Forest beyond basics

[Herbert Voss]

Am 19.12.21 um 22:24 schrieb Steve Litt via lyx-users:
> Maria Gouskova via lyx-users said on Sun, 19 Dec 2021 12:20:15 -0500
>
>> Dear LyX users,
>> <
>> (Actually, I suspect this is a question for Jürgen S., but on the off
>> chance that someone else knows the answer...)
>>
>> I need to produce a diagram with the structure shown here. It was
>> produced using the obsolete xyling package
>
> LyX and LaTeX were never intended to make drawings or diagrams. Not
> really.

That is not true! From the beginning of LaTeX there was the picture
environment with, of course, limited capability. But it was good enough
for simple diagrams/graphics.

Herbert






> it in your LyX document just like you'd put any old .png or more to the
> point .svg. LyX automatically recompiles your Inscape-produced .svg
> into a PDF suitable for LyX/LaTeX upon finding that the .svg has
> changed.
>
> You know what it's supposed to look like, so you can draw it yourself.
> For new work where you need a new "forest", whatever this "forest"
> thing is, find a forest making software that can export to .svg,
> and then you can either use that .svg, or modify it a little in
> Inkscape.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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