From: Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au>
To: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
Subject: Re: Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics?
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:19:40 +0200 [thread overview]
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Asymptote http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/ would also be another option in
a similar vein to TikZ.
On 18 May 2013 01:14, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>
> wrote:
> > Dnia 2013-05-17, o godz. 11:40:17
> > John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> napisał(a):
> >
> >> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Lawrence Bottorff
> >> <borgauf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I'd like to embed images into my running org file -- for eventual
> >> > conversion to Latex or html. These would be simple diagram-style
> >> > pictures such as math or technical diagrams that cannot be done
> >> > with gnuplot or other formula-to-picture conversion software.
> >> >
> >> > Examples:
> >> >
> http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/SEED/Vol5-1/Queiroz_Emmeche_El-Hani_files/image003.gif
> >> >
> http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/irvine/SBGN_process_description_cropped.jpg
> >> >
> >>
> >> A few that come to mind for this sort of thing:
> >> - ditaa: http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/
> >> - graphviz/dot: http://www.graphviz.org/
> >> - my personal favorite, but quite the learning curve, it PFG/TikZ:
> >> http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/
> >
> > Typo: it's PGF, not PFG, just in case you wanted to google it or
> > something;).
> >
>
> Oops -- typo on my part.
>
> > I'd also mention Metapost, on which I believe TikZ was modeled (at least
> > to some extent).
> >
> > Since you mentioned embedding in LaTeX, I'd also suggest TikZ; it has a
> > huge manual, but /very/ well written, with quite a few tutorials and
> > examples. One benefit is that it is tightly integrated into LaTeX,
> > but it can also export SVG (though with a few limitations compared to
> > the pdfLaTeX-produced output). Also, you might want to check out the
> > gallery of TikZ examples here: http://www.texample.net/tikz/ .
> >
>
> The examples are great. The link I provided goes right to the examples
> vs. that sort of home page screen which only shows the most recent
> couple that have been submitted.
>
> I'll have to check out metapost, as I'd not heard of that one.
>
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> >> Good luck!
> >> John
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > --
> > Marcin Borkowski
> > http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> > Adam Mickiewicz University
> >
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-21 8:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-17 15:13 Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics? Lawrence Bottorff
2013-05-17 15:17 ` Russell Adams
2013-05-17 16:40 ` John Hendy
2013-05-17 23:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
2013-05-17 23:14 ` John Hendy
2013-05-21 8:19 ` Christopher Witte [this message]
2013-05-17 17:06 ` Nick Dokos
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