Re: Pstricks

["Rob McDonald" <rob a mcdonald gmail com>]

In my experience, the best way to export to LaTeX from DIA is
MetaPost.  Is there a reason you need to use Pstricks?

Check the archives for some hints from me about using MetaPost.  Let
me know if you have any questions.

            Rob

> Hi all,
>
> I really like Dia and I use it a lot.
>
> Therefore I wonder if there is anyone currently working on an
> improvement of the pstricks plugin ?? I would really like to see this,
> as I could use it a lot for my thesis I am currently writing on.
>
> If not I will try it on my own. I had a look at the code and I think
> that it is possible to correctly convert all dia shapes to pstricks.
> I am not so sure if positioning of LaTeX strings will also work
> correctly, though this is would I am really keen on. But maybe we will
> see.
>
>
>
> Another thing I stumbled on is that the export option "tex" on the
> command line does not export to "pstricks" but to "pgf".
>
> I think it would be nice to have both, maybe as export options
> "tex-pstricks" and "tex-pgf". Man page should be updated for this too.
>
> Ciao,
> Michi
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