<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Getting and Installing Xfig</title> </head> <body> <a href="contents.html"><img src="images/xfig-title.png" alt="XFIG Users Manual" border=0></a> <hr> <h1>Getting and Installing Xfig and TransFig</h1> <p> You need the <b>fig2dev</b> program in the <b>TransFig</b> package in addition to <b>xfig</b> to be complete. The <b>fig2dev</b> program is the program which allows you to print figures and export them to various languages and formats such as PostScript, GIF, JPEG, etc. <p> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a href="#install-xfig">Xfig and TransFig</a> <ul> <li><a href="#install-xfig">Getting and Installing Xfig</a> <li><a href="#install-transfig">Installing TransFig/fig2dev</a> <li><a href="#install-xfigwin">Xfig On Microsoft Windows</a> <li><a href="#install-xfigmac">Xfig On the MacIntosh</a> <li><a href="#install-misc">Installing Other Software</a> <li><a href="#install-ghostfonts">Installing Ghostscript's Type 1 fonts under X</a> </ul> <img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a href="#related-software">Related Software</a> <ul> <li><a href="#related-library">Libraries</a> <li><a href="#related-apps">Applications</a> </ul> <hr> <h2><a name="install-xfig">Getting and Installing Xfig</a></h2> This is the installation procedure of <b>xfig</b>. See the <tt>README</tt> file for more details. For information about how to use internationalization facility of <b>xfig</b>, see also <a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a>. <p> <ol> <li>Get the source of <b>xfig</b> (<tt>xfig.3.2.5-alpha3.full.tar.gz</tt>) and <i>gunzip</i> and <i>untar</i> the file: <br> Either do: <ol> <li><tt>gunzip -c xfig.3.2.5-alpha3.full.tar.gz | tar xvf -</tt> <br><b>or</b> <li><tt>gunzip xfig.3.2.5-alpha3.full.tar.gz</tt> <br> <tt>tar xvf xfig.3.2.5-alpha3.full.tar</tt> </ol> <p> <a name="getting_xfig">You can get the source from</a> <a href="http://www.xfig.org/xfigdist">http://www.xfig.org/xfigdist</a>, <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/xfig/"> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/xfig</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> or from any CTAN machine (<a href="ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/pub/archive/graphics/"> ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/pub/archive/graphics</a>, for example). <p> <li>Edit the <tt>Imakefile</tt> if you need to customize it: <dl> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you want to install <b>xfig</b> in a directory other than the default X11 binary directory: <dl> <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> add <b>"BINDIR=<directory>"</b> at the top of the Imakefile, where <b><directory></b> is the full path of the directory in which you want <b>xfig</b> to be installed. <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Also, you may have to redefine <b>MKDIRHIER</b> because make looks for it relative to the <b>BINDIR</b> variable. <br> Set it to: <b>"MKDIRHIER = /bin/sh <path>/mkdirhier"</b> where <path> is the path to the <b>mkdirhier</b> script or program. <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> Finally, uncomment and change <b>XAPPLOADDIR</b> to the directory where you want the app-defaults resource files to go. You will have to use the environment variable <b>XAPPLRESDIR</b> in your shell to point to this directory. <br> On Sun systems running Openwindows you probably need to set the environment variable <b>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH</b> to point to your app-defaults directory, and append a "%N" to the path, e.g. /users/me/xfig/app-defaults/%N </dl> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> To use JPEG, you must have <a href="#jpeg">JPEG library</a> (Version 5b or later). If you already has the JPEG library installed in your system area then make sure the <tt>USEINSTALLEDJPEG</tt> variable is uncommented (the default). If you don't have JPEG installed, get the source from <a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg">ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg</a> or <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries</a> and <b>comment out</b> the <tt>USEINSTALLEDJPEG</tt> variable, and set the <tt>JPEGLIBDIR</tt> variable to the directory where source of JPEG library is stored. <br> ** Make sure you delete or rename any older version of the JPEG library you might have on your system. Some Linux systems come with an older version which is incompatible with xfig. <p> If you don't want JPEG support, comment out `<tt>#define USEJPEG</tt>' using the <tt>XCOMM</tt> comment directive (e.g. <tt>XCOMM #define USEJPEG</tt>). <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> You need the PNG library (-lpng) and the zlib (-lz) compression library. You can find the PNG sources at http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html and the zlib sources at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> To enable XPM support, uncomment `<tt>#define USEXPM</tt>' and modify the definition of <tt>XPMLIBDIR</tt> if necessary. To use XPM, you must have <a href="#xpm">XPM3 package</a> (Version 3.4c or later). <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you want to use <a href="#xaw3d">Xaw3d (Three-D Athena Widget)</a> library, uncomment `<tt>#define XAW3D</tt>', and change the `<tt>XAW3DINC</tt> variable to point to the directory where your 3D Athena widget headers are located. When <b>Xaw3d</b> is used instead of <b>Xaw</b>, the buttons will appear 3 dimensional. The <b>Xaw3d</b> library should be compiled without <tt>-DARROW_SCROLLBAR</tt>. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="smallicons">Small Icons</a> - If you have a small screen (e.g. 800x600 or so) you may want to use the small mode panel buttons for <b>xfig</b>. If so, uncomment the `<tt>#define USESMALLICONS</tt>' line. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strcasecmp()</tt> and/or <tt>strncasecmp()</tt>, uncomment <dl> <dd>`<tt>HAVE_NO_STRCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRCASECMP</tt>' </dl> and/or <dl> <dd>`<tt>HAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP</tt>'. </dl> <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strstr()</tt>, uncomment `<tt>#define NOSTRSTR</tt>'. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strerror()</tt> (but support <tt>sys_errlist</tt>), uncomment `<tt>NEED_STRERROR = -DNEED_STRERROR</tt>'. <p> <a name="wheelmouse"></a> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you have a wheel mouse, see <a href="miscellaneous.html#wheelmouse">wheel mouse</a> for a description of the wheel functions in xfig. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you want to enable internationalization facility of <b>xfig</b>, uncomment "<tt>#define I18N</tt>" (remove (<tt>XCOMM</tt>). See <a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a> for more information. <p> <b>Suggestion to Package Maintainers:</b> If you are preparing a package to be distributed to the world in the binary form, it is recommended to enable <a href="i18n.html">internationalization facility</a> so that the package can be used also in Japan or Korea. </dl> <br> Check the <tt>README</tt> file for more information about specific systems. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>xmkmf</kbd></font> to generate a <tt>Makefile</tt> for your system. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make</kbd></font> to compile <b>xfig</b>. <p> <li>After the compilation has finished, type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make install</kbd> </font> to copy the files to the appropriate directories. <p> If you don't use <tt>make install</tt> and copy files manually, note that: <dl> <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> the <tt>xfig</tt> executable should go in your command search path, <br> <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <tt>Fig.ad</tt> should go in the <tt>app-defaults</tt> directory with the name <tt>Fig</tt>, <br> <dd><img src="images/blueballdot.png" align=bottom alt="-"> The <tt>CompKeyDB</tt> file , the <tt>Doc/html</tt> directory, and the <tt>xfig-howto.pdf</tt> and <tt>xfig.pdf</tt> files should be copied into the directory specified by the <tt>XFIGLIBDIR</tt> variable in the <tt>Imakefile</tt> </dl> <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make install.man</kbd></font> to copy the manual pages to the appropriate directory. </ol> <hr> <h2><a name="install-transfig">Installing TransFig/fig2dev</a></h2> Here is the installation procedure for <b>TransFig</b> (<b>fig2dev</b>). See <tt>README</tt> file in for details. For information about how to use internationalization facility of <b>fig2dev</b>, see also <a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a>. <p> <ol> <li>Get the source of <b>TransFig</b> (<tt>transfig.3.2.5-alpha3.tar.gz</tt>), and <i>untar</i> the file. It should be available at the same site as <a href="#install-xfig"><b>xfig</b></a>. <p> <li> You shouldn't need to change the toplevel <tt>Imakefile</tt> or the <tt>Imakefile</tt> in <tt>fig2dev/dev</tt>. <br> Edit <tt>fig2dev/Imakefile</tt> if you need to customize it: <p> <dl> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you don't want to use NFSS2 font selection for LaTeX text, comment out `<tt>DDNFSS = -DNFSS</tt>' using the <tt>XCOMM</tt> directive. If you don't want to use <tt>epsfig</tt> macros as distributes with LaTeX2e, comment out `<tt>DDEPSF = -DEPSF</tt>' in the same way. <p> Hint: Users of LaTeX2e will probably want to include both of these options; users of LaTeX 2.09 will probably want to include neither. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> To use JPEG, you must have <a href="#jpeg">JPEG library</a> (Version 5b or later). If you already if the JPEG library installed in your system area then make sure the <tt>USEINSTALLEDJPEG</tt> variable is uncommented (the default). If you don't have JPEG installed, get the source from <a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg">ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg</a> or <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries</a> <p> If you don't want JPEG support, comment out `<tt>#define USEJPEG</tt>' using the <tt>XCOMM</tt> comment directive (e.g. <tt>XCOMM #define USEJPEG</tt>). <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> You need the PNG library (-lpng) and the zlib (-lz) compression library. You can find the PNG sources at http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html and the zlib sources at ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> To enable XPM support, uncomment `<tt>#define USEXPM</tt>' and change <tt>XPMLIBDIR</tt> if necessary. To use this facility, you must have <a href="#xpm">XPM3 package</a> (Version 3.4c or later). <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strcasecmp()</tt> and/or <tt>strncasecmp()</tt>, uncomment <dl> <dd>`<tt>HAVE_NO_STRCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRCASECMP</tt>' </dl> and/or <dl> <dd>`<tt>HAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP = -DHAVE_NO_STRNCASECMP</tt>'. </dl> <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strstr()</tt>, uncomment `<tt>#define NOSTRSTR</tt>'. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If your system doesn't have <tt>strerror()</tt> (but support <tt>sys_errlist</tt>), uncomment `<tt>NEED_STRERROR = -DNEED_STRERROR</tt>'. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> On Solaris 2, you must add <tt>-lnsl</tt> to <tt>LOCAL_LIBRARIES</tt>. On HP-UX, you may need to reduce optimization level to <tt>+O2</tt>. <p> <dd><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> If you want to enable internationalization facility of <b>fig2dev</b>, uncomment "<tt>#define I18N</tt>" (remove (<tt>XCOMM</tt>). See <a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a> for more information. </dl> <p> See <tt>README</tt> and <tt>Imakefile</tt> for more details. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>xmkmf</kbd></font> to generate the <tt>Makefile</tt>. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make Makefiles</kbd></font> to generate the <tt>Makefile</tt>s. Note the "s" in "Makefiles". <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make</kbd></font> to compile <b>TransFig</b> and <b>fig2dev</b>. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make install</kbd></font> to copy the executable and files to the appropriate directories. <p> <li>Type <font color="aa00aa"><kbd>make install.man</kbd></font> to copy the manual pages to the appropriate directory. </ol> <a name="install-xfigwin"></a> <hr> <h2> Xfig On Microsoft Windows</h2> There is a version of <b>xfig</b> ported to run under Microsoft Windows using the Cygnus X server. See <a href="http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html" target=_top>Wayne Wang's xfig for Windows</a>. <p> <b>Both need an X server</b> (e.g. Hummingbird Exceed, or Cygwin/X to run. See: <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/xfree/">http://www.cygwin.com/xfree/)</a> <a name="install-xfigmac"></a> <hr> <h2>Xfig On the MacIntosh</h2> There is a version of <b>xfig</b> ported to run on the MacIntosh under the Darwin port of XFree86. See: <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/xfig">http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/xfig</a> <a name="install-misc"></a> <hr> <h2>Installing Other Software</h2> In addition to <b>xfig</b> and <b>transfig</b> (<b>fig2dev</b>). you will also need to install <a href="#ghostscript"><b>GhostScript</b></a> and <a href="#netpbm"><b>netpbm</b></a>, <p> <ul> <li><b>xfig</b> invokes <b>GhostScript</b> (the <tt>gs</tt> command) when displaying <a href="drawing.html#picture">PostScript images</a>, and <a href="printing.html#export">exporting</a> in bitmap formats (e.g. JPEG, XPM, etc). <p> GhostScript must be compiled with pbmraw, ppmraw, pcx256, jpeg, and tiff24nc driver. <p> GhostScript can be found at <a href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/">ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu</a> and its <a href="http://www.fsf.org/order/ftp.html">mirror sites</a>, or at <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin">ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin</a>. <p> <li><b>fig2dev</b> invokes commands in the <b>netpbm</b> package when <a href="printing.html#export">exporting</a> in some formats. <p> Commands that may actually be used are: pbmtoxbm, pgmtopbm, pnmdepth, pnmscale, pnmtopng, pnmtotiff, ppmquant, ppmtoacad, ppmtogif, ppmtopcx, ppmtopgm, ppmtojpeg and ppmtoxpm. <p> <b>netpbm</b> can be found at <a href="http://download.sourceforge.net/netpbm/">http://download.sourceforge.net/netpbm/</a> or <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/graphics/"> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/graphics</a> or its <a href="http://www.x.org/download.htm#mirror">mirror sites</a> in <tt>/contrib/graphics</tt>. <br> Be sure that it includes <b>ppmtojpeg</b>. This may be found only in the newer releases, such as 9.0 and 9.1 </ul> <a name="install-ghostfonts"></a> <img src="images/blueramp.png" alt="-"> <h2>Installing Ghostscript's Type 1 fonts under X</h2> You can use Ghostscript's high quality Type 1 fonts on your X server (and therefore in xfig). Copy the necessary files from Ghostscript's fonts directory to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ (or wherever your X server Type 1 fonts are). <pre> $ cp /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/*l.pfb /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 </pre> Append the file <tt>/usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/fonts.scale</tt> to <tt>Type1/fonts.scale</tt>. The first line in the latter file contains is the number of fonts listed in that file. Change that number to include the additional fonts. <p> Now run <tt>mkfontdir(1)</tt> to update the font database: <pre> $ mkfontdir </pre> <p> If your operating system has the <tt>chkfontpath</tt> command, alternative is to add the Ghostscript font directory to the X server font path: <pre> chkfontpath -a /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts/fonts/ </pre> In either case, if your X-server is running already you have to tell it to reread the font databases with <tt>xset(1)</tt>: <pre> $ xset fp rehash </pre> <a name="related-software"></a> <img src="images/blueramp.png" alt="-"> <h2>Related Software</h2> <a name="related-library"></a> <h3>Libraries</h3> <dl> <dt> <img src="images/greenball.png" alt="-"> <b><a name="xaw3d">Xaw3d (Three-D Athena Widget) library</a></b><br> <dd>If <b>Xaw3d</b> is used instead of normal <b>Xaw</b>, widgets such as buttons will have 3-D appearance. It is available from <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/"> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> in <tt>/contrib/widgets</tt>. <dt> <img src="images/greenball.png" alt="-"> <b><a name="xpm">XPM3 package</a></b><br> <dd> This package provides facilities to handle images in XPM format. It is available from <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> in <tt>/contrib/libraries</tt>. <dt> <img src="images/greenball.png" alt="-"> <b><a name="jpeg">JPEG library</a></b><br> <dd> This package provides facilities to handle images in JPEG format. The official distribution site is <a href="ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/">ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg</a>. It is also available from <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> in <tt>/contrib/libraries</tt>. </dl> <a name="related-apps"></a> <h3>Related Applications</h3> Here is a list of related applications. See also <a href="http://SAL.KachinaTech.COM"> <i>Scientific Applications on Linux (SAL)</i></a> for more applications for <a href="http://www.linux.org">Linux</a> (many of them may also work on other UNIX-compatible platforms) and <a href="http://homepage.usask.ca/~ijm451/fig/">http://homepage.usask.ca/~ijm451/fig/</a> which a site maintained by Ian MacPhedran that has some other links for FIG-related applications. <dl> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>fig2dev (TransFig)</b><br> <dd> <a href="#install-fig2dev">fig2dev</a> provides the facility to convert figures created with <b>xfig</b> into various formats. You must have <b>fig2dev</b> because <b>xfig</b> invokes it when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>. <b>fig2dev</b> is part of the <b>TransFig</b> package. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="ghostscript"><b>GhostScript</b></a><br> <dd> <b>xfig</b> will invoke <b>GhostScript</b> (the <tt>gs</tt> command) when displaying an imported <a href="drawing.html#picture">PostScript image</a>. <b>GhostScript</b> is copyrighted by Aladdin Enterprises, but it is (at least older versions are) distributed under GPL, and it is available from <a href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu">ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu</a> and its <a href="http://www.fsf.org/order/ftp.html">mirror sites</a>, or <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin">ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>AutoTrace</b><br> <dd> Converts bitmap to vector graphics - has a Fig file output driver. Available from <a href="http://autotrace.sourceforge.net">http://autotrace.sourceforge.net</a>. Written by Martin Weber. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>cdraw2fig</b><br> <dd> Converts `Cheap Draw' format to <b>Fig</b> format. Cheap Draw 2.0 was written by Bob Pratt and is available from the UNIXPC archives at osu-cis. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>chemtool</b><br> <dd>A chemical structure editor for X11 available from <a href="http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/chemtool.html">http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/chemtool.html</a> that writes Fig output (and relies on transfig for anything more fancy than xbm) <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>figbuild</b><br> <dd> figbuild reads xfig files (Version 3.x, tested with 3.1, 3.2) plus its own config file for heights, and generates a Radiance input file. Written by Peter Apian-Bennewitz at Fraunhofer ISE, Germany. See: <a href="http://www.ise.fhg.de/radiance/pabs-toolbox/figbuild/figbuild.html"> http://www.ise.fhg.de/radiance/pabs-toolbox/figbuild/figbuild.html</a> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="gimp"><b>GIMP</b></a><br> <dd> A comprehensive image manipulation program, GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) is freely available from <a href="http://www.gimp.org/">http://www.gimp.org/</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="gnuplot"><b>gnuplot</b></a><br> <dd> <b>gnuplot</b> is a plotting package which can output in <b>Fig</b> and other formats. The official distribution site is <a href="http://www.gnuplot.info/">http://www.gnuplot.info/</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="grass2fig"><b>grass2fig</b></a><br> <dd> The GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in the X Window System. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL). See <a href="http://grass.itc.it/">http://grass.itc.it/</a>. The grass2fig program will convert a GRASS binary vector map to a Fig file. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="gzip"><b>gzip (gunzip)</b></a><br> <dd> <b>xfig</b> will invoke <b>gunzip</b> when reading <b>gzip</b>ped files. <b>gzip</b> (<b>gunzip</b>) is a product of the <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>, and is available from <a href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/">ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu</a> and its <a href="http://www.fsf.org/order/ftp.html">mirror sites</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="hp2xx"><b>hp2xx</b></a><br> <dd> <b>hp2xx</b> can convert HP-GL files into other formats such as PostScript, LaTeX or <b>Fig</b>. It is available from <a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hp2xx">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hp2xx</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>jfig</b><br> <dd> <b>jfig</b> is a Java-based drawing program that is based on <b>xfig</b>. See <a href="http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig/applet.html" target=_new> http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig/applet.html</a> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>mifXfig</b><br> <dd> <b>mifXfig</b> will convert files between MIF format (of Framemaker(TM)) and <b>Fig</b> format. See <a href="http://www.ida.liu.se/~vaden/teaching/m2f/">http://www.ida.liu.se/~vaden/teaching/m2f/</a> for details. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>Msphinx</b><br> <dd> A friendly package to handle satellite images. <br> <dl> <dt>Main features: <dd><b>Msphinx</b> includes two types of analysis and processing functions: <ul> <li>Functions to process the basic data geometry and projection planes. <li>Functions to manipulate and modify the graphic display and print. </ul> <dt>Communication capabilities: <dd> <ul> <li>Data writes from external user programs (C or Fortran) into the memory planes. <li>User-to-user data exchange (text or images). <li>User image data base visualisation. <li>Direct links to other packages: <ul> <li>Mgraph (2d and contouring plotting) <li>HDFLook (HDF read write files) <li><b>Xfig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures)</b> <li>mpeg_encode (mpeg format nimations) </ul> </ul> </dl> Find it at: <a href="http://loasys.univ-lille1.fr/Msphinx/Msphinx_gb.html">http://loasys.univ-lille1.fr/Msphinx/Msphinx_gb.html</a> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="netpbm"><b>netpbm</b></a><br> <dd> <b>fig2dev</b> will invoke the appropriate command from the <b>netpbm</b> package when <a href="printing.html#export">exporting</a> figures to bitmap formats. <b>netpbm</b> is available from <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/xfig/"> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/xfig</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> or from <a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/X11/contrib/utilities/"> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/X11/contrib/utilities</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>pic2fig</b><br> <dd> Convertes PIC format (used with troff, ditroff, etc) to <b>Fig</b> format. It is available from <a href="ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/localsrc/graphics/"> ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/localsrc/graphics</a> or <a href="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/">ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities</a> and its <a href="http://www.x.org/Downloads.html">mirror sites</a> in <tt>/contrib/utilities</tt>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>plot2fig</b><br> <dd> Converts UNIX plot format to <b>Fig</b> format. Available from any GNU site. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>plotutils (GNU)</b><br> <dd> includes an application for XY plotting (graph), a plot filter (plot), a Tektronix translator (tek2plot), a program for displaying font character maps (plotfont), and a library for drawing 2-D vector graphics (libplot), all of which produce output in xfig format. by Robert S. Maier <rsm@math.arizona.edu>. See: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/plotutils.html"> http://www.gnu.org/software/plotutils/plotutils.html</a> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="pstoedit"><b>pstoedit</b></a><br> <dd> <b>pstoedit</b> can convert PostScript files into <b>Fig</b> format. It is available from <a href="http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit">http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>xfigbar</b> and <b>xfigpie</b><br> <dd> Two C programs to produce bar and pie charts as Fig files. Written by John Conover <john@johncon.johncon.com>, these programs are available at: <a href="http://www.johncon.com/john/archive/xfigutilities.shar.gz"> http://www.johncon.com/john/archive/xfigutilities.shar.gz</a> <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="xgraph"><b>xgraph</b></a><br> <dd> <b>xgraph</b> is a plotting package which runs in X11. The version on <a href="ftp://iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu/">ftp://iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu</a> in <tt>comp.hp</tt> can output <b>Fig</b> files. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <a name="xpaint"><b>xpaint</b></a><br> <dd> <b>xpaint</b> is a painting program which runs under X11. It is available from <a href="http://www.danbbs.dk/~torsten/xpaint"> http://www.danbbs.dk/~torsten/xpaint</a> and any SunSite machines such as <a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/draw/"> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/draw/</a>. <dt><img src="images/redball.png" align=bottom alt="-"> <b>xv</b><br> <dd> <b>xv</b> can be used to display images in various formats and allows some editing of those images (cropping, color editing scaling/rotating etc). By default, <b>xfig</b> will invoke <b>xv</b> when the Edit Image button is pressed in the <a href="editing.html#edit-pict-panel">edit PICTURE object</a> panel. <b>xv</b> is shareware and is available via anonymous ftp from <a href="ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv">ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv</a>. </dl> <hr> [ <a href="contents.html">Contents</a> | <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a> | <a href="authors.html">Credits</a> ] </body> </html>
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