[Docutils-develop] Re: latex graphics patch

[David A. <da...@bo...>]

gr...@us... writes:

> 1. we could use ::
>
>     -              '\\usepackage{graphicx}\n',
>     +              r'''%Check if we are compiling under latex or pdflatex
>     +              \ifx\pdftexversion\undefined
>     +                \usepackage{graphicx}
>     +              \else
>     +                \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
>     +              \fi
>     +              ''',

I just checked this one in, remembering that you said

> i dont know, if it worked for you why not ?


> 2. poking around i found graphics.cfg which says "Select an appropriate
>    default driver" (tex code is strange to me but it selects option
>    dvips or pdftex or vtex).
>
> 3. in grfguide many more driver options are listed, seem to depend on
>    platform (dvipsone,dviwindo,emtex,dviwin,pctexps,...)
>
> 4. http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?techtalk/495.htm~mainFrame
>
>    tells to turn of any options to graphicx to get pictures correct
>    with default driver (presumable remove [dvips])
>
> 5. from http://netra.wustl.edu/links/latex/latex.html LaTeX->PDF
>
>    I've found that the best way to convert from latex to PDF is to use
>    "pdflatex." The first time that you run it, you'll find that the
>    produced PDF file doesn't include any of your figures. To fix this,
>
>    1. Use "epstopdf" to convert all of your EPS images to PDF
>    2. Make sure that you are using the "graphicx" package for including
>       images.
>    3. Remove any .eps or .ps extensions from filenames in your LaTeX file
>
>    When you run latex, graphicx will use the dvips driver to incorporate
>    EPS files. When you run pdflatex, it will pick up the pdftex driver and
>    incorporate the PDF files.
>
> 6. http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/makingWWWdocs.html
>
>    shows ::
>
>      \documentclass[pdftex]{article}
>      \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
>      \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color}
>      \usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
>
> so we have some options.

I don't know what to think about any of these other options.

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Dave Abrahams
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