Re: [PPower4] Text in multi-level figures
Thanks everybody for your help. I downloaded the newer version of supp-pdf.tex, however it didn't seem to have any effect on the placement of the text elements in this case. However, after much guesswork and many false starts, it seems that one of the text elements in the figure contained a $, which was interpreted during processing as the start of a latex formula. Once I corrected this (by escaping the $ with a \ in the actual xfig text element), my figure processed and appeared perfectly. -- Ellie Povey Klaus Guntermann wrote: Ellie Povey writes: I'm using the patched xfig and metapost to include some multi-level graphics in my document. They work well, except for a tendency to mix up the text layers. All graphic elements drawn in xfig appear exactly as they should, however text elements are moved around, have their places switched, or simply don't appear at all. Grouping the text elements together has some effect, but the effect is not consistent and does not always work. The effect, which you describe may be caused by a broken version of supp-pdf.tex (which is unfortunately part of e.g. teTeX distributions). The version number of supp-pdf is only in the file and not documented in the log file. But the log file shows, where to find this file. If the version is older than 2000.04.28, you should get a newer version. Klaus -- Klaus Guntermann[EMAIL PROTECTED] FG Systemprogrammierung, FB Informatik, TU Darmstadt Wilhelminenstr. 7, D-64283 Darmstadt
Re: [PPower4] Text in multi-level figures
Herman Bruyninckx writes: The version number of supp-pdf is only in the file and not documented in the log file. But the log file shows, where to find this file. If the version is older than 2000.04.28, you should get a newer version. Where should we get it? (Because a search on CTAN gives a version of 1998...) I have hesitated long to put another copy of supp-pdf.tex online, which is most probably already outdated. But because people keep asking for it, I have extended the files section of our xfig page at http://www-sp.iti.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/software/xfig/ to include a reference to a copy working for me. Enjoy, Klaus -- Klaus Guntermann[EMAIL PROTECTED] FG Systemprogrammierung, FB Informatik, TU Darmstadt Wilhelminenstr. 7, D-64283 Darmstadt
Re: [PPower4] Text in multi-level figures
Ellie Povey writes: I'm using the patched xfig and metapost to include some multi-level graphics in my document. They work well, except for a tendency to mix up the text layers. All graphic elements drawn in xfig appear exactly as they should, however text elements are moved around, have their places switched, or simply don't appear at all. Grouping the text elements together has some effect, but the effect is not consistent and does not always work. The effect, which you describe may be caused by a broken version of supp-pdf.tex (which is unfortunately part of e.g. teTeX distributions). The version number of supp-pdf is only in the file and not documented in the log file. But the log file shows, where to find this file. If the version is older than 2000.04.28, you should get a newer version. Klaus -- Klaus Guntermann[EMAIL PROTECTED] FG Systemprogrammierung, FB Informatik, TU Darmstadt Wilhelminenstr. 7, D-64283 Darmstadt
[PPower4] Text in multi-level figures
Hi all, I'm using the patched xfig and metapost to include some multi-level graphics in my document. They work well, except for a tendency to mix up the text layers. All graphic elements drawn in xfig appear exactly as they should, however text elements are moved around, have their places switched, or simply don't appear at all. Grouping the text elements together has some effect, but the effect is not consistent and does not always work. Has anyone else had similar problems? If so, how did you solve them (or work around them)? Thanks, Ellie Povey
