ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 31, Issue 251

[Alain Muls]

On Wednesday 28 March 2007 16:13, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> hi,
> I have a simple latex document in that I try to include a xfig graphic
> with .fig extension but it does not work.
>
> The figlatex.pdf documentation on the latex-make website
> http://gforge.inria.fr/docman/~\index{.php?group_id=261&selected_doc_group_
>id=420&language_id=1
>
> states that .fig files can be bound in latex sources as:
> \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{myfig.fig}
>
> I've tried it as visible in my source file below but receive following
> error message when I run make:
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Unknown graphics extension: .fig.

Hi,

Icluding a .fig files depends on whether you use latex or pdflatex. 

For latex compilation you use

\begin{figure}
\scalebox{0.8}{\input{myfig.pstex_t}
\end{figure}

For pdfatex compilation you use

\begin{figure}
\scalebox{0.8}{\input{myfig.pdf_t}
\end{figure}
You can leave out the scalebox, it just scales your latex font in the figure to 80% (0.8) which I feel is very nice.
A nice tool for compiling your latex file is 'rubber' 
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/doc_toc.html#SEC_Contents
it will automatically convert your fig files to the desired formats without you having to export them manually in XFig.

-- 

mvg/Alain

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