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psfrag: Inserting LaTeX Code Inside Graphics

There are many approaches for inserting LaTeX equations, symbols, tables, and other output inside postscript and pdf graphics. Insertion of multi-column tables with proper alignment is a frequently needed feature. The psfrag approach is one of the most general. It can be used more simply than what is described below, but that simple approach only works for latex, not for pdflatex. Here is a general approach.

Download fragmaster.pl from http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/fragmaster and save it in ~/bin and chmod a+x fragmaster.pl
Create a postscript graphics file such as foo_fm.eps and an accompanying LaTeX command file foo_fm
Run fragmaster.pl foo to create self-contained foo.eps and foo.pdf which can be inserted into LaTeX documents the usual way

Here is an example using R.

library(Hmisc)
postscript('psfrag2_fm.eps', pointsize=12,
           onefile=FALSE, paper='special',
           horizontal=FALSE, height=4, width=5)
par(mar=c(3, 3.25, .25, .5), lwd=1.5, mgp = c(2, 0.45, 0), tcl = -0.4)

x <- seq(0,15,length=100)
plot(x, dchisq(x, 5), ylab='fx', type='l')   # fx will be substituted by $f(x)$
text(10, .13, 'ww', adj=0)  # LaTeX table will be put at location of ww in graph
dev.off()

x <- cbind(Age=format(c(23.0,9.7)), Sex=c('Male','Female'))
tab <- latexTabular(x, align='rl')  # new function in Hmisc

cat('\\psfrag{ww}{\\small', tab, '}',
    '\\psfrag{fx}{$f(x)$}',
    sep='\n', file='psfrag2_fm')

system('fragmaster.pl psfrag2')

The resulting pdf file is attached.

NOTE: If you install psfrag you may need to

sudo cp -p /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/psfrag/psfrag.pro /usr/share/texmf-texlive/dvips/base
sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils

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pdf	psfrag2.pdf	manage	6.3 K	17 Aug 2007 - 15:07	FrankHarrell	Example output of psfrag with LaTeX? table inserted

Topic revision: r6 - 20 Mar 2009 - 08:26:25 - FrankHarrell

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