Thanks. That was just what I was looking for, but I'll now have to figure out this: how to get it work work more like mpictures for a tutorial I'm writing.
Joerg van den Hoff-2 wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:01:39PM -0700, andlabs wrote: >> >> Hello. I'm getting ready to install Plan 9 from Bell Labs on an old >> computer >> I have, and I noticed that it has a wonderful macro set called >> "mpictures", >> which allows you to put a PostScript image within your document: >> >> .BP image.ps >> .\" Minimal; this just puts the image in >> .EP >> >> .BP image.ps 40 >> .\" keeps the image within a 40x\n(.l invisible frame. >> .EP >> >> .BP image.ps 300 300 r "" o "\fBhello\fP" >> .\" resizes the image to a 300x300 square at the right of the page >> .\" (the "" means no indent from that position; this is the default) >> .\" and give it an outlined frame, under it put the words "Hello" in bold >> All this text goes around the frame. >> Using this space for text is useful. >> The null argument was needed so I could use the others. >> .br >> .CW mpictures >> does not only have this, but also a more powerful >> .CW .PI >> macro. >> .EP >> >> I tried moving the file from Plan 9's distro to my tmac/ folder, but it >> didn't go very nicely with groff. Does groff provide an alternative? >> Thanks. >> -- > > not exactly, but `.PSPIC' comes close. cf. `man groff_tmac' > > > joerg > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/mpictures-in-groff-tf4375188.html#a12476919 Sent from the Groff - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
