> At 23:15 1998-11-23 +0000, Sebastian Rahtz wrote: > > > > - Guidelines for including graphics (psfrag???) > > >aaargh! and you expect me to translate your psfrag stuff to XML??? > > Indeed. You may need to get away from all such specialized hacks from > the TeX world (and there are many when it comes to graphics) and > focus on standard formats like EPS (for `vector graphics') psfrag is an eps-patcher (allows you to match fonts between the figure and the surrounding body text). > and TIFF (for images). tiff isn't the only image standard, now that iso has put its stamp of approval on png... (there's also ipi/iif, but that's rather ott for simple image inclusion. and i don't know of any implementations...) > In the TeX world we have a habit of digging ourselves into > holes from which it is hard to extricate ourselves. Not sure why, but > the `not invented here' syndrome may play a role in it. i don't think that's really reasonable. some formats were designed for use with tex in the early years, but i find their use increasingly rare, now that more widely-available techniques have largely been integrated into tex. robin