From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: pop Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dvipdf vs buildt-in converter to pdf?? Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:36:04 +0200 Organization: UNI-C Message-ID: References: <87y7uvwvfg.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152945674 29220 80.91.229.2 (15 Jul 2006 06:41:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 15 08:41:11 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1dpm-0004AF-2S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:41:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G1dpl-0002y2-1P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:41:01 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.cw.net!cw.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.de!news.net.uni-c.dk!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.225.245.182 Original-X-Trace: news.net.uni-c.dk 1152945362 2374 130.225.245.182 (15 Jul 2006 06:36:02 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.net.uni-c.dk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 06:36:02 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140348 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35972 Archived-At: Tim X wrote: > "pop" writes: > >> Emacs does not use 'dvipdf' when it converts dvi files to pdf. >> >> I prefer using 'dvipdf' because I only need to have an .eps version of >> the images I would like to include in my .tex files. >> >> Why does emacs not use 'dvipdf' and is there any flaws to this converter >> compared to the one emacs use?? >> > > Not enough information to provide a concise answer. For example, are > you using auctex mode to create your documents? I use auctex. If I use latex built-in 'pdflatex' I need to have my pictures in a .pdf format. But if I just want to see the dvi output I need to have them in .eps. So far I have had both a .pdf version and a .eps version of the pictures and included them like: \begin{center} \includegraphics[width=10cm]{pic1} \end{center} where pic1.pdf and pic1.eps are located in the same dir as my .tex file. But now I just found out that if I use dvipdf instead of pdflatex I don't need to have the .pdf versions of my pictures, which saves me for a lot of work. Therefore I would like to know what the difference is between using 'dvipdf' and 'pdflatex' (besides from the obvious advantage of only using .eps files).