[Tikzdevice-bugs] tikzDevice bug confirmed

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Charlie Sharpsteen wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> I have been able to reproduce the DVI issue on a virtual machine running 
> Kubuntu- all the text seems smashed to one point and the actual graph is 
> shifted off of the page. This issue also shows up in MaxDvix but 
> strangely the yap previewer on windows is rendering just fine. Hopefully 
> there's a switch we can throw somewhere that will sort this out.

Thanks Charlie

> 
> As for defining a macro to reduce the size of the text file- the problem 
> is that the actual drawing of the circles is handled by the circle 
> graphics primitive. At that level it's hard to tell that "this circle is 
> one of 200 plotting points that are all exactly the same, use this 
> shortcut" or "this circle is unique- we need to print out a fully styled 
> command".
> 
> One option that I have been pondering is overhauling the styling system 
> it's self. The styles are all the commands that appear between the [ ] 
> in TikZ commands. Currently these make up ~80% of the command and there 
> may be a way of caching and reusing them.

It may be as simple as a \def in LaTeX to define an abbreviation for 
drawing circles.

> 
> Anyway, thanks for the bug report- we'll let you know if we figure out a 
> solution!

Thanks much
Frank

> 
> -Charlie


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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University