breqn would be a > preferable solution there if the license is ever straightened out. (Or > we implement our own version of it.) if breqn is an equation line breaker we have one

Re: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread root
CY, I liked the 'axiomunit_diagramtest' version a lot. I'll have to try that with src/doc/endpaper. Can you post or send the diagram code? re: 1 inch margins (2.54 cm for our other friends :-)) my book publisher told me that a 6 inch line was an industry standard because, in their experience, it

RE: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread C Y
--- "Page, Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:14 PM C Y wrote: > > > > Well, still not approved for public visibility > > Sorry, I've been a bit busy with other things. Do you still > want these documents approved or would you like to wait for a > more final ver

RE: [Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread Page, Bill
On Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:14 PM C Y wrote: > > Well, still not approved for public visibility Sorry, I've been a bit busy with other things. Do you still want these documents approved or would you like to wait for a more final version? No problem either way. I am just hesitating because I a

[Axiom-developer] Units and Dimensions - example pdf and dvi files

2005-11-29 Thread C Y
Well, still not approved for public visibility but it looks like a direct link to each file will allow folks to view them. This is a collection of a variety of formatting options that can be achieved with the options included in the preamble. For those who want the fanciest result, I recommend th