Bug#303757: gsl-doc-pdf: gnuplot-generated images missing from pdf.

[giuseppe bonacci]

Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

Hi Guiseppe,

[...]
Yes, the pdf docs were always a bit of a hack. I added these at the request
of another bug reporter who (correctly) stated that (IIRC) the pdf is
searchable, has a table of contents (the thumbnails) etc pp.

I agree.  Pdf docs are certainly worth having within reach.

And while use upstream's Makefile for that, I need a clumsy hack for the
pictures:

         cd doc && \
            for i in *.eps; do \
              echo Converting $$i to pdf... && epstopdf $$i ; \
            done && $(MAKE) pdf

This is the standard (only?) way to have pdf(la)tex include EPS graphics, afaik. It fails on a large bunch of pictures ---covering the chapter about "Random Number Distributions"--- that are not "file inclusion" specials.

> [...]

I haven't played with ps2pdf in a while, but usually found pdflatex et al to
be _much_ superior. ps2pdf ends up with bitmaps, doesn't it?

Probably that depends on the contents of the PS file. And many problems are solved by the current tetex-extra package.

Please, install tetex-extra and run the attached shell script. I cannot tell any visual difference between the three distinct pdf files produced, except of course for the first not showing the picture. I attach only the one made by ps2pdf, to avoid filling your mailbox.

best regards.
g.b.

gptest.sh

Description: Bourne shell script


gptestA.pdf.bz2

Description: Binary data