[texhax] \special{} and postscript

Matthew Leingang leingang at math.harvard.edu
Fri Mar 17 22:08:01 CET 2006


I was just reading the TDS today (really!) and they suggest that
texmf/tex/images/ is a place to put graphics that will be used in several
documents.  So maybe you can try putting it there and see if your multiple
instances of the class will find it.

--Matt


On 3/16/06 6:25 PM, "tom sgouros" <tomfool at as220.org> wrote:

> 
> Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de> wrote:
> 
>> And you can't use graphicx, but must do it yourself?
> 
> Yes, I can't seem to use graphicx, though if you can tell me how to do
> that, please do.
> 
> I'm not writing a single document, but preparing a class file that will
> be used in many documents.  I want to be able to call on the company
> logo with macros like \companylogosmall and \companylogolarge, but right
> now the only way I can see to do that with graphicx involves using
> \includegraphics and duplicating the logo eps file in many different
> places (one for each of many different documents) around the file
> hierarchy.  The logo isn't big, so I imagined that if I tucked it into
> the bottom of the class file, it would have these advantages:
> 
>  o Don't need to use \includegraphics in the documentation files
>    themselves, since the logo only really needs to be in the title page
>    and page headers.  This makes the files themselves simpler looking,
>    and still leaves the macros available if someone wants to be cute.
> 
>  o It makes managing the effort easier.  (i.e. no one would complain to
>    me that the logo was missing because he forgot to install it in a
>    subdirectory.)  If the logo changes, I can deal with it in one
>    place. 
> 
> As I said, if you can suggest to me how to plant one graphics file next
> to the class definition file and have \includegraphics find it, or some
> other way to gain these two advantages, I'm all ears.
> 
> Thanks again to all for all the help,
> 
>  -tom

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