Re: Compiling to .pdf

Am Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:51:55 -0700 schrieb Edward MacKinnon:

> Problem Compiling in Pdf. Pdf is the default compiler for Mixtex 2.9. This
> does not give diagrams that functioned in 2.7, compiling to a .dvi file.

The default compiler pdftex can also generate a dvi. 

> At the begining of a document I include the lines
> \def\jwline#1#2#3#4{%
> \put(#1,#2){\special{em:moveto}}%
> \put(#3,#4){\special{em:lineto}}}
> \def\newpic#1{}
> then a command, \jwline{40}{90}{50}{80}, draws a precise line. This 
> compiles
> under Miktex 9.5, but the lines don't show. Any suggestions on how to make
> this work compiling to pdf files.

Here is a text of Hans Hagen which describes how to implement the
emtex-specials in pdftex with pdf output:
www.ntg.nl/maps/25/10.pdf 

But would suggest to use a package like tikz instead of such
outdated specials.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
A line: 
\tikz \draw[red] (0,0) -- (2.5,3) -- (5,0);
\end{document}