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NAME
       tpic2pdftex - convert tpic \specials for use by pdftex


SYNOPSIS
       pic -t somefile.pic | tpic2pdftex > somefile.tex

       Process somefile.tex by pdftex/pdflatex.


DESCRIPTION
       Experimental  awk  script  for  conversion  of  tpic  \specials  as  produced  by (groff-)pic into pdfTeX
       \pdfliteral sections for further processing by pdftex.


NOTES
       Current version: 1.97.

       tpic \special description see e. g.: Goossens, Rahtz, Mittelbach: The LaTeX Graphics Companion,  Addison-
       Wesley, 1997, pp. 464.


BUGS
       Spline  curve  shapes  not  fully  authentic  (unknown  algorithm).   Bounding box does not care for line
       thickness (groff pic feature).  Splines might  be  outside  bounding  box.   Fill  color  does  not  work
       correctly for arrowheads (pic limitation).


SEE ALSO
       pic(1), grap(1), groff(1), awk(1), pdftex(1).