> I can import a ps file into the Gimp but...this is a genetics paper. There
> are conventions, plus there are my local lab conventions. Besides nice, neat
> columns containing data, I need horizontal lines to separate column titles
> and certain segments of data. I also need horizontal arrows to from letter
> to letter, ie, C -> T or G -> A, etc but the ascii arrow I just typed in is
> not acceptable (vector graphics are what I am needing to work with). It must
> be a true arrow which is available from normal vector drawing apps like
> kontour and xfig. Neither app, however, can properly format text.
You can replace any text in a .eps file by using the psfrag package.
Just but some placeholder in there and tell psfrag to replace it by some
LaTeX-formatted table that might contain e.g. $\rightarrow$
> I had hoped that someone would be able to suggest an app that, perhaps, I am
> unaware of that does the graphics and text work properly and
> consistently...or that someone would know a trick other than "Well, in this
> app, do your text work, export it as an eps. Now take that eps and
> import/open it with this app and draw this or that. Then, save it and open
> it up in this app and add the final touches. Should take you an hour to 2
> hours tops." Why should it be necessary to spend all that time and effort
> just to produce a truly simple table?
Let xfig do the graphics part and LaTeX the text...
Andre'
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