From help-request at octave dot org Thu Feb 3 13:43:53 2005 Subject: Re: Making graphic available for Latex ( on Mac) From: A Hodel To: "Henry F. Mollet" Cc: help at octave dot org Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:48:22 -0600 I use LaTeX/octave as much as possible in lieu of word, etc.; when=20 working with collaborations, unfortunately I sometimes have to work=20 with Word for compatibility. The latex2rtf converter is "ok" for that=20= purpose (but not complete), but the rtf2latex converter appears to have=20= been abandoned long ago. I also use gnumeric instead of excel for a lot of work, since gnumeric=20= can output tables in LaTeX form for "easy *(see footnote)" import. For technical writing/reports: I think LaTeX can't be beat, and my=20 graduate students enthusiastically agree. The learning curve can be=20 daunting: it took me 10- years to get a colleague to give LaTeX a try;=20= now he asks why I didn't make him do it sooner. (!) The downside to LaTeX is that things like "track changes" with multiple=20= authors is a bit more tricky. The macros I've used for that I'd be glad to share, but I think I've gone sufficiently far off=20 of the "octave" topic of this list that I'll quit there. Regards, (*) "easy" in the context of LaTeX is somewhat relative. It's not as=20 simple as a "Cut" "paste" operation, but it's not much worse than that. On Feb 3, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Henry F. Mollet wrote: > LaTeX =96 A document preparation system > My question: If I had LaTex installed on my iMac with OS 10.2.8 would=20= > it > take the place of MSWord X for producing my final document for=20 > submission to > scientific journal. Or on my next Mac when Tiger comes out, LaTeX can=20= > take > the place of MSWord and I won't need it at all? > > Using Octave/Gnuplot/AquaTerm I can save as pdf or eps. Current MS=20 > Word does > not fully support PDFs and creates a bitmap, therefore print quality=20= > is not > adequate. If I insert the EPS into MS Word, I can print with good=20 > quality > but cannot see the eps on the screen because I don't have/don't know=20= > how to > make an EPS file with Tiff or PICT preview. > > So is LaTex the solution to my problem? I could also buy iWorks which > supports PDF and therefore won't rasterize (make a bit map) of my PDF=20= > files > that were created with AquaTerm. > Henry > > > on 2/3/05 7:11 AM, Quentin Spencer at qspencer at ieee dot org wrote: > >> Rodrigo Santos wrote: >> >>> I would like to copy a figure obtained using plot to an .eps format=20= >>> so I >>> can include it on latex file. >>> >>> >> The easiest way to do this is using the "print" command in the >> octave-forge package (http://octave.sf.net). It is very similar to = the >> print function in Matlab. Without this function, you can do something >> like this: >> >> gset term postscript >> gset output filename.eps >> replot >> >> There are additional options for the first command that are in the >> gnuplot documentation. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. >> >> Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org >> How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html >> Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. > > Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org > How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html > Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > A Scottedward Hodel, PhD, Associate Professor Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 200 Broun Hall Auburn University, AL 36849-5201 (334) 844-1854 Fax: (34) 844-1809 http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~hodelas ------------------------------------------------------------- Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL. Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html -------------------------------------------------------------