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From: ulnie@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Ulf Niesar)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Summary on graphics support for TeX please
Keywords: graphics TeX
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.111450.11890@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de>
Date: 25 Oct 90 11:14:50 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
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Greetings to the TeX world!
Probably this has been discussed a few thousand times. But I would like to
bring up the subject again.
In the moment I try to figure out if it is of help for me to switch to TeX.
There is one question open that I can't answer yet, so maybe somebody could
try to write a summary.
The question is what kind of graphics can be included in a TeX document. What
tools are available to convert vector graphics like HPGL or to read postscript
graphics ? Is there a chance to include the popular raster graphics formats in
a TeX document ? What is the general method to include some graphics in a 
document that has been created by a given commercial graphics program ?
(I am wrking in DOS and OS/2 environments).
Thanks in advance!
Ulf