Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: [build Axiom] updated Windows buildinstructions

[Ralf Hemmecke]

Hi,

> > The file src/doc/ps/segbind.ps is only available
> > in the tla repository

> As far as I can tell this file is garbage that happened to get
> caught in the archive. It is probably manually saved from the
> graphic produced by the draw command in the file
> 'src/input/segbind.input'.

is it possible with axiom to say "draw(...)" and then save the generated 
picture as a .ps file or a .png without manual interaction? I basically 
want

  echo "draw(...)" | axiom > picture.ps

The reason is that in book.pamphlet there appear via

\spadcommand{draw(...)}

the commands that produce the pictures given in the book. With a little 
rewriting that could be automated and these .ps files in src/doc/ps 
could go away. Note that we should then also be able to produce higher 
resulution pictures (if Axiom allows it).

Ralf