On Fri 29 Apr 05, 5:20 PM, Jonathan Stickel: > Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > <snip> > > > > Sure thing, but I have to warn you -- these aren't the most complicated > > diagrams in the world. That's partially why I got used to writing my own > > picture environment stuff (and after using it for so long, I've become fast > > at it.) It was always faster to DYI than to figure out xfig's atrocious > > interface. > > > > Here's three documents that should show a nice cross section of the type of > > stuff I'd like to do with graphics programs (all this stuff except for > > damped.ps were done by hand. The damped.ps document was done with xfig > > (Jon and Mark, thank you for converting me.) > > > > http://www.dirac.org/damped.ps > > http://www.dirac.org/eddy.ps > > http://www.dirac.org/Green-Functions.ps > > > > If you have any suggestions, I'd definitely be appreciative. > > > > One of my problems with xfig and dia is that I haven't figured out how to > > put mathematics in my diagrams. Something like: > > > > \put(50,65){$\vec{F} = \fder{p}{t}$} > > > > which would be trivial when drawing my own diagrams. I suppose I could > > insert it in the .eepic file that xfig generates, but the whole point is to > > try to do this in a wysiwyg manner. > > > > Even if it means just clicking on the screen to open up a box and type the > > equation myself (which is what I'd prefer --- I'm light years faster doing > > typeset math than any human being can be using a lyx/MS Word equation > > editor.) > > > I only see a figure in damped.ps (using gv); looks nice.
Thanks! But I hope you see 2 pictures and 5 pages! :) > P.S. I can send examples offlist if you like (I've never setup a > website of my own :(). Yes, please! I always appreciate seeing other peoples' LaTeX files. I still reference some circuit macro stuff that Mark Kim sent to me a few YEARS ago... :) Pete -- Every theory is killed sooner or later, but if the theory has good in it, that good is embodied and continued in the next theory. -- Albert Einstein GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
