Re: Regression problem with gp5-rc2: make pdf fails

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:54:47 -0500 (EST)
Allin Cottrell <cot...@wf...> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 20:16:30 -0500 (EST)
> > Allin Cottrell <cot...@wf...> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I seem to have a problem building the PDF of
> >>> the doc with RC2.
> >>>
> >>> After
> >>> 	./configure
> >>> 	make
> >>> 	make install
> >>>
> >>> I ran:
> >>> 	make pdf
> >>> which resulted in an error msg:
> >>> 	! LaTeX Error: File `picins.sty' not found.
> >>> which is funny, because I have a pretty complete
> >>> Latex installation (including texlive-pictures).
> >>>
> >>> I was surprised - at least in my memory I was able
> >>> to create the PDF for RC1 without a problem.
> >>>
> >>> Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?
> >>
> >> This seems relevant:
> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/patches/432/
> >
> > Thanks for pointing this out.
> >
> > I don't understand Ethan's comment to this patch:
> > I have never needed "picins" to include graphics
> > (both EPS and PDF) into Latex docs - I do it all
> > the time, without picins in my local Tex installation [...]
> 
> As I understand Ethan's comment, he's talking about flowing text 
> around an included graphic. I find I'm able to do this using
> the minipage environment plus \includegraphics from the
> graphicx package.

I see. I did not realize this.

> 
> It's not difficult to download and install picins.sty individually 
> but I agree it would be better to avoid it if possible since it's 
> not part of the current TeX Live de facto standard.

Hm, "The Latex Companion" mentions wrapfig,
which seems to provide similar functionality,
and which is part of texlive-latex-extra.

The other question is whether the wrapping 
functionality is even necessary. Just text,
followed by a centered fig, followed by more
text seems totally adequate (to me)...

But probably not worth spending a great deal
of time on (as long as people understand this
particular dependency - I did not).

Best,

		Ph.