run external programs from tex

run external programs from tex

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

Hi,

I wonder what would be the best way to use programs inline like it is
possible for metapost. Are there already macros to set this up easily?
I would like to use gnuplot, so something like
[start|stop]GNUPLOTgraphic would be fine. Has anybody tried this or
something similar?

-- 
Eckhart

Re: run external programs from tex

[Hans Hagen]

Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wonder what would be the best way to use programs inline like it is
> possible for metapost. Are there already macros to set this up easily?
> I would like to use gnuplot, so something like
> [start|stop]GNUPLOTgraphic would be fine. Has anybody tried this or
> something similar?

you can have a look at m-pstric

Hans

-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
               Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
      tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
                                              | www.pragma-pod.nl
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Re: run external programs from tex

[Peter Münster]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote:

> I wonder what would be the best way to use programs inline like it is
> possible for metapost. Are there already macros to set this up easily?

Just a small example (can be put to the wiki):
http://pmrb.free.fr/work/OS/ConTeXt/createFig/

If you use teTeX, you should verify, that shell_escape = t in texmf.cnf.

Cheers, Peter

-- 
http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: run external programs from tex

[Eckhart Guthöhrlein]

Thanks for the tips, Hans and Peter. I can see that it is really easy to
hack a quick and dirty working solution.
But since many of my figures and my gnuplot input will have to be
created by external programs anyway, I think I will better use a
Makefile to ensure recreation as needed.

Greetings,
-- 
Eckhart