Re: Using MetaPost output in pdflatex...

[momomaniac <momomaniac gmail com>]

Rob McDonald wrote:

> > either pstricks, but this one does not work directly with pdflatex. You
> > would have to do it in the traditional way: tex->dvi->ps->pdf
> >    
>
> I've worked with pstricks in the past, and I'd like to avoid it if I can.
> (:  I think I'd be able to get away with *.eps before going to that.
>  
sure, I also think pstricks is a hack and some pain in the ass, since it 
can't be previewed in dvi. pgf seems to be implemented more neatly into 
basic latex. However I don't understand well how latex works, so I'm 
careful.

> > or PGF, this is also a package for latex (
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgf/ ), and works well with pdflatex.
> >
> > not everything from dia exports perfectly, but you might be luckier than
> > with MetaPost.
> >    
>
> I don't see a *.pgf export option in Dia.  How do you make that one work
> with Dia?  Or do you just code up the diagrams manually?
>  
it is: "file type": "LaTeX PGF macros (*.tex)"
but maybe it is not yet compiled into your version. However the pgf 
output plug-in is in the CVS-tree or in the last snapshots at 
http://raeder.dk:81/~larsrc/Dia/snapshots/dia-CVS-20060120-0400.tar.gz 
and you can recompile it yourself.

Moritz