[texhax] graphics question

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Arseneau <asnd at triumf.ca> writes:

  > The picture environment is the official (but clumsy) way to
  > overlay various pieces.

The best way is to use Rolf's overpic package.  
 
  http://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/overpic/

It does exactly what you propose but has some options which make life
easier.  Unfortunately I don't find any documentation on CTAN but I
remember an article in the newsletter of DANTE, the German TeX user
group, some time ago.  As far as I remember it is more convenient than
using the picture environment directly.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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