[tex-live] TeX-live updates on Solaris10?
Reinhard Kotucha
reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Sat Aug 14 00:19:09 CEST 2010
On 13 August 2010 Michael E. Thomadakis wrote:
> To answer my own question:
>
> /usr/local/bin/gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH \
> -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 \
> -sDEVICE=pngalpha -sOutputFile=$Fpng $Fpdf
>
>
> Actually this should be useful to all those who have tried to create graphical
> elements with OOffice 3.2.1 and wanted to import them seemlessly
> in as .eps or .pdf images using latex or pdflatex respectively and obtain
> decent results.
>
> 1) Draw figure in OO 3.2.1 (earlier may have font rendering issues)
>
> 2) Ctrl-A to grab single figure and save as PDF + Option 'selected'
> into say G.PDF
>
> 3) pdftops -eps G.PDF G.PS ; # create PS as eps
>
> 4) ps2eps -f G.PS ; # save to an eps with corrected BB
>
> 5) epstopdf --outfile=G.pdf F.eps # to .pdf with corrected BB
>
> 6) gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH \
> -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 \
> -sDEVICE=pngalpha -sOutputFile=G.png G.pdf
> # if you need a .png
>
> Now you can include the G.eps, G.pdf or G.png in latex/pdflatex or
> HTML and have the correct BB.
But what is step 6 good for? It is highly undesired to convert vector
graphics to bitmaps.
BTW, I never used OpenOffice or Microsoft Word because their user
interfaces are so inconvenient. TeX Live provides some tools for
creating vector graphics (Metapost, Asymptote, PGF/TikZ, PStricks).
They are extremely powerful. But if you prefer a graphical user
interface, consider this:
http://www.inkscape.org
Regards,
Reinhard
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