Howto:Build graduate dials with LaTeX: Difference between revisions

==Make experiments==

To make the tests the simplest solution is to use a LaTeX version already on the Web. LaTeX is not a graphical environment, it allows you to create great websites with very well-made editors and excellent preview. I've done tests on this site: https://it.sharelatex.com/

You can sign up for them, open a blank document, and copy the contents of the example in this guide. Then click the [Recompile] button and almost instantly you will see the result of your effort on the right. The site contains many guides that explain how LaTeX and its many commands work. Then you can download the PDF file and edit it to convert it to PNG with the right dimension using a program like GIMP that can import the PDF correctly.

LaTeX is a program that can be run virtually by virtually any operating system on this planet and PCs that are not very powerful either. LaTeX has always been exactly the same graphic result on any machine where it is run and at any time the code has been written. For LaTeX there are no backward versions, everything is complete backward compatible! So who wants to develop his gauge or other graphic elements, manuals, maps etc. it is always advised to attach a copy of the original LaTeX so that anyone who modifies an aircraft may also modify the graphic elements that make up the aircraft.

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