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Diagrams for flash cards

In your Ceder Chest C1 - C2 you give credit for development of the diagrams in the document. I am working on a set of flash cards and would like to work up my own diagrams. Is it possible to find out how yours were done or to get the appropriate macros, etc.

The diagrams used in our books are TeX macros. You would have to format your cards (or at least the diagrams) using TeX (a text formatting system). There is a PC version of TeX (I think it's about $150) For more information,

contact Debbie.

On the other hand, the Ceder Chest Definitions on the web located at http://www.ceder.net/def.php are made with color GIFs. These diagrams were generated via our CSDS program (which produces bitmap files) and a graphics program such as MS Paint (to convert the bitmap files into GIF format). CSDS can also generate bitmap diagrams in black & white, with or without couple numbers. To use the CSDS program to create diagrams, you must first purchase the program (the demo version is $25, the full version is $200). The demo version has no restrictions on creating graphics. To generate diagrams, first create a sequence starting from a squared set, entering calls to get to the desired position, then select a menu option to create a bitmap file. It's easy (so far I've done almost 3000 diagrams for our web definitions).