RE: tlug: MagicPoint and math

[David Dibben <dibben@example.com>]

On 29-May-98 David Dibben wrote:
> I didn't manage to get the ps2gif script that comes with latex2html to
> produce a gif file that magic point would work with (but I didn't try very
> hard.) Doing it manually, tex -> dvi -> ps -> ppm -> gif worked fine. Using
> the pnmcrop tool on the ppm file to leave only the equation. The equation
> can then be included as a normal image into the magic point presentation. I
> am sure that it will be relatively simple to write a script that can do all
> of this automatically. 


Correction: the ps2gif script does work, something seemed to be broken on my
system. Also, since the images produced by latex2html are transparent gifs the
the background shows through.

David


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