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| PGF/TikZ ("PGF and TikZ") | |
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| Basisdaten
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| Hauptentwickler | Till Tantau |
| Aktuelle Version | 2.0 (2008-02-20) |
| Betriebssystem | Multiplatform (TeX) |
| Kategorie | Vektorgrafik |
| Lizenz | GNU General Public License |
| pgf/tikz at sourceforge.net | |
PGF/TikZ is a tandem of languages for producing vector graphics from a geometric/algebraic description. PGF is a lower-level language, while TikZ is a set of higher-level macros that use PGF. The top-level PGF and TikZ commands are invoked as TeX macros, but in contrast with PSTricks, the PGF/TikZ graphics themselves are described in a language that resembles MetaPost. Till Tantau is the designer of these languages, and he is also the developer of the only known interpreter for PGF and TikZ, which is written in TeX. PGF is an acronym for Portable Graphics Format. TikZ was introduced in version 1.10 of PGF, and it is a Rekursives_Akronym for “TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm” (“TikZ is no drawing program”).
The PGF/TikZ interpreter can be used from the popular LaTeX and ConTeXt macro packages, but also directly from the original TeX. Since TeX itself is not concerned with graphics, the interpreter supports multiple TeX output backends: dvips, dvipdfm/dvipdfmx/xdvipdfmx and pdftex's internal PDF output driver. Unlike PStricks, PGF can thus directly produce either PostScript or PDF output, but it cannot use some of the more advanced PostScript programming features that PStricks can use due to the "least common denominator" effect.[1]
Die Standard-LaTeX-Umgebung picture kann ebenfalls als Ausgabeziel für PGF verwendet werden, in dem lediglich das Paket pgfpict2e genutzt.
PGF/TikZ ist umfangreich dokumentiert, das aktuelle Handbuch hat 560 Seiten.
References
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- ↑ PGF and TikZ manual, version 2.0, p. 17
See also
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]External links
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Andrew Mertz and William Slough, Graphics with PGF and TikZ, PracTeX Journal, 2007 (1), Zussammenfassung, Ganzer Text.
- PGF/TikZ Beispiel-Gallerie
- Download
- Handbuch
- "Comparison of several graphics systems in LaTeX". 2007 (pdf) (u. a. mit Vergleich zwischne TikZ und anderen Vektorgrafiken)
- "Graphics with PGF and TikZ". 2007 (pdf) (Minitutorial)
- "River Valley TV" (Videopräsentation)
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