RE: [Dvipng] tikz support in the future?

[Tim Arnold]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan-Åke Larsson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:20 AM
> To: address@hidden; Tim Arnold
> Subject: Re: [Dvipng] tikz support in the future?
> 
> Tim Arnold skrev 11/10/2010 03:49 PM:
> > I just found out the hard way that tikzpictures cannot be rendered using
> dvipng.
> >
> > I get this message, many many times:
> > <literal PSdvipng warning: PostScript environment contains DVI
> > commands dvipng warning: PostScript environment contains DVI commands
> > >
> 
> Correct, this message was actually introduced to detect when tikz commands
> are likely to fail.
> 
> > My guess is that this isn't easy to support. My question is if it's
> *possible* for dvipng to handle the situation or should I ditch the use of
> tikzpicture?
> 
> Possible, yes. But that would require a PostScript interpreter which is
> internal to dvipng, rather than throwing PostScript code at GhostScript as
> is the case today. The problem is keeping track of where the pen is after
> returning from PostScript rendering. In general also if the coordinate
> system is rotated.
> 
> This will not happen soon, and probably not at all, especially since I
> don't have the needed time.
> 
> /JÅ

Hi,
Thanks for that info. Sounds like I need to find a better way to make pictures 
rather than using tikz.

thanks for dvipng!
--Tim