Re: input graphics in amstex

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:00 AM, James Ridley <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear Ulrike,
> What I meant was that no image is inserted, and I get a blank space.
> I attach a TeX file and a pdf image (because I work in pdfTeX), which are
> in
> the same directory on my computer.
> With Method 2 there is no error message in the log file, so no indication
> why no image was inserted. (On the other hand, if I try Method 2 with an
> eps
> file, it says "Non-pdf special ignored", so the \special command is being
> read.)

With Method 1, things go wrong right at the beginning: the program cannot
> input miniltx. When I accept the offer to search the internet, it goes to a
> site at Stellenbosch University (sun.ac.za) and then returns a "404 File
> not
> found" message. Perhaps you can suggest another URL that might work better.
> Many thanks
> James
>

Are you overlooking the vastly improved tools to obtain packages?

"miniltx.tex" comes from a MiKTeX package.  Use the file search filter
in the "MiKTeX Package Manager" to find the package (graphics-pln).
Similarly, you can find example-image in the "mwe" package.


Here is a MWE that works using MiKTeX-2.9 (64-bit):

1. copy "example-image.eps" from the MiKTeX directory to a working directory

2. run "epstopdf example-image.eps" This should produce "example-image.pdf"

3.  create a test file:

   1. \input graphicx.tex
   2. \includegraphics{example-image.eps}
   3. \end


Using pdftex, this fails for me with:

! Undefined control sequence.

<argument> \ttfamily

\expandafter \strip@prefix \meaning \@tempa

\rlap #1->\hbox to\z@ {#1

\hss }

\Gin@setfile ...r \strip@prefix \meaning \@tempa }

\vss \hrule }\hss \vrule }...


\Ginclude@graphics ...sname {\Gin@base \Gin@ext }}

\fi \endgroup

\Gin@ii ...eys {Gin}{#1}\Gin@esetsize \the \toks@

\endgroup \fi

l.2 \includegraphics{example-image.eps}

Edit line 2 of the test file to change .eps to .pdf and you should get
a pdf document with the image.

-----Original Message-----
> From: Ulrike Fischer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, 12 September 2016 09:04
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] input graphics in amstex
>
> Am Sat, 10 Sep 2016 19:12:56 +0200 schrieb James Ridley:
>
> > My old commands don't work. Please can someone tell me what format the
> > figures must be in and what command I must use to import them.
>
> You should at first show an small, complete example and tell us what
> is means that your command "don't work".
>
> You can use example-image.eps for the example -- it is part of
> miktex.
>
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
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