Re: [Fhsst-authors] Hsalgebra Figures . . . and Stuff

[Peter Hutnick]

Sam Halliday wrote:

> Peter Hutnick wrote:
>  
>
> well... lets kinda go with whats there at the moment, but decide upon a
> naming scheme.
>  
That's fine.  I just wanted to voice my concerns.  My conscience is clear

>  \label{fig:hsa:wf:desc}
>
> so, basically... the eps file would be easy to name, as it would just be
>
>  eps/hsa-wf-desc.eps
>
> for that case.
>
> i can't see any problems with that... if you can, please let me know and
> we can rethink it.
>
>  
Seems reasonable.

> the problem is that we have NO policies, really. when we get the book to
> a readable form, we can have a big hacking session to get the internal
> LaTeX consistent, and do some "prettifications" which give no technical
> ad. but at this stage, we don't want to impose such silly nitpicking
> rules on contributors, for fear of scaring them off!
>  
Just as a matter of personal philosophy I /hate/ doing stuff knowing 
that it will have to be redone.  Do you guys say "a stitch in time saves 
nine?"  (We don't, but our Grandmothers do )

> > I also have some questions about GNUPlot.
> >   
>
>
> it is gnuplot... not GNUplot. it never was, no never will be a GNU (or
> GPL compliant, for that matter) program. it has existed since before the
> GNU project, and the naming is coincidental.
>
>  
Ach!  Caught in a web of my own assumptions.  I'm fully prepared to 
abandon Gnuplot just for its icky Minix-esqe license.  (Same way I did 
uw pico.)

> best advise i could give you... delete all your .gnuplot files and use
> pstricks for FHSST, thats what i did
>  
Done.

> mark has a good link to a PDF file showing how to really show off with
> pstricks, and you can make plots in a matter of minutes instead of
> hours. and we will all be consistent
>
>  
He seems to have just posted the link again.  How convenient for me.

Thanks for bearing with me, and especially thanks for all the help in 
getting up to speed.

-Peter