Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian schrieb: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Cristi -- I use PPCHTeX for chemical figures. It works well and you can construct more complex figures with it. Jörg
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain other image type (eps, etc.). If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing this a lot. I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about the results. :-) http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml Kenward Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Thanks, Kevin Gross
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:32:26PM -0400, Kevin Gross wrote: On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some ... Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Hi, Kevin! Yes, Ingo does have a partially (mostly) translated English version. His more recent changes I got out of the German version. I'll scrounge around and see if I can find/send it to you. I will be writing him soon myself as I am updating my macros, and will be suggesting its inclusion in the distribution. Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian schrieb: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Cristi -- I use PPCHTeX for chemical figures. It works well and you can construct more complex figures with it. Jörg
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain other image type (eps, etc.). If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing this a lot. I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about the results. :-) http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml Kenward Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Thanks, Kevin Gross
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:32:26PM -0400, Kevin Gross wrote: On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some ... Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Hi, Kevin! Yes, Ingo does have a partially (mostly) translated English version. His more recent changes I got out of the German version. I'll scrounge around and see if I can find/send it to you. I will be writing him soon myself as I am updating my macros, and will be suggesting its inclusion in the distribution. Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian schrieb: > Hello lyxers, > I am trying to write a figure with some chemical > substances, something like : > _ > / \\ > \\_/ > and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package > available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have > to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that > already . > Cristi > > -- I use PPCHTeX for chemical figures. It works well and you can construct more complex figures with it. Jörg
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: > Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are > distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some > effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain > types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain > other image type (eps, etc.). > > If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a > lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing > this a lot. > > I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), > both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. > > There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which > you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer > their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about > the results. :-) > > http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml > > Kenward Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Thanks, Kevin Gross
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:32:26PM -0400, Kevin Gross wrote: > On Friday 11 May 2001 16:52, you wrote: > > Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are > > distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some ... > Regarding Ochem, is there a manual available in English? Perhaps a website > explaining how it is used? It looks quite promising, but I can't read German. > I, too, am a stickler about results and would like get Ochem working. Hi, Kevin! Yes, Ingo does have a partially (mostly) translated English version. His more recent changes I got out of the German version. I'll scrounge around and see if I can find/send it to you. I will be writing him soon myself as I am updating my macros, and will be suggesting its inclusion in the distribution. Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
Chemical substance in LaTeX
Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html there are many chemical packages Herbert -- http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package Not sure, but did you tried $CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for chemistry or something appropriate. Matej I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is nice typesetting of the chemical equations. Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss for the reply. I'll just have to be less lazy and draw myself those figures :). Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote:
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote:
Hello lyxers,
I am trying to write a figure with some chemical
substances, something like :
_
/ \\
\\_/
and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package
Not sure, but did you tried
$CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try
www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for chemistry or
something appropriate.
Matej
I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is
nice typesetting of the chemical equations.
Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss
for the reply.
I have no idea about chemistry (since my schooldays ... ;-)
but the following picture take only two minutes. one of
them for installing chemtex.sty
the code was in tex(red)
\initial
\parbox{.3\textwidth}{\hetisix{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{O}{Q}{O}
\xi=-85 \fuseup{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}}
Herbert
--
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:05:06PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package It's me again :), this time done some search in the CTAN catalogue and found the xymtex package that does the tricky figures and suites me right. So, if anybody need this in the future.. thanks for the support and happy lyx-ing, Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain other image type (eps, etc.). If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing this a lot. I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about the results. :-) http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
Chemical substance in LaTeX
Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html there are many chemical packages Herbert -- http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package Not sure, but did you tried $CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for chemistry or something appropriate. Matej I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is nice typesetting of the chemical equations. Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss for the reply. I'll just have to be less lazy and draw myself those figures :). Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote:
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote:
Hello lyxers,
I am trying to write a figure with some chemical
substances, something like :
_
/ \\
\\_/
and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package
Not sure, but did you tried
$CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try
www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for chemistry or
something appropriate.
Matej
I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is
nice typesetting of the chemical equations.
Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss
for the reply.
I have no idea about chemistry (since my schooldays ... ;-)
but the following picture take only two minutes. one of
them for installing chemtex.sty
the code was in tex(red)
\initial
\parbox{.3\textwidth}{\hetisix{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{O}{Q}{O}
\xi=-85 \fuseup{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}}
Herbert
--
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:05:06PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package It's me again :), this time done some search in the CTAN catalogue and found the xymtex package that does the tricky figures and suites me right. So, if anybody need this in the future.. thanks for the support and happy lyx-ing, Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain other image type (eps, etc.). If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing this a lot. I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about the results. :-) http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
Chemical substance in LaTeX
Hello lyxers, I am trying to write a figure with some chemical substances, something like : _ / \\ \\_/ and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that already . Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote: > Hello lyxers, > I am trying to write a figure with some chemical > substances, something like : > _ > / \\ > \\_/ > and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package > available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have > to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that > already . look at http://www.dante.de/CTAN/help/Catalogue/brief.html there are many chemical packages Herbert -- http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: > > Hello lyxers, > > I am trying to write a figure with some chemical > > substances, something like : > > _ > > / \\ > > \\_/ > > and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package > Not sure, but did you tried > $CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try > www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for "chemistry" or > something appropriate. > > Matej I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is nice typesetting of the chemical equations. Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss for the reply. I'll just have to be less lazy and draw myself those figures :). Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
Mitrana Cristian wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote:
>>
>>> Hello lyxers,
>>> I am trying to write a figure with some chemical
>>> substances, something like :
>>> _
>>> / \\
>>> \\_/
>>> and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package
>>
>
>> Not sure, but did you tried
>> $CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/supported/chemsym or try
>> www.ctan.org/help/Catalogue and there search for "chemistry" or
>> something appropriate.
>>
>> Matej
>
> I looked over the chemsym package but all it does is
> nice typesetting of the chemical equations.
> Thanks anyway, to you and Mr. Herbert Voss
> for the reply.
I have no idea about chemistry (since my schooldays ... ;-)
but the following picture take only two minutes. one of
them for installing chemtex.sty
the code was in tex(red)
\initial
\parbox{.3\textwidth}{\hetisix{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{O}{Q}{O}
\xi=-85 \fuseup{Q}{Q}{Q}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}{Q}{D}}
Herbert
--
http://www.educat.hu-berlin.de/~voss/lyx/
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 11:05:06PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 01:58:26PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: > > > I am trying to write a figure with some chemical > > > substances, something like : > > > _ > > > / \\ > > > \\_/ > > > and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package > It's me again :), this time done some search in the CTAN catalogue and found the xymtex package that does the tricky figures and suites me right. So, if anybody need this in the future.. thanks for the support and happy lyx-ing, Cristi --
Re: Chemical substance in LaTeX
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:37:33PM +0300, Mitrana Cristian wrote: > Hello lyxers, > I am trying to write a figure with some chemical > substances, something like : > _ > / \\ > \\_/ > and I was wondering if there is some (exotic) package > available for this kind of figures.If not, I'll have > to draw iy myself, but I was hoping somebody did that > already . Ochem works quite well. It makes chemical structures which IMHO are distinctly superior to regular drawing programs. The syntax takes some effort to learn, but I have also created some macros which simplify certain types. It has the drawback of not (yet) working with files which contain other image type (eps, etc.). If your requirements are really simple then it should work well without a lot of effort. I would suggest this route if you are going to be doing this a lot. I have created a script for exporting Lyx files to PS under (1.1.16fix1), both for viewing and printing. If you wish I can send it to you. There are also a number of drawing programs which can export to ps, which you can place as an image. Look on SAL for these. While I may not prefer their results over Ochem, most people aren't sticklers (sp?) like me about the results. :-) http://sal.kachinatech.com/Z/2/index.shtml Kenward -- It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he doesn't really need a college education, for he can learn them from books. The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to thinking--something that cannot be learned from books. Albert Einstein
