[texhax] [tex-live] Floatrow

[Axel E. Retif]

On  1 Apr, 2009, at 03:23, Robin Fairbairns wrote:

> Axel E. Retif <axel.retif at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>> the author apparently failed to upload it with her latest version of
>>> floatrow; it's not on ctan ... and tex live takes its input from  
>>> ctan.
>>
>> No, the file pictures.tex produces the pictures files. The whole  
>> thing
>> should be run first with latex -> dvips, not with pdflatex. The files
>> needed are in
>>
>> /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/doc/latex/floatrow
>>
>> Not all typeset fine for me, but some do.
>
> ah, thanks.  floatrow is one of those things on my "get to know this
> thing some time" list, but i'm always either ill or too busy to get  
> into
> it.
>
> r

Actually, I didn't know about floatrow until Philip Ratcliffe  
mentioned it in TeXhax ---I think it's quite impressive, but  
unfortunately I don't have the time right now to learn it.

Best,

Axel