<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <refentry lang="&language;"> <refentryinfo> <title>KDE User's Manual</title> <author><personname> <firstname>Ben</firstname> <surname>Burton</surname> </personname><email>bab@debian.org</email></author> <date>May 25, 2005</date> <productname>K Desktop Environment</productname> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle><command>kig</command></refentrytitle> <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname><command>kig</command></refname> <refpurpose>an interactive geometry program for &kde;</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>kig</command> <group choice="opt"><option>-c, --convert-to-native</option> <group choice="opt"><option>-o, --outfile <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option> </group> </group> <arg choice="opt">KDE Generic Options</arg> <arg choice="opt">Qt Generic Options</arg> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>&kig; is an application for interactive geometry. It is intended to serve two purposes:</para> <itemizedlist><listitem><para>To allow students to interactively explore mathematical figures and concepts using the computer;</para></listitem> <listitem><para>To serve as a WYSIWYG tool for drawing mathematical figures and including them in other documents.</para></listitem></itemizedlist> <para>With this program you can do geometry on a computer just like you would on a blackboard in a classroom. However the program allows you to move and change parts of a geometrical drawing so that you can see how other parts change as a result.</para> <para>&kig; supports loci and user-defined macros. It also imports and exports both to and from foreign file formats including <application>Cabri</application>, <application>Dr. Geo</application>, &kgeo;, <application>KSeg</application> and <application>XFig</application>.</para> <para>This application is part of the official &kde; edutainment module.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Options</title> <para>App options, in a variablelist</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-c, --convert-to-native</option></term> <listitem><para>Do not show a &GUI;. Instead convert the specified file to native &kig; format. The native &kig; file will be written to standard output unless <option>--outfile</option> is passed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option>-o, --outfile <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></term> <listitem><para>Used with <option>--convert-to-native</option> to specify where to save the newly created &kig; file. Not specifying this option, or providing a filename of <filename>-</filename> will output the file to standard output.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para>More detailed user documentation is available from <ulink url="help:/kig">help:/kig</ulink> (either enter this <acronym>URL</acronym> into &konqueror;, or run <userinput><command>khelpcenter</command> <parameter>help:/kig</parameter></userinput>).</para> <para>There is also further information available at the <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kig/">&kde; Edutainment website</ulink>.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Authors</title> <para>&kig; was written by <personname><firstname>Dominique</firstname><surname>Devriese</surname></personname> <email>devriese@kde.org</email>, <personname><firstname>Maurizio</firstname><surname>Paolini</surname></personname> <email>paolini@dmf.bs.unicatt.it</email>, <personname><firstname>Franco</firstname><surname>Pasquarelli</surname></personname> <email>pasqui@dmf.bs.unicatt.it</email>, <personname><firstname>Pino</firstname><surname>Toscano</surname></personname> <email>toscano.pino@tiscali.it</email>, and others.</para> <para>This man page based on the one prepared for Debian by <personname><firstname>Ben</firstname><surname>Burton</surname></personname> <email>bab@debian.org</email>.</para> </refsect1> </refentry>