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Re: [ePiX-users] Compilation failing after install
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Andrew D. Hwang |
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Re: [ePiX-users] Compilation failing after install |
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Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:29:31 -0500 (EST) |
On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Ben Tillman wrote:
On 02/12/2007, Jay Belanger <address@hidden> wrote:
"Ben Tillman" <address@hidden> writes:
...
Here is the output of ls -la in case these file sizes look abnormal:
$ ls -la sp*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 Ben None 9 Dec 2 15:49 sphere.cc -> sphere.xp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 Ben None 3911576 Dec 2 16:17 sphere.eepic
-rw-r--r-- 1 Ben None 1228 Aug 2 05:43 sphere.xp
-rw-r--r-- 1 Ben None 31961 Dec 2 16:16 sphere_eepic.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 Ben None 195 Dec 2 10:58 sphere_xp.log
Oops, I'm sorry. I was honestly thinking that the compiler output should
have been the eepic file itself, so I -o sphere.eepic.
Hi Ben,
It's a reasonable assumption. :)
As you've gathered, ePiX uses g++ to parse input files. Specifically, an
input file contains a C++ program which, when compiled and run, writes a
LaTeX picture to standard output. The shell script "epix" manages details
of the process, in particular directing stdout to an output file. (It's
possible to write directly to a named file, see pp. 32-33 of the manual,
but that's usually a more specialized need.)
In this sense, ePiX differs from gnuplot, Asymptote, GNU 3DLDF, et. al.,
which provide their own input language and interpreter. Once you've got
the software working, the "user interface" should be indistinguishable
from other text-based drawing/plotting programs. ("Write input file,
process, include output into LaTeX document".)
2. Once I have the eepic file (I guess just the log.txt I have now), I
can't see where in the manual it shows how to insert this file into my
tex file without just pasting it in.
My oops...the manual used to contain explicit instructions, but they seem
to have been removed during the "Version 1.2" rewrite. Will fix this in
the near future.
Please post if you still have questions, or if/when you figure out why
compiling an image initially didn't work for you.
Andy
Andrew D. Hwang address@hidden
Department of Math and CS http://mathcs.holycross.edu/~ahwang
College of the Holy Cross (508) 793-2458 (Office: 320 Swords)
Worcester, MA, 01610-2395 (508) 793-3530 (fax)
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