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Re: [OSXAstro] Adobe Illustrator and combining postscript files for Latex use

On Jan 24, 2008 10:16 AM, Naomi Ridge <nridge@...> wrote:
> I used to use the Starlink "psmerge" utility (which is different to
> the unix psmerge command) - there is info at: http://star-
> www.rl.ac.uk/star/dvi/sun164.htx/sun164.html
>
> No idea whether it's even possible to obtain it anymore though, since
> Starlink is no more, as far as I am aware...

The Starlink Software Collection is still available, and it includes
the psmerge utility. You can get it at
http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/

And if you wait a couple of weeks there will be a new release out,
which should hopefully include a native Leopard build.

--
Brad Cavanagh, Data Reduction Software Engineer
Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, Hawaii
b.cavanagh@... / +1-808-969-6555
Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:37 pm

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Hi all, Not sure if this list is still active since there hasn't been any traffic for some time, but here goes: Does anyone have a VNC client for OS X that... 		Eric Jensen
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Offline Send Email 		Jun 8, 2007
2:33 am

... I use "Chicken of the VNC"...which, despite the weird name, works well for me. ...
Christopher Thom
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Send Email 		Jun 8, 2007
4:50 am

Vine Viewer and Vine Server are new shareware VNC options. Both seem pretty good. Vince server used to be OSXVnc, I think. ... Tim Cornwell, Australia...
Tim Cornwell
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Send Email 		Jun 8, 2007
5:08 am

I also use Chicken of the VNC regularly, with the server on a Linux box. Cut and paste is a bit like chinese whispers, though, eg.: "In many cases, the...
Jennifer Hatchell
hatchell@...
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8:35 am

Hello all, We got IDL on our Mac OS X (Tiger) Server, but some PC users can't run/display it remotely (through the X Windows System XWin32). We know that...
argote@...
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12:59 pm

... What error is it failing with? I know there have been some problems with IDL and recent X windows servers on Linux but not Windows, and there are other...
Edd Edmondson
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1:47 pm

Hi all, A colleague of mine is trying to composite several postscript figures into a single four-panel figure, and to add some basic annotation (a few arrows...
Eric Jensen
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8:03 pm

I used to use the Starlink "psmerge" utility (which is different to the unix psmerge command) - there is info at: http://star- ...
Naomi Ridge
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8:16 pm

Starlink for OS X still exists...and is updated - I still use it. http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/ - Tyler...
Tyler L. Bourke
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Send Email 		Jan 24, 2008
8:28 pm

Is anyone in the group doing exoplanet work using OS X? Terry - W6LMJ Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. http://olt.net/learningstyle/ How do amateur astronomers...
Terrence Redding
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12:03 am

... The Starlink Software Collection is still available, and it includes the psmerge utility. You can get it at http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/ And if you...
Brad Cavanagh
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9:37 pm

... Hi Eric, Use xfig (available for Mac via fink). It's simple, will produce a fully compliant EPS file, and the file size will basically be the sum of the...
Bryan Gaensler
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8:17 pm

Hi, I've always used xfig. You can install for OSX from fink. It complains about an old app-defaults setup when I start it, but it works fine. The beauty of...
Christopher Thom
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8:17 pm

I've never had a problem joining figures in Illustrator for later use in Latex. Out of curiosity, what version of Illustrator are you using for this?...
Jonathan Foster
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8:22 pm

Yet another approach I have used successfully to make composite figures for publication is to build your composite figure in Keynote and export to pdf. -- ...
Stacy McGaugh
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11:29 pm

Hi Eric, Like Jonathan Foster, I've never had any real problems joining or editing figures in Illustrator and then using the result in LaTeX. Unfortunately, I...
Peter Erwin
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9:23 am

I've been using Chicken of the VNC, which seems to work well, though I haven't tried copy/paste between server and client, so I don't know if that is possible....
Elinor Gates
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10:51 am

Hi, 'Might try www.astroflowersoftware.com Paul ... Paul Romero romeropaul@... "I've been to two county fairs a goat ropin' a rodeo and a grease pig...
Paul Romero
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Thanks to all who replied with suggestions. It seems that none of these is perfect for my needs, but most are pretty decent. Here's my quick summary of what...
Eric Jensen
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