NAME¶
tpic2pdftex - convert tpic \specials for use by pdftex
SYNOPSIS¶
pic -t
somefile.pic |
tpic2pdftex >
somefile.tex
Process
somefile.tex by
pdftex/pdflatex.
DESCRIPTION¶
Experimental
awk script for conversion of
tpic \specials as
produced by
(groff-)pic into
pdfTeX \pdfliteral sections for
further processing by
pdftex.
NOTES¶
Current version: 1.97.
tpic \special description see e. g.: Goossens, Rahtz, Mittelbach: The
LaTeX Graphics Companion, Addison-Wesley, 1997, pp. 464.
BUGS¶
Spline curve shapes not fully authentic (unknown algorithm). Bounding box does
not care for line thickness (groff pic feature). Splines might be outside
bounding box. Fill color does not work correctly for arrowheads (pic
limitation).
SEE ALSO¶
pic(1),
grap(1),
groff(1),
awk(1),
pdftex(1).