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From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: how do I frame verbatim?
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 21:56:11 GMT

In article <1aadueINNe7i@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, dechapunya@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
> I want to frame a verbatim text. I cannot get a verbatim environment
> into a framed box. I suppose I'll have to try ragged right in a box.

Solutions have been recently posted. Get DM Jones' tex-index and look up
marcel@cs.caltech.edu (Marcel van der Goot) boxit.sty. 

Donald Arseneau gives:

Subject: Re: Box around figure?
From: asnd@msr.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Date: 22 Jun 92 02:00:00 GMT
 
In article <36111@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>, bhm@reef.cis.ufl.edu 
(Bruce H. McIntosh) writes...
 
> What I want is to draw a box around a figure with 
> \verbatim text ... but have the caption appear outside the box. 
 
The problem is that \fbox reads its argument immediately, so it is best to 
process the text, perhaps in verbatim mode, and box it afterwards. viz:
 
% ----  put in a style file,  perhaps "fpbox.sty"  ----
% Create a framed parbox using \begin{fpboxb} ... \end{fpbox}
% 
\def\fpbox{\par 
  \setbox\@tempboxa\vbox\bgroup
    \advance\hsize-2\fboxrule \advance\hsize-2\fboxsep \textwidth\hsize 
}
 
\def\endfpbox{\egroup\fbox{\box\@tempboxa}\par}
%--------------------end fpbox.sty---------------------
$ example:
\begin{figure}
\begin{fpbox}
\footnotesize\begin{verbatim}
stuff
more stuff
still more stuff
lots and lots of stuff
that's all the stuff
\end{verbatim} 
\end{fpbox}
\caption{The caption wants to be outside the box}
\end{figure}
 
 
Donald Arseneau       asnd@reg.triumf.ca

Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,news.groups
From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: split comp.text.tex/comp.text.tex.apps
Reply-To: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Organization: U of Cambridge, England
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 14:34:03 GMT


In article <1992Oct2.100529.59@dymaxion.ns.ca>, bg@dymaxion.ns.ca writes:
|> I find that almost none of my TeX programming questions in comp.text.tex get
|> answered.  They are good questions, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
|> nobody reads them.  I believe this is due to the glut of applications
related
|> questions and indicates a need for a split of the group, for example:
|> 
|> comp.text.tex		TeX and LaTeX systems & macros.
|> comp.text.tex.apps	TeX and related applications for various platforms.
|> 
|> Just today, almost half of the questions covered: TeX on AIX,
dvimswim, dvdvi,
|> makeTeXpk, emTeX, dviPS, PSFig, Mainz, XFig, TeXtures, ispell, "dvi2xxx
|> sources...", "TeX utility...", etc.
|> 
|> Any takers?  Volunteers to make this happen?

This is an old and hoary chestnut, which seems to get discussed
approximately every other month.

I feel that Ben has a good point (I feel this way every time the
discussion starts), but that his proposal is flawed for two reasons:

1) If one's going to do this sort of thing, the accepted rule is to
junk the newsgroup at the `parent' level.  Thus we would lose
comp.text.tex, and Ben's groups would be something like comp.text.tex.\
{macros,apps}; I point this out simply for the form of the thing.

2) The thing that has killed all such proposals in the past (simply by
exhaustion of the protagonists ;-) is deciding _which_ set of groups
should be created.  For example (in Ben's list of "applications") TeX
on AIX, emTeX and TeXtures are in one obvious class (implementations),
dvimswin, makeTeXpk, dviPS and dvi2xxx are in another (drivers and
their buddies), Mainz is probably best dealt with in the macros group,
PSFig and XFig live together, and ispell is an obvious rogue.

No, I don't have any positive solutions to offer.
--
Robin (dump Brian Kay) Fairbairns                    rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK
From: steiny@steiny.com (Don Steiny)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Compile problem - what is "plain"
Date: 29 Sep 92 00:49:46 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Don Steiny Software


	I am trying to get tex up and running, but I cannot install it 
because part of of the process requires a file called "plain" which 
does not seem to be there.    Could someone out there please tell me
what it is and where I can get it?

	Thanks a bunch.

-don
-- 
Don Steiny
Don Steiny Software
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(408) 425-0382
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: ISPELL-- WHERE ARE YOU?
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:48:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.093300.17412@gdr.bath.ac.uk>, eeppwas@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P W A Stallard) writes:
> I looked around for a DOS port of ISPELL a while ago and couldn't find one. As
> a result, I got the sources and ported them using DJGPP (so you need a 386 or
> better). If anyone is interested in the patches I can mail them to you.
> 
> Another port may exist and I may have reinvented the wheel---the port was
> pretty simple. 

There is a beta port done by Joe Huber jbhuber@iastate.edu using EMX/gcc.
I have briefly tested under OS/2. EMX/gcc was designed to produce OS/2
and MSDOS executables, so it may run under MSDOS (with a 386). It is 
available on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in pub/os2/2.0/SomePlace/.

I did see an older port to MSDOS in 1989 by 
 Walt Buehring
 Texas Instruments - Computer Science Center

 ARPA:  Buehring%TI-CSL@CSNet-Relay
 UUCP:  {smu, texsun, im4u, rice} ! ti-csl ! buehring

It is probably on simtel20.army.mil, but I could not find it with a quick 
search.

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance)
Subject: Re: \baselinestretch
Originator: cjsv@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au
Organization: Computer Science, University College, UNSW/ADFA, Canberra, Australia
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 12:58:46 GMT

In article <8449146@MVB.SAIC.COM> "Daniel H. Luecking" <DL24794@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU> writes:
| In <1992Sep29.023658.18296@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> (comp.text.tex, Tue, 29
| Sep 1992 02:36:58 GMT), Christopher JS Vance <Christopher.Vance@adfa.oz.au>
| posted:

| > I am using NFSS and \baselinestretch{1.3}, but it appears that the stretch
| > is ignored throughout.  Since I can't check if ymir's doublespace.sty is

| I don't know if the poster was speaking informally, or if \baselinestretch
| may indeed be set this way, but the manual says to change it with
| 
| \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.3}

I was writing informally.  The book was on my desk, open at the right page,
and I was doing what it said.  It didn't work, presumably because of NFSS.
I have since found that dspc.sty from ymir.claremont.edu does the right thing.

-- Christopher
From: lones@lones.mit.edu (Lones Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: FREE LATEX SPELL CHECKER -- DO YOU EXIST ? (AND WHERE?)
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:34:34 GMT
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology

Hi,
     Subject says it all. I'm especially wondering compatibility with TeXmenu.

Lones Smith 
MIT Econ
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: hills@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Hills Matthew D)
Subject: program listings in LaTeX
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 05:21:51 GMT


Does anyone have a good solution for printing out program listings
under LaTeX?  (I didn't see any specific styles for this in the index at mit.)

Basically, I want to include 30-40 pages of program listings in the
Appendices of a paper--I am primarily worried about how TeX likes separate
lines of stuff to be separated by a blank line...

Thanks,

Matthew Hills
hills@cory.Berkeley.EDU
From: phd21@keele (A. Jaber)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Putting more than one POSTSCRIPT FILE in one Figure... HOW?????
Date: 3 Oct 92 14:35:48 GMT
Organization: Keele University, England

Any Kind SOUL Can HELP:

Help needed in putting the two POSTCRIPT FILES in one figure
as shown below first next to each other and then above each other.
 
Regards 

Adel Jaber


__________________________   _____________________________
|                        |   |                           |
|			 |   |				 |
|			 |   | 				 |
| First Figure           |   |  Second Figure            |
|			 |   |  			 |
|			 |   | 				 |
|			 |   |    			 |
|________________________|   |___________________________|

	(a)                         (b)

		Figure: 1.1  Test


			OR

		_________________________________
	        |				| 
		|				|
		|				|
		|         Fist Figure		|
		|  				|
		|        			|
		|_______________________________|
				(a)
	
		_________________________________
		|				|
		|				|
		|				|
		|				|
		|      Second Figure		|
		|				|
		|				|
		|_______________________________|
				(b)
			Figure: 1.1 Test 



Many thanks
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: asnd@reg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Subject: Re: how to determine the smallest box to enclose a displayed formula?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:33:00 GMT

In article <7438@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, rglnext.geol.vt.edu writes...
> 
> 
>I would like to create a box whose width is that sufficient to snuggly  
>enclose a display formula.  A snug box is created in horizontal mode when  
>you just use $blah$, but it is important for me to determine the smallest  
>enclosing box in display math mode.

Use $\the\everydisplay \displaystyle \def\eqno{\qquad\qquad\textstyle} blah $

\eqnarray must be changed: remove "to \displaywidth" abd cahnge \@centering.

D
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: rekers@elc2 (Jan Rekers)
Subject: Re: Including program listings with latex
Organization: Department Of Mathematics and Computer Science
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 07:59:22 GMT

In article <1992Sep27.234935.15162@cs.cornell.edu> bau@cs.cornell.edu writes:
>Hello Tex gurus!  I have a quick question.  To preserve accuracy, I would
>like to be able to have LaTeX insert program listings from a file verbatim
>into my typeset document, treating returns as linebreaks and so on

How about verbatimfiles.sty?

% --- Use \verbatimfile{<filename>} for verbatim inclusion of a file
% --- Note that the precise layout of line breaks in this file is important!
%
\def\myfootnotesize{\@setsize\footnotesize{9.5pt}\viiipt\@viiipt
\abovedisplayskip 6pt plus 2pt minus 4pt%
\belowdisplayskip \abovedisplayskip
\abovedisplayshortskip \z@ plus 1pt%
\belowdisplayshortskip 3pt plus 1pt minus 2pt}

\def\verbatimfile#1{\begingroup
                    \myfootnotesize \@verbatim \frenchspacing \@vobeyspaces
                    \input#1 \vspace{2ex} \endgroup
}


Newsgroups: comp.text.tex,news.groups
From: horst@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de (Horst Hogenkamp)
Subject: Re: split comp.text.tex
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 18:38:41 GMT
Organization: Universitaet Bielefeld, Technische Fakultaet.

In article <DAMIAN.CUGLEY.92Oct3153919@pierrot.comlab>, Damian.Cugley@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Damian Cugley) writes:
> You might try suggesting a split like this:
> 
> comp.text.tex.sys	-- implmenting TeX on different systems
> 			"How can I get TeX for by Bogomatic 5000?"
> 			emTeX, UNIXTeX, etc.
> comp.text.tex.macros	-- macro writing, especially for plain TeX
> comp.text.tex.latex.programmer	
> 			-- writing new style files and options for LaTeX
> comp.text.tex.latex.wanted
> 			-- style options sought.  Also called "archie".
> comp.text.tex.latex.misc
> 			-- the LaTeX macro package
> comp.text.tex.texware	-- programs that are used with TeX
> 			such as tftopl, vptovf.  Fig?
> comp.text.tex.drivers	-- dvips, dvi2luxo and the like.  DVI standards.
> 			Where to fidn sources.  How best to cope with
> 			rounding errors.
> comp.text.tex.apps	-- maybe Fig belongs here?
> comp.text.tex.announce	-- where to announce new releases of stuff
> comp.text.tex.metafont.programmer 
> 			-- writing MF programs (creating new MF fonts)
> comp.text.tex.metafont.misc
> 		 	-- "How do i use METAFONT?"
> 			"I found these .mf files lying about..."
> 			"How do I convert .tfm to .pk?"
> comp.text.tex.advocacy	-- why TeX is better than sex
> comp.text.tex.misc	-- none of the above
> 

and

c.t.t.bibtex
c.t.t.slitex

Horst
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 08:35:19 EDT
From: <HOMH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Hungarian hyphenation file

The subject says it all. Any pointer is appreciated.

Minhhuy H\^o
HOMH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA
From: pacolley@ember.UUCP (Paul Colley)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: MFpic and transfig?
Summary: Has it been done yet?
Keywords: mfpic, metafont, transfig, fig2dev
Date: 3 Oct 92 17:10:21 GMT
Reply-To: pacolley@ember.UUCP (Paul Colley)
Organization: Ember---private system

Is anyone working on adding MFpic to the Transfig and fig2dev
packages?  Or better yet, has it already been done?

- Paul Colley
University:  colley@qucis.queensu.ca
Home:        pacolley@ember.uucp   watmath!ember!pacolley  +1 613 545 3807
<Ring> [...] "Sorry, I'm all booked up." "Who was that?" "The library." - B.C.
From: MICHAEL BEGEL <BEGEL%UORHEP.BITNET@SHSU.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Setting Margins
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 13:06 EDT
Organization: Info-Tex<==>Comp.Text.Tex Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List


    Can someone please explain how to set page margins in both TeX and
LaTeX?  I would like to be able to set all four margins (top, bottom, right
and left) to different values so that the text may not be centered on the
page.  Thanks.

                                   Michael Begel
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: xiao@feldspar.geology.uiuc.edu (Yuehui Xiao)
Subject: need dvi driver for HP laserjet IIIp 
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 03:15:25 GMT

Hello, I am new to this group and I post this for my friend. Hope this is not
a FAQ, and I will forward the answers to him, thanks in advance. 
_________________________________

I need a driver and fonts for HP laserjet IIIp

Chcuk
oops Chuck
I called and talked to someone.
I hoped they said Hi
_________________________________
From: ccsphc@gdr.bath.ac.uk (Paul Christie)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: LaTeX hyphenating titles
Date: 2 Oct 92 14:40:43 GMT
Organization: Bath University Computing Services, UK

Please, What is the correct way to prevent LaTeX hyphenating titles, subtitles
etc. I have seen this from time to time but can't put my hands on the
information now, of course.
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: dak@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup)
Subject: Re: How to \input{whole-latex-file}
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date:  7 Oct 92 01:01:24 GMT

ky04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (KUN YU) writes:

>We would usually need to input a complete latex file, containing 
>lines \documentstyle{}, \begin{document}, \end{document}, which we have 
>latex'ed to check the syntax. 
>When we \input, those command lines will cause trouble.
>How to ask latex to ignore those lines in the input-file? 
>Assuming we don't like to re-edit the input-files to delete those lines.
>I guess a style could do it.
>-- 
The following does that. the optional arguments of documentstyle make
some additional fuzz, and to those knowing LaTeX internals obviously
might be done more easily. But what the hack. BTW, this lines are not
yet alpha tested. Good luck

\let\document=\relax
\let\enddocument=\relax
\def\skipbrack#1]#2{}
\def\documentstyle#1{\ifx#1[ \let\next\skipbrack \else \let\next\relax
\fi\next}
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: njw@cs.city.ac.uk (Nick Williams)
Subject: there's no reinforced concrete!
Organization: Systems Architecture Research Centre, City University
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:16:33


I've started using the concrete set of fonts: I far prefer them over
the computer modern roman family.  However, the lack of a bold makes
it a bit of loser. I don't know if concrete would look very good if
made bold, but you never know.

What do other people do for this?  Mix up some reinforced concrete?
Not use any bold text?

Nick
--
Nick Williams                          E-mail: njw@cs.city.ac.uk (MIME and ATK)
Systems Architecture Research Centre,  Tel: +44 71 477 8551
London, EC1V 0HB                       Fax: +44 71 477 8587
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: dak@messua.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (David Kastrup)
Subject: Re: equations - and math mode-HELP-!!!!
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date:  3 Oct 92 13:12:25 GMT

6500zxz@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Sitaram Ramaswaamy) writes:


>Hello there,
>        I am a novice as far as LaTeX is concerned. I was trying to
>format some equations with LaTeX when I ran into some trouble.
>My machine is a HP9000/730 running HP-UX 8.05. I have read 
>the docs but they don't seem to help. 

>        The problem seems to be with the math environments.
>Below is a sample test file that should have no problems {I guess}
>on your machines. None of the \begin{math}, \begin{displaymath}
>or \begin{equation} seem not to be functioning correctly.
>There is an example below and I have tried other equations but without
>greater success.

>        It in   is desperation that I turn to you all. Local gurus
>are unavailable at present. 

>        Is this peculiar to my system? Or is there some eazy
>fix that I am missing.

>Thanks a million for your help

>-R. Sitaram


>NCLUDE (test.tex)-------------------------------

>\documentstyle{report}

>\begin{document}
>\vspace{1mm}

>The equations of the drop are as given below.

>\begin{equation}


>\nabla \cdot \hat{\bf u}

>% ^-- the above does not seem to function as it should. and seems to
>% left flush the equation to give
>% \nabla \cdot \hat{\bf u}(0.1)  where 0.1 is the equation label 
and so on. The problem are the empty lines in your equation. TeX
makes paragraphs out of empty lines, and it chokes when getting them in math
mode. If you want empty lines for legibility, precede them with %
Admittedly, the error messages seem cryptic. This is because TeX
assumed you were accidently in math mode on encountering a paragraph,
and went back into Vertical mode. Then encountering math characters,
it switched back into plain math mode, and run into trouble ending
the environment.
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: How to Let a Table Across Pages?
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:36:23 GMT

In article <54990002@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>, huangsu@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Su HUANG) writes:
> one page. How can I let a table across pages when the length
> is exceed one page?

1. Get DM Jones' excellent tex-index from
 archive.cs.ruu.nl:TEX/DOC/TeX-index.Z
 ftp.th-darmstadt.de:
        pub/tex/documentation/styles-and-macros.Index.Z
 ftp.math.utah.edu:pub/tex/tex-index
 ftp.uni-stuttgart.de:/soft/tex/documentation/TeX-index
 ftp.diku.dk:pub/TeX/misc/TeX-Index.Z
 Niord.SHSU.edu:[fileserv.tex-index]tex.index
 TeX.ac.uk:[tex-archive.doc]TeX-index.txt
 ymir.claremont.edu:[anonymous.tex.documentation]tex-index.txt

2. Look up 'longtable' by David Carlisle.

--darrel
From: ajayshah@cis.rand.org
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: TeX and Tables
Date: 3 Oct 92 00:12:18 GMT
Reply-To: ajayshah@cis.rand.org
Organization: RAND, Santa Monica CA

I use LaTeX mainly and do a lot of tables.
The tables options I seem to know of are:

1. LaTeX tabular
2. tables.sty (which comes with tables-doc.tex), by Ray Cowan and Bob
        Taylor.  Last modified 1987.

These two work with plain tex:

1. t2d4 (fabled tables package, not known to archie)
2. Arvind Borde has some simple macros in his TeX by Example
        (look for tbemacros).

Do you know of any others?  Where can I get t2d4 (and can it
work with LaTeX)?   Will Arvind Borde's macros work with LaTeX?

Does someone have plans of writing a good tables package?
Maybe I can help be a "intelligent tester/evaluator".

        -ans.
From: dfr@usna.navy.mil (PROF D. Rogers (EAS FAC))
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: can someone send me some bold math fonts......or lend some help?
Keywords: Using the sauter package
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:25:23 GMT
Organization: U. S. Naval Academy

In article <C2H71OP@minnie.zdv.uni-mainz.de> knappen@obelix.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE writes:
!On my system the call is as easy as:
!
!$ mf "\mode=localfont; design_size:=5; input b-cmbsy"
!

Doesn't work on my system! Here's what happens:

dfr> mf "\mode=localfont; design_size:=5; input b-cmbsy"
This is METAFONT, C Version 1.7 (no base preloaded)
! Redundant equation.
<to be read again>
                   ;
				   <*> &black \mode=localfont;
				                               design_size:=5; input b-cmbsy
Dave Rogers
From: joel@abigale.UUCP (Joel Rosi-Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: What happened to ``byron.u.washington.edu''?
Date: 2 Oct 92 09:04:55 GMT
Organization: Techne Research, Finchampstead, Berkshire (UK)

In article <1992Oct1.195908.35292@news.th-darmstadt.de> schrod@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Joachim Schrod) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.024716.8971@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, mccauley@ecn.purdue.edu (Darrell McCauley) writes:
>> In article <1992Sep25.205907.5366@umr.edu>, acar@ee.umr.edu writes:
>> 
>> |> -> Isn't ``byron.u.washington.edu'' carrying the complete TeX source for
>> |> -> unix anymore?
>> |> 

  [ much deleted ]

>The UofW finances the support of the UNIX TeX distribution via their
>tape business, ie, they need the money from UNIX TeX tape buyers
>urgently. (Support staff [Elisabeth?] must be paid from this money.)

  [ much deleted ]

>How does the TeX users' community set up the financial contributions
>to keep such services going?
>--
>Joachim

Hia,

Well I have what is probably a crazy idea, but what the hell,
nothing ventured nothing gained.  First let me say that I am one
of the "guilty" ones---I bought a Unix TeX tape years ago and
since have been a free-loader.  And I'll add that "byron" and
especially Elisabeth have been absolutely suberb in the way they
have provide me (us?) service.

So, maybe it is time to heed the call of a freind in need.  I 
suggest that we all stop discussing the problem and do something
about it.  How much money does the Unix TeX project need to keep
running ftp service?  If those of us who are interested each send
a contribution, whether it be $5 $10 $25 $50 or $500 dollars, the
need can hopefully be met in short order.  It would probably help
if Univ. of Wash. could set up a credit card (MC/VISA/AmEx) 
acceptance to make sending donations via E-Mail possible.

I'll start the ball rolling and will pledge 25 Pounds.

Cheers,
Joel

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From: rich@cs.umd.edu (Richard Gerber)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Mac PS figures + psfig + Latex source = Unprintable file
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:11:59 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

I need suggestions on how to cope with a curious psfig problem.  
Specifically, our Mac-generated pictures refuse to print when embedded within 
latex-generated documents.

We've produced our pictures on the Mac, dumped them to files in
postscript format and downloaded the files to our Sun workstations.

The pictures print out beautifully when sent to the laser writer as
individual files.  

When embedded in a latex-generated document (and postprocessed by dvips),
the pictures refuse to print.  Several don't appear at all, when
one is reduced to random lines.  This happens regardless of the scaling
factor, the specified height, width, etc.

The rest of the document comes out just fine.  

Strangely, the entire document, including the pictures, can be previewed
using ghostscript with X-windows.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Richard Gerber
Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742 USA

Email:   rich@cs.umd.edu
Tel:     (301) 405-2710
FAX:     (301) 405-6707