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Re: Figures (was figures' sizes in latex)
- To: Jorge Godoy <godoy at conectiva dot com dot br>
- Subject: Re: Figures (was figures' sizes in latex)
- From: Mark Galassi <rosalia at lanl dot gov>
- Date: 02 Feb 2000 08:14:51 -0700
- Cc: DocBook Mailing List <docbook-tools-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
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Jorge> Talking about figures, what's the correct way of using
Jorge> figures when the desired output will be published on-line
Jorge> and in a book?
I always had my Makefile run "convert" (or other scripts) to make sure
that there was always a .gif (should probably be .png) and a .eps
file, at which point I did not put the extension in my "fileref"
attribute. It works reasonably.
Jorge> Do I need to have pictures in EPS (or PS) format and in
Jorge> another (e.g. JPEG) format? Isn't there a way of using only
Jorge> one graphical format for all outputs? EPS pictures are
Jorge> _really_ BIG.
If you use pdf output, it should be able to handle .jpg directly, but
I have not played with this much. Anyone else?