Re: [Groff] mpictures in groff

[Joerg van den Hoff]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 08:01:39PM -0700, andlabs wrote:
> 
> Hello. I'm getting ready to install Plan 9 from Bell Labs on an old computer
> I have, and I noticed that it has a wonderful macro set called "mpictures",
> which allows you to put a PostScript image within your document:
> 
> .BP image.ps
> .\" Minimal; this just puts the image in
> .EP
> 
> .BP image.ps 40
> .\" keeps the image within a 40x\n(.l invisible frame.
> .EP
> 
> .BP image.ps 300 300 r "" o "\fBhello\fP"
> .\" resizes the image to a 300x300 square at the right of the page
> .\" (the "" means no indent from that position; this is the default)
> .\" and give it an outlined frame, under it put the words "Hello" in bold
> All this text goes around the frame.
> Using this space for text is useful.
> The null argument was needed so I could use the others.
> .br
> .CW mpictures
> does not only have this, but also a more powerful
> .CW .PI
> macro.
> .EP
> 
> I tried moving the file from Plan 9's distro to my tmac/ folder, but it
> didn't go very nicely with groff. Does groff provide an alternative? Thanks.
> -- 

not exactly, but `.PSPIC' comes close. cf. `man groff_tmac'


joerg