Using Colors in Plain TeX
dave
does not support colors. The 'colorref' style/package seems to work
only for LaTeX. Do I need a special package to use color?
(b) I noticed that MikTeX supports the \special{html...} syntax
without using any special package; however, the hyperlink has no
color, just an ordinary underline. In contrast, the 'hyperref' package
available for LaTeX does show hyperlinks in color. Again, do I need a
special package to use colored links in Plain TeX? Or should 'color
command(s)' (however it is implemented) be embedded between the
\special{html...} commands?
Pls. help.
Thanx
Melchior FRANZ
> (a) How do I use colors in Plain TeX? I read somewhere that Plain TeX
> does not support colors. The 'colorref' style/package seems to work
> only for LaTeX. Do I need a special package to use color?
There's a wrapper around the LaTeX's color style available:
CTAN:/macros/plain/graphics/{miniltx.tex,color.tex}
Write "\input color" and you can then use all the color commands
of color.sty.
m.
Christopher League
| (a) How do I use colors in Plain TeX? I read somewhere that Plain TeX
| does not support colors. The 'colorref' style/package seems to work
| only for LaTeX. Do I need a special package to use color?
CTAN:macros/plain/graphics
It uses miniltx.tex to define (and mostly ignore) essential LaTeX
commands, sets up for the dvips driver, and then loads the
graphics.sty for LaTeX!
Last time I tried it, I had to hack a few bits because the
miniltx.tex did not define everything required by graphics.sty.
Maybe it is better now.
--Chris
Patrick TJ McPhee
dave <cotto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
% (a) How do I use colors in Plain TeX? I read somewhere that Plain TeX
% does not support colors. The 'colorref' style/package seems to work
% only for LaTeX. Do I need a special package to use color?
Colours are device-driver specific, although there are a few specials which
are supported by several drivers. For instance \special{color: rgb 0 0 1}
will set the colour to blue for dvips and some other drivers.
Plain TeX is a bit like the Dave Coverly cartoon `At the Reality Theme
Park'. At the Tunnel of Love, the staff member hands you a shovel and
says `Here, you gotta dig your own'.
You may find some packages that do what you want, but for the most
part, you have to find out what you want to do at a low level and
do it.
--
Patrick TJ McPhee
East York Canada
pt...@interlog.com
José Carlos Santos
> (a) How do I use colors in Plain TeX? I read somewhere that Plain TeX
> does not support colors. The 'colorref' style/package seems to work
> only for LaTeX. Do I need a special package to use color?
Yes: the colordvi package.
Best regards
Jose Carlos Santos