Re: [SLUG] LaTeX and Linux question.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Bill Bennett wrote: > I have a LaTeX programme that uses a lot of .eps files. > > So many that I keep them gzipped in a separate directory. > > I've seen somewhere (now forgotten) of a command that says, in > essence, > > "go to the .eps directory > gunzip filename.eps > use the unzipped file in the epsfig command in the LaTeX programme > gzip filename.eps" > > Please excuse the primitive explanation. Does anyone know of this > command? It's hard to say, because of the primitive explanation, but maybe zcat will help. I.E. where you specify filename you could put "zcat filename|" I've used this trick in input boxes of a few applications with limited success. EG if it's a text editor you can't save back to the file. -- -- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] LaTeX and Linux question.
Bill Bennett wrote:
> I have a LaTeX programme that uses a lot of .eps files.
> So many that I keep them gzipped in a separate directory.
> I've seen somewhere (now forgotten) of a command that says, in
> essence,
>
> "go to the .eps directory
> gunzip filename.eps
> use the unzipped file in the epsfig command in the LaTeX programme
> gzip filename.eps"
>
> Please excuse the primitive explanation. Does anyone know of this
> command?
LATEX@dd: Hints
http://www.dd.chalmers.se/latex/tips_e.html
It's the first hint. I have copied it here:
> Using compressed eps figures in a document
> If you have a large picture that takes up a lot of space on your account,
> you can compress it using gzip and then include it in your document.
> If you have a picture called pic.eps, you do like this:
> Copy the row in pic.eps that begins with %%BoundingBox to a new file
> called pic.eps.bb. Then compess the picture using the gzip command:
> gzip pic.eps
> Include the picture in your LATEX document like this:
>
> \begin{figure}[!ht]
> \centering
> \includegraphics[width=10cm]{pic.eps.gz}
> \caption{A compressed picture.}
> \end{figure}
Best wishes
Mike
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[SLUG] LaTeX and Linux question.
I have a LaTeX programme that uses a lot of .eps files. So many that I keep them gzipped in a separate directory. I've seen somewhere (now forgotten) of a command that says, in essence, "go to the .eps directory gunzip filename.eps use the unzipped file in the epsfig command in the LaTeX programme gzip filename.eps" Please excuse the primitive explanation. Does anyone know of this command? Regards, Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
