1IPE(1) General Commands Manual IPE(1)
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6 ipe - drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or PS formats
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9 ipe [ Qt options ] [ -debug ] [ -sheet stylesheet ] [ -geom WxH+X+Y ]
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14 Ipe is a program that supports making small figures for inclusion into
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18 This manual page only documents the command line options and environ‐
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72 a list of directories where Ipe looks for ipelets. Directories
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98 June 28, 2004 IPE(1)