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NAME
       tpic2pdftex - convert tpic \specials for use by pdftex


SYNOPSIS
       pic -t somefile.pic | tpic2pdftex > somefile.tex

       Process somefile.tex by pdftex/pdflatex.


DESCRIPTION
       Experimental awk script for conversion of tpic \specials as produced by (groff-)pic into pdf‐
       TeX \pdfliteral sections for further processing by pdftex.


NOTES
       Current version: 1.97.

       tpic  \special description see e. g.: Goossens, Rahtz, Mittelbach: The LaTeX Graphics Compan‐
       ion, Addison-Wesley, 1997, pp. 464.


BUGS
       Spline curve shapes not fully authentic (unknown algorithm).  Bounding box does not care  for
       line  thickness (groff pic feature).  Splines might be outside bounding box.  Fill color does
       not work correctly for arrowheads (pic limitation).


SEE ALSO
       pic(1), grap(1), groff(1), awk(1), pdftex(1).

GNU                                          2008-08-01                               TPIC2PDFTEX(1)