[Db2latex-devel] Re: Possible to use MetaPost input directly?

[Steinar B. <sb...@do...>]

>>>>> James Devenish <j-d...@us...>:

> Huh? I thought you could just insert your graphics codes directly.

Nope.  It's a dia[1] drawing.  I generate the .mp (MetaPost input
files), and .mps (PostScript generated by MetaPost) files, with the
following GNU makefile rule:

%.mps: %.dia
	dia --nosplash --export-to-format=mp $<
	mpost $*.mp
	mv $(*F).1 $*.mps

The .mp files are TeX, but I don't know if pdflatex has the neccessary
macros loaded.  Do you know?

The .mps files are EPS, as far as I can tell, but EPS in a form that
pdflatex can digest.  I'm told pdflatex cannot digest arbitrary EPS
files.

> Alternatively, you could do something like this:

> <mediaobject>
>     <textobject>
>         <phrase role="latex">\input{my.file}</phrase>
>     </textobject>
> </mediaobject>

Thanx.  But there's still the scaling issue.  And, I guess, not
picking an <imageobject> found inside the <mediaobject>, instead of
the <textobject>...?

Why's the role on the <phrase> and not on the <textobject>?


- Steinar

PS as I've said earlier, this was just an idle thought, and not
something I need.  The .mps files work fine with pdflatex.  So please
don't spend time on it on my account.  Of course, if you find this an
interesting TeX-hack, I'm happy to assist in any way I can. :-)


[1] Gnome graphical editor, http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/