[mgp-users 00701] Re: math formula for lazy user

[Dalmiro Jorge Filipe Maia <dalmiro@oal.ul.pt>]

On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 16:46, Etienne Grossmann wrote:
>   Hello,
> 
>   I would like to put some math formula in slides without having to hand-compile
> little bits of latex. Is there a way to embed latex formula in .mgp files?
> 

Hi, yes there is. If you compiled mgp then in the kit directory there is
folder named contrib, or something like that, where you can find
tex2eps. Here's a modified version for using LaTeX

#! /bin/sh
#
# The script is contributed by Sylvain Pion
# <Sylvain.Pion@sophia.inria.fr>.
#  Subject: (mgp-users 00071) Re: remarks against 1.04a
#  adapted to use with latex by D.Maia
#
# Expected usage:
#	%filter "tex2eps.sh b"
#	My \TeX\ is nicer with $Magic$ Point
#	%endfilter
#	%image "b.eps" 250x200
#

# temporary filename (without .eps suffix)
tmp=$1

echo '\documentclass[12pt]{article}' > $tmp.tex
echo '\usepackage{mathptm}' >> $tmp.tex
echo '\begin{document}' >> $tmp.tex
echo '\pagenumbering{roman}' >> $tmp.tex
echo '\setcounter{page}{-50}' >> $tmp.tex
cat >> $tmp.tex
echo '\end{document}' >> $tmp.tex
latex $tmp.tex > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
dvips -q -E $tmp.dvi -o $tmp.eps
/bin/rm -f $tmp.tex $tmp.log $tmp.dvi


> ps : Any way to search the mail archives of this list (e.g. on compilation problems
>      w/ 1.08a or on why the %back command only works once per page etc)?
> 

there is the online archive:

> http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/nishida/mgp-users/

Dalmiro