README21.TXT ------------------------------------- mathsPIC 2.1 A filter program for use with PiCTeX ------------------------------------- Copyright (c) RWD Nickalls November 5, 2000. RWD Nickalls Department of Anaesthesia, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK. dicknickalls@compuserve.com TeL: +44-(0)115-9856663 FAX: +44-(0)115-9627713 ---------------------------------------------- SUMMARY mathsPIC is a DOS filter program for use with the small graphics engine PiCTeX (CTAN: tex-archive/graphics/pictex/ ). mathsPIC converts an input text-file (the mathsPIC file) containing mathsPIC/PiCTeX/TeX/LaTeX drawing commands, into an output TeX-file containing PiCTeX and TeX/LaTeX commands, which can then be run through TeX/LaTeX to produce the graphic in the normal way. Put simply, mathsPIC takes the pain out of PiCTeX! mathsPIC is designed for maths figures/diagrams/graphs/trees. The manual (55 pages, A4 size) is in .tex/.dvi/.ps/.pdf formats, and includes 16 example Figures with documented code. MathsPIC 2.1 will run under Windows 9x, NT4 and 2000 --------------------------------------------- Read the manual (mpicm21.tex/dvi/ps/pdf) to find info on command-line syntax. Please read Section 9 in the manual regarding the location of PiCTeX files on CTAN. --------------------------------------------- The mathsPIC package consists of the following files. (A) The mathsPIC program ------------------------ mpic21.exe (the mathsPIC program (MS-DOS) Rename this file to mathsPIC.exe Keep this file either in the PATH, or in the same directory as the input file. (B) Optional utilities -- see manual (mpicm21.*) ------------------------------------------------ show.com (a MS-DOS screen text viewer enabled by /s switch) clean.exe (a MS-DOS utility for removing commented lines) Keep these two files either in the PATH, or in the same directory as the mathsPIC program (mpic21.exe) (C) mathsPIC manual/documentation ---------------------------------- readme21.txt this file mpicm21.tex the manual (LaTeX2e)--inputs all the .pic files below mpicm21.dvi the manual (DVI) mpicm21.ps the manual (PostScript; 600 dpi/A4 size) mpicm21.pdf the manual (PDF; A4 size) The following .pic files (figures) are input by mpicm21.tex (the manual). mpicm01.pic mpicm02a.pic mpicm02b.pic mpicm03.pic mpicm04.pic mpicm05.pic mpicm06.pic mpicm07.pic mpicm08.pic mpicm09.pic mpicm10.pic mpicm11.pic mpicm12.pic mpicm13.pic mpicm14.pic mpicm15.pic mpicm16.pic (D) mathsPIC input files (.m and .dat) for figures in the manual. ---------------------------------------------------------------- These are included for experimentation purposes. Runnimg mathsPIC on the .m files will generate output (.mt) files which will show the figure/diagram when LaTeXed. mpicm01.m mpicm02a.m mpicm02b.m mpicm03.m mpicm04.m mpicm05.m mpicm06.m mpicm07.m mpicm08.m mpicm09.m mpicm10.m mpicm11.m mpicm12.m mpicm12.dat (required by mpicm12.m) mpicm13.m mpicm13.dat (required by mpicm13.m) mpicm14.m mpicm14.dat (required by mpicm14.m) mpicm15.m mpicm16.m ------------------end------------------------