README21.TXT

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 mathsPIC  2.1
 A filter program for use with PiCTeX
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Copyright (c) RWD Nickalls
November 5, 2000.

RWD Nickalls
Department of Anaesthesia,
City Hospital,
Nottingham, UK.
dicknickalls@compuserve.com
TeL: +44-(0)115-9856663
FAX: +44-(0)115-9627713

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SUMMARY

mathsPIC is a DOS filter program for use with the small
graphics engine PiCTeX (CTAN: tex-archive/graphics/pictex/ ).
mathsPIC converts an input text-file (the mathsPIC file)
containing mathsPIC/PiCTeX/TeX/LaTeX drawing commands,
into an output TeX-file containing PiCTeX and TeX/LaTeX commands,
which can then be run through TeX/LaTeX to produce
the graphic in the normal way.
Put simply, mathsPIC takes the pain out of PiCTeX!
mathsPIC is designed for maths figures/diagrams/graphs/trees.
The manual (55 pages, A4 size) is in .tex/.dvi/.ps/.pdf formats,
and includes 16 example Figures with documented code.

MathsPIC 2.1 will run under Windows 9x, NT4 and 2000
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Read the manual (mpicm21.tex/dvi/ps/pdf)
to find info on command-line syntax.
Please read Section 9 in the manual regarding
the location of PiCTeX files on CTAN.
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The mathsPIC package consists of the following files.


(A) The mathsPIC program
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 mpic21.exe   (the mathsPIC program (MS-DOS)

Rename this file to  mathsPIC.exe
Keep this file either in the PATH, or in the same directory 
as the input file.


(B) Optional utilities -- see manual (mpicm21.*)
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 show.com      (a MS-DOS screen text viewer enabled by /s switch)
 clean.exe     (a MS-DOS utility for removing commented lines)

Keep these two files either in the PATH, or in the same 
directory as the mathsPIC program (mpic21.exe)


(C) mathsPIC  manual/documentation
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readme21.txt   this file
mpicm21.tex    the manual (LaTeX2e)--inputs all the .pic files below
mpicm21.dvi    the manual (DVI)
mpicm21.ps     the manual (PostScript; 600 dpi/A4 size)
mpicm21.pdf    the manual (PDF;  A4 size)


The following .pic files (figures) are input by mpicm21.tex
(the manual).

mpicm01.pic
mpicm02a.pic
mpicm02b.pic
mpicm03.pic
mpicm04.pic
mpicm05.pic
mpicm06.pic
mpicm07.pic
mpicm08.pic
mpicm09.pic
mpicm10.pic
mpicm11.pic
mpicm12.pic
mpicm13.pic
mpicm14.pic
mpicm15.pic
mpicm16.pic


(D) mathsPIC input files (.m and .dat) for figures in the manual.
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These are included for experimentation purposes. Runnimg
mathsPIC on the .m files will generate output (.mt) files
which will show the figure/diagram when LaTeXed.

mpicm01.m
mpicm02a.m
mpicm02b.m
mpicm03.m
mpicm04.m
mpicm05.m
mpicm06.m
mpicm07.m
mpicm08.m
mpicm09.m
mpicm10.m
mpicm11.m
mpicm12.m
mpicm12.dat (required by mpicm12.m)
mpicm13.m
mpicm13.dat (required by mpicm13.m)
mpicm14.m
mpicm14.dat (required by mpicm14.m)
mpicm15.m
mpicm16.m
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