Re: [O] Best way to make/add tech diagrams/graphics?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Dnia 2013-05-17, o godz. 11:40:17
John Hendy <address@hidden> napisał(a):

> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Lawrence Bottorff
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I'd like to embed images into my running org file -- for eventual
> > conversion to Latex or html. These would be simple diagram-style
> > pictures such as math or technical diagrams that cannot be done
> > with gnuplot or other formula-to-picture conversion software.
> >
> > Examples:
> > http://www.library.utoronto.ca/see/SEED/Vol5-1/Queiroz_Emmeche_El-Hani_files/image003.gif
> > http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/irvine/SBGN_process_description_cropped.jpg
> >
> 
> A few that come to mind for this sort of thing:
> - ditaa: http://ditaa.sourceforge.net/
> - graphviz/dot: http://www.graphviz.org/
> - my personal favorite, but quite the learning curve, it PFG/TikZ:
> http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/

Typo: it's PGF, not PFG, just in case you wanted to google it or
something;).

I'd also mention Metapost, on which I believe TikZ was modeled (at least
to some extent).

Since you mentioned embedding in LaTeX, I'd also suggest TikZ; it has a
huge manual, but /very/ well written, with quite a few tutorials and
examples. One benefit is that it is tightly integrated into LaTeX,
but it can also export SVG (though with a few limitations compared to
the pdfLaTeX-produced output).  Also, you might want to check out the
gallery of TikZ examples here: http://www.texample.net/tikz/ .

> Good luck!
> John

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University