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[Thomas Hoffmann <address@hidden>]

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• From: Thomas Hoffmann <address@hidden>
• To: address@hidden
• Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Graphics problems
• Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:47:50 +0200

Am Donnerstag, den 14.09.2006, 09:25 +0200 schrieb Henri Lesourd:
> Thomas Hoffmann wrote:
>
> >I tried to include some simple graphics into a document and ran into
> >some problems:
> >
> >1) Using the internal "draw image" function I could not find a way to
> >reproducibly move element (filled polygons, e.g.) from "foreground" to
> >"background" and vice versa.
> >
>
> Put the cursor above the graphical object (in such a way that
> it becomes selected, i.e. with blue dots or squares showing
> the control points), then use Home, End, PgUp, PgDwn to move
> across layers (this feature is gonna to be extended, but currently,
> one can already use it for changing the z-level of the objects).
>
> Cf. The yellow line in the example file attached to this email.
>
This was very helpful. I had not seen this description in any of the
documentations.
>
> >As the documentation for the drawing
> >functions is rather sparse, I finally gave up.
> >
> >
> >
> One can have a look at
> http://www.ags.uni-sb.de/~henri/texmacs/aTeXmacsGraphicsTutorial.pdf
>
> for a more extended documentation (although not complete) about
> the graphical editor of TeXmacs (this is only a tutorial). Docs
> about this is to be improved over the next months.
>
I read this tutorial but probably overlooked the relevant sections.
>
> >2) Then I started xfig (3.2.4), created a little image, saved it and
> >tried to load it into TeXmacs. All I get is a red question mark. I can
> >then create a preview file: still the red question mark. Export to pdf:
> >red question mark again. So I have to convert the fig file externally to
> >eps to get a picture. (Ironically, every other image format as gif, eps,
> >jpg works).
> >
> >
> >
> To my knowledge, indeed, one cannot directly include fig files
> inside TeXmacs documents.
Not directly, but via an on-the-fly conversion into ps. I have transfig
installed and spaceless file and path names. But when I try to insert a
fig file I only get the red question mark.
The funny thing is: After my attempt to insert the fig file, the
corresponding ps file has been created in the same directory and now I
could insert it a ps.

> einfaches Textdokument-Anlage (coloredLines.tm)
> <TeXmacs|1.0.6.6>
>
> <style|generic>
>
> <\body>
>
> <with|gr-mode|<tuple|edit|line>|gr-frame|<tuple|scale|1cm|<tuple|0.5gw|0.5gh>>|gr-geometry|<tuple|geometry|1par|0.6par>|gr-line-width|50ln|gr-color|#e0e0ff|<graphics|<with|line-width|50ln|<line|<point|-6.38438|4.33635>|<point|-6.53254|-4.19387>>>|<with|color|grey|line-width|50ln|<line|<point|-5.51654|-4.42671>|<point|-5.07203|4.18819>>>|<with|color|red|line-width|50ln|<line|<point|-4.5217|-4.21504>|<point|-3.92903|4.16702>>>|<with|color|blue|line-width|50ln|fill-color|blue|<line|<point|-2.70135|4.01885>|<point|-3.23052|-4.42671>>>|<with|color|yellow|line-width|50ln|fill-color|blue|<line|<point|-7.63322|3.55318>|<point|7.45872|-2.73336>>>|<with|color|green|line-width|50ln|fill-color|green|<line|<point|-0.499999|-4.21504>|<point|-0.0766636|3.76485>>>|<with|color|orange|line-width|50ln|fill-color|green|<line|<point|1.278021|-4.13037>|<point|1.23568|3.76485>>>|<with|color|magenta|line-width|50ln|fill-color|green|<line|<point|2.548017|-3.58003>|<point|2.71736|3.78602>>>|<with|color|brown|line-width|50ln|fill-color|green|<line|<point|4.24137|3.70135>|<point|3.92386|-3.58003>>>|<with|color|pink|line-width|50ln|fill-color|green|<line|<point|5.78655|3.59552>|<point|5.36321|-3.51653>>>|<with|color|#e0e0ff|line-width|50ln|<line|<point|-7.88722|-0.214513>|<point|7.45872|-0.278013>>>>>
> </body>
>
> <\initial>
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