this is an inappropriate list for discussing elementary problems with the use of latex: the list is intended for discussing future developments and design. > I want to insert a ASCII file in a page. The graph is at the file > - rightmap.txt. I have done the following. But the map is not > coming. In place of rightmap.txt, when I am putting some .EPS > file, the output is coming. look at \verbatiminput from the verbatim package, or the corresponding thing from the fancyvrb package for suggestions on further help, see http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=maillists