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From: moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes)
Subject: Re: topost
Message-ID: <90Aug27.235552edt.501@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 28 Aug 90 03:56:31 GMT
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karron@MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU writes:

>I would also like to paste images into tex documents.
>Have you been able to put images in TeX ? How do you do it ?

The generally accepted way to put images (or other
output-device-specific stuff) in LaTeX documents is to use \special.
It's low-level, and implies knowledge of the output filter you're
using -- your document will be less "portable".  Check the
dvi2whatever filter you're using and see what it supports by way of
\specials.

For PostScript, there exist a set of macros called psfig (see your
friendly neighbourhood TeX archive site -- sun.soe.clarkson.edu?  The
master copy used to be on linc.cis.upenn.edu) that allow inclusion of
encapsulated PostScript.  For example, with X11, you can do stuff like
	xwd | xpr -device ps > file.ps
and then include file.ps.  (R4 xpr will work, earlier versions will
not)  Most modern versions of dvi*ps provide the \specials that
psfig needs.

pgmtops (from the pbmplus image conversion utilities) will also
generate PostScript that you can include with psfig.

	Mark.