1xfig(1) General Commands Manual xfig(1)
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7 xfig - Facility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11
8 Version 3.2.7b
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11 xfig [options] [file]
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14 Xfig is a menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate
15 objects interactively under the X Window System. It runs under X ver‐
16 sion 11 release 4 or higher and requires a two- or three-button mouse.
17 file specifies the name of a file to be edited. The objects in the
18 file will be read at the start of xfig.
19 The bulk of the documentation for xfig is in an HTML-based reference
21 guide. See the Help menu in xfig or point your browser at
22 /usr/share/doc/xfig/html/index.html. There are both English and Japa‐
23 nese versions.
24 When using a two-button mouse use the <Meta> key and the right button
26 at the same time to effect the action of the middle button.
27 Xfig is available from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcj/.
29 The Fig2dev package is used when printing or exporting the output from
31 xfig. The fig2dev program is automatically called by xfig as a back-
32 end processor to produce various types of output:
33 LaTeX, Metafont, PDF, PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript, CGM and
35 EMF (mostyl used under Windows), tk (tcl/tk tool command language/tool
36 kit package), SVG, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, PPM, TIFF, XBM, XPM, Gerber,
37 AutoCAD Slide, IBM-GL (HP/GL), Pic and PiCTeX. For use with TeX/LaTeX:
38 box, epic, eepic, eepicemu, pict2e, pstricks, tikz.
39 See man fig2dev for all options.
41 The Fig2dev package is available from https://source‐
43 forge.net/projects/mcj/.
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46 -help
47 Print all command-line options for xfig and quit.
48 -a[llownegcoords]
50 Allow panning into the negative region of the canvas. This is
51 the default
52 -au[torefresh] Make xfig look at the timestamp on the .fig file and
54 automatically load it and display it every time it changes.
55 -bal[loon_delay] msec
57 Cause popup information balloons to be delayed by msec millisec‐
58 onds. The default is 500 milliseconds.
59 -bol[d] font
61 Cause the font used for displaying the file name and confirma‐
62 tion messages to be font (default = 8x13bold).
63 -butt[on] font
65 Cause the font used for most buttons to be font (default =
66 6x13).
67 -but_[per_row] number
69 Specify the number of buttons wide the mode panel should be.
70 This is useful in conjunction with the -pheight parameter to
71 reduce the canvas height for small screens.
72 -cbg color
74 Use color as the background color for the canvas. If you want
75 to set the background of everything in xfig (e.g. menus, etc.)
76 use the general -bg option.
77 -center
79 Set the print option to print the figure centered on the page.
80 This is the default.
81 -centim[ers]
83 Make centimeters the unit of choice. See also -metric.
84 -cfg color
86 Use color as the default color for objects. If you want to set
87 the foreground of everything in xfig (e.g. menus, etc.) use the
88 general -fg option.
89 -correct_font_size
91 Normally, fig2dev uses 1/80 inch for font size increments (for
92 historical reasons), instead of the more proper ``points'' (1/72
93 inch) that xfig uses. This option makes xfig call fig2dev with
94 the -F option to make it use points (1/72 inch).
95 -deb[ug]
97 Turn on debugging mode. Prints various debugging messages like
98 font names etc.
99 -dep[th]
101 Choose depth of visual desired. Your server must support the
102 desired visual and depth chosen. Use xdpyinfo to see what visu‐
103 als and depths are supported. See also the -visual option.
104 -donta[llownegcoords]
106 Don't allow panning into the negative region of the canvas. The
107 default is to allow panning in the negative region.
108 -dontshowb[alloons]
110 Prevents xfig from popping up the information balloons. See
111 also -showballoons.
112 -dontshowl[engths]
114 Don't show lengths of lines as they are being drawn. This is
115 the default.
116 -dontshowz[erolines]
118 Don't show axis zero lines on the canvas. The default is to
119 show them.
120 -dontsw[itchcmap]
122 Prevents xfig from switching to a private colormap if there
123 aren't enough colors available in the default colormap. See
124 also -max_image_colors.
125 -enc[oding] encoding
127 Encode character set using encoding when exporting LaTeX text.
128 The default is 1. This is used for the ISO-8859 encoding of
129 character sets. Allowed values are 0 (no encoding), 1
130 (ISO-8859-1) or 2 (ISO-8859-2).
131 -exportL[anguage] language
133 Specifies the default language to be used for when exporting a
134 fig file. Choices are:
135 Name Language
137 ---------------------------------------------------------------
138 Vector formats:
139 ps PostScript
140 eps Encapsulated PostScript
141 pdf PDF (Portable Document Format)
142 box LaTeX box (figure boundary)
143 latex LaTeX picture
144 pict2e LaTeX picture + pict2e macros
145 tikz LaTeX picture + tikz macros
146 epic LaTeX picture + epic macros
147 eepic LaTeX picture + eepic macros
148 eepicemu LaTeX picture + eepicemu macros
149 pstex Combined PS/LaTeX (both PS and LaTeX parts)
150 pdftex Combined PDF/LaTeX (both PDF and LaTeX parts)
151 pspdftex Combined PS/PDF/LaTeX (three parts)
152 pictex PiCTeX macros
153 cgm Computer Graphcis Meta file
154 emf Enhanced Meta file
155 dxf Drawing Interchange format
156 gbx Gerber (RS-247-X)
157 ibmgl HPGL/2 or IBMGL
158 textyl Textyl special commands
159 tpic TPIC
160 pic PIC
161 mf MF (MetaFont)
162 mp MP (MetaPost)
163 tk Tk (Tcl/Tk toolkit)
164 ptk Perl/Tk
165 shape LaTeX shape paragraph definition
166 svg SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
167 Bitmap formats:
169 gif GIF
170 jpeg JPEG (JFIF)
171 pcx PCX
172 png PNG
173 ppm PPM (portable pixmap package)
174 sld (AutoCad slide)
175 tiff TIFF
176 xbm X11 Bitmap
177 xpm X11 Pixmap
178 ---------------------------------------------------------------
179 -export_m[argin] width
182 Set the size of the border margin around the figure for export‐
183 ing to bitmap, PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript, or HTML MAP
184 formats. This is in units of points (1/72th inch). The default
185 is 0.
186 -fli[pvisualhints]
188 Flip left/right mouse indicator messages for mice whose buttons
189 have been switched. The default is to NOT flip the messages.
190 -flu[shleft]
192 Set the print option to print the figure flush left. The
193 default is to center the figure on the page.
194 -free[hand_resolution] resolution
196 Set the resolution of the freehand drawing mode to resolution
197 pixels. This is the number of pixels the mouse must move before
198 xfig adds another point to the object being drawn.
199 -geom[etry] [WxH][+X+Y]
201 You may use the -geometry option or resource to size and/or
202 position the xfig window, or you may use -pwidth and/or -pheight
203 to specify the canvas size in inches or centimeters. If you use
204 the -geom option to make the xfig window smaller than the
205 default, you may have to use the -but_per_row option to tell
206 xfig to put 3 or 4 buttons per row on the left mode panel.
207 -gh[ostscript] postscript-interpreter
209 Select the PostScript (tm) interpreter of your choice. The
210 default is ghostscript (gs). This is needed when importing
211 Encapsulated PostScript files.
212 -grid_c[olor] color
214 Draw the grid on the canvas in this color (default: red).
215 -grid_u[nit] unit
217 Only used when in inches mode to choose between showing frac‐
218 tions or decimal inches in the rulers and grid. Any of the fol‐
219 lowing may be used to force decimal inches: "ten", "tenth", "10,
220 "1/10". If any other value is used for this option, the rulers
221 will show 1/16 inch divisions.
222 -hidd[entext]
224 Start xfig with the hidden text mode for text objects. The Hid‐
225 den attribute is used for figures that will be used with LaTeX
226 and is applicable only to the display of the document in xfig.
227 It means that the text itself is not shown onscreen, but only
228 the string ``<text>''. This is to keep long sequences of LaTeX
229 formatting commands from making the screen messy and hard to
230 read. The default for the Hidden flag is off.
231 -dontshowd[epthmanager]
233 Hide the depth manager panel. The default is to show the panel.
234 -icon_[view]
236 Show the library objects as icons. This is the default. The
237 other mode is -list_view.
238 -iconG[eometry] +X+Y
240 Specifies the position for the icon.
241 -im[age_editor] editor
243 Specify bitmap editor to use when ``Edit Image'' button is
244 pressed in Picture Object panel.
245 -inc[hes] (or-imperial)
247 Make inches the unit of choice. This is the default.
248 -ins[tallowncmap]
250 Install own colormap. Normally, xfig uses the current colormap.
251 -internalBW width
253 Use lines of width width between all buttons and panels (default
254 = 1).
255 -international
257 Switch on international support (mainly Japanese and Korean),
258 users of ISO Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1) probably should not use this,
259 therefore the international support is switched off by default
260 for locales using ISO-8859-1* codesets. For all other locales
261 this option is already used by default.
262 -jpeg[_quality] quality
264 Set the quality factor for exporting to the jpeg format. The
265 default is 75.
266 -k[eyFile] compose-key-file
268 Use compose-key-file instead of CompKeyDB for compose (meta) key
269 database. If there are no ``/''s in the name, the file must
270 reside in the xfig library directory, $XFIGLIBDIR, usually
271 /usr/local/lib/X11/xfig. If there are any ``/''s in the name it
272 is taken as is (not relative to $XFIGLIBDIR). If there is a
273 leading ``~/'' in the string then the ``~'' is expanded to the
274 user's home directory.
275 -lan[dscape]
277 Make xfig come up in landscape mode (10.5" x 8"). This is the
278 default; however as the orientation is stored with Fig files,
279 when you load a Fig file the orientation will change as
280 required. This is only true for files of version 3.0 or higher.
281 See also -portrait.
282 -lat[exfonts]
284 Start xfig with LaTeX font selection. Normally, the PostScript
285 fonts are available as the default. This flag selects the LaTeX
286 fonts to start.
287 -le[ft]
289 Change the position of the side panel window to the left of the
290 canvas window. This is the default.
291 -library_d[ir] directory
293 Specify directory where Fig object libraries are located. There
294 may be sub-directories there and sub-sub-directories, etc.
295 -library_i[con_size] size
297 Specify the size of the icons shown for library objects. The
298 default is 60 pixels, with the minimum being 40 and the maximum
299 being 120.
300 -lis[t_view]
302 Show the library objects as a list of names. The default mode is
303 -icon_view.
304 -mag[nification] mag
306 Set export and print magnification in %.
307 -max[_image_colors] numcols
309 Limit the number of colors used for imported images to numcols
310 (default 64).
311 -me[tric]
313 Make centimeters the unit of choice. The option -centimeters
314 may also be used.
315 After xfig is started you may change the units from metric to
317 imperial or vice versa from a popup menu available by pressing
318 mouse button 3 in the units box where the two rulers meet.
319 -mo[nochrome]
321 Use black and white only.
322 -mu[ltiple]
324 Sets multiple page mode for print or export. See also -single.
325 -noo[verlap]
327 When exporting in multiple page mode, causes no overlap from
328 page to page. This is the default. See also -overlap.
329 -nor[mal] font
331 Cause the font used for the message window to be font. This
332 font is also used on the canvas when the selected font is not
333 available in an X11 font (default = 6x13).
334 -nosc[alablefonts]
336 Disables use of the X11R5 or OpenWindows scalable fonts. You
337 might want to use this for debugging.
338 -nosp[lash]
340 Don't show the startup splash screen. The default is to show it
341 ( -splash ).
342 -not[rack]
344 Turn off cursor (mouse) tracking arrows.
345 -nowrite_bak
347 When saving a drawing into an existing .fig file xfig will first
348 rename that file by appending ".bak" to the name. This option
349 disables this feature.
350 -ov[erlap]
352 When exporting in multiple page mode, causes overlap from page
353 to page of about 10%. See also -nooverlap.
354 -pag[eborder] color
356 Draw the page border on the canvas in this color (default light
357 blue). The page border is turned on by the -showpageborder
358 option (resource Fig.showpageborder), and shows the edges of the
359 current export paper size.
360 -pap[er_size] size
362 Set the initial paper size for Export and Print. Choices are
363 Option Paper Size
365 ---------------------------------
366 letter Letter 8.5in x 11in
367 legal Legal 8.5in x 14in
368 tabloid Tabloid 17in x 11in
369 a ANSI A 8.5in x 11in
370 b ANSI B 11in x 17in
371 c ANSI C 17in x 22in
372 d ANSI D 22in x 34in
373 e ANSI E 34in x 44in
374 a9 ISO A9 37mm x 52mm
375 a8 ISO A8 52mm x 74mm
376 a7 ISO A7 74mm x 105mm
377 a6 ISO A6 105mm x 148mm
378 a5 ISO A5 148mm x 210mm
379 a4 ISO A4 210mm x 297mm
380 a3 ISO A3 297mm x 420mm
381 a2 ISO A2 420mm x 594mm
382 a1 ISO A1 594mm x 840mm
383 a0 ISO A0 840mm x 1189mm
384 b10 JIS B10 32mm x 45mm
385 b9 JIS B9 45mm x 64mm
386 b8 JIS B8 64mm x 91mm
387 b7 JIS B7 91mm x 128mm
388 b6 JIS B6 128mm x 182mm
389 b5 JIS B5 182mm x 257mm
390 b4 JIS B4 257mm x 364mm
391 b3 JIS B3 364mm x 515mm
392 b2 JIS B2 515mm x 728mm
393 b1 JIS B1 728mm x 1030mm
394 b0 JIS B0 1030mm x 1456mm
395 ---------------------------------
396 Note that this doesn't affect the size of the drawing canvas.
398 Use the -pheight and -pwidth options for that.
399 -ph[eight] height
401 Make the xfig canvas height high (where height is either cm or
402 in, depending on the -metric setting).
403 -po[rtrait]
405 Make xfig come up in portrait mode (8.5" x 9"). See note about
406 landscape mode.
407 -pw[idth] width
409 Make the xfig canvas width wide (where width is either cm or in,
410 depending on the -metric setting).
411 -righ[t]
413 Change the position of the side panel window to the right of the
414 canvas window (default: left).
415 -rigi[d]
417 Start xfig with the rigid text mode for text objects. The Rigid
418 attribute forces text to remain the same size even if inside a
419 compound object that is scaled up or down. The default is off.
420 -ru[lerthick]
422 Set the height(width) of the top(side) rulers in pixels. The
423 default (and minimum) is 24.
424 -scala[blefonts]
426 Allows use of the X11R5 or OpenWindows scalable fonts (this is
427 the default). If the scalable fonts aren't available xfig will
428 automatically switch to non-scaling fonts.
429 -scale_factor scale
431 Scale every figure read in by this value. This is useful in
432 conjunction with the -update option to do batch scaling of fig‐
433 ures.
434 -showa[llbuttons]
436 Show all the xfig indicator buttons instead of only those rele‐
437 vant to the current drawing mode. Normally, the buttons line
438 width, area-fill, grid mode, text size, etc. are only visible
439 when they are relevant to the current drawing mode. The
440 -showallbuttons option makes all of the indicator buttons visi‐
441 ble at all times. This takes up more screen real estate, but
442 allows the user to see all settable parameters.
443 -showb[alloons]
445 Forces xfig to pop up the information balloons when the mouse
446 passws over a button. This is the default. See also -dontshow‐
447 balloons .
448 -showd[epthmanager]
450 Show the depth manager panel. This panel lets one show or hide
451 objects at various depths. This is the default.
452 -showl[engths]
454 Makes xfig show the lengths of lines being drawn, in red text
455 near the line itself. Also, when points are moved or added. In
456 addition, imagine a triangle formed with the line segment as the
457 hypotenuse, and a vertical and horizontal line forming the other
458 two sides. These lines and their lengths are also drawn in red
459 as the point is moved or added. This mode is ignored when draw‐
460 ing in freehand mode.
461 This flag may be toggled by pressing <Meta>i (default).
462 -shown[ums]
464 With this option, xfig will draw all objects with a red number
465 next to each vertex. This is generally only useful for debug‐
466 ging.
467 -showp[ageborder]
469 Makes xfig show the border of the current paper size in the
470 color specified by the -pageborder option (default: light blue).
471 -showz[erolines]
473 Show axis zero lines on the canvas. This is the default
474 -si[ngle]
476 Sets single page mode for print or export. This is the default.
477 See also -multiple.
478 -sm[ooth_factor] factor
480 Enable smoothing when exporting to the bitmap formats (e.g. GIF,
481 PNG, etc.). The allowed values are 0 (no smoothing), 2 or 4
482 (most smoothing). This parameter is passed to ghostscript in
483 the -dTextAlphaBits -dGraphicsAlphaBits options to smooth the
484 figure.
485 -spec[ialtext]
487 Start xfig with the TeX text mode for text objects. This means
488 that characters that have a special meaning to TeX/LaTeX, e.g.,
489 '$' or '\', are not quoted but left untouched in the text
490 string. This is most useful for writing LaTeX equations. If
491 this flag is not set, then the backslash character '\' is
492 changed to the \backslash command, a brace '{' is turned into a
493 brace command \{, etc.
494 -spel[lcheckcommand] command
496 Use command for the external spell checking program when using
497 the spell check/search/replace popup. The string command should
498 include the string ``%s'' which is replaced by a temporary file‐
499 name. Default is ``spell %s''.
500 -spinner_d[elay] msec
502 The delay (in milliseconds) before the spinner will automati‐
503 cally count up or down when the button is pressed. Spinners are
504 the (numeric) text widgets with an up- and down-arrow, which
505 when clicked, cause the value to be incremented/decremented.
506 The default is 500 milliseconds.
507 -spinner_r[rate] msec
509 The rate (in milliseconds) at which the spinner will count when
510 the up- or down-arrow is pressed.
511 -startfi[llstyle] stylenumber
513 Set the starting fill style for area fill (-1 to 21).
514 -startfo[ntsize] pointsize
516 Set the default font size for text objects (default = 12pt).
517 -startg[ridmode] modenumber
519 Set the starting grid mode (0 to 3). Mode 0 is no grid. In
520 imperial (inches) mode, grid mode 1 is 1/4 inch, mode 2 is 1/2
521 inch and mode 3 is 1 inch. In metric mode, grid mode 1 is 2mm,
522 mode 2 is 5mm and mode 3 is 1cm.
523 -startla[texFont] font
525 Set the starting font name for LaTeX fonts.
526 -startli[newidth] width
528 Set the starting line width.
529 -startpo[snmode] modenumber
531 Set the starting point positioning mode (0 to 4) In imperial
532 (inches) mode, positioning mode 0 is ``any'', mode 1 is 1/16
533 inch, mode 2 is 1/4 inch, mode 3 is 1/2 inch and mode 4 is 1
534 inch. In metric mode, mode 0 is ``any'', mode 1 is 1mm, mode 2
535 is 5mm, mode 3 is 10mm and mode 4 is 20mm.
536 -startp[sFont] font
538 Set the starting font name for PostScript fonts.
539 -startt[extstep] stepsize
541 Set the starting text step.
542 -ta[blet]
544 Specifies that xfig should use the input tablet instead of the
545 mouse for drawing. You must have the XInputExtension in your X
546 server and an input tablet for this to work. Also, you must
547 modify the Imakefile to include the USETAB and TABLIB variables.
548 -track
550 Turn on cursor (mouse) tracking arrows (default).
551 -tran[sparent_color] color_number
553 Make the transparent color for GIF export color_number. This
554 number is the color number according to the xfig color panel,
555 starting at 0 (black) and ending at 31 (gold), or may be a user-
556 defined color number, which is 32 or higher.
557 -update file [ file ... ]
559 Run xfig in an "update" mode, where it will read each Fig file
560 specified on the command line and write it out to the original
561 file, in the current file format for the version of xfig being
562 run. The original Fig file will be preserved with the suffix
563 .bak attached to the name.
564 In this mode, xfig doesn't connect the X server, so no window is
565 opened, and it exits when finished.
566 -users[cale] scale
568 Set the multiplier for displayed line lengths etc. This factor
569 is multiplied by the actual length, radius or diameter of the
570 object currently being drawn on the canvas. It is useful for
571 making scale drawings, where e.g. 1 inch = 1 foot (userscale =
572 12.0) or 1cm = 1m (userscale = 100.0).
573 -useru[nit] units
575 The units string is printed with the length information when
576 drawing objects. For example if the userscale = 1.0 and the
577 userunit = ft then a line which is 3 inches long on the canvas
578 would be displayed as ``length = 3 ft'' when it is being drawn.
579 After xfig is started you may change the userscale and the
581 userunit from a popup menu available by pressing mouse button 3
582 in the units box where the two rulers meet.
583 -visual visualname
585 Use visualname as the visual for xfig. The names are TrueColor
586 (case is not important), StaticColor, DirectColor, StaticGray,
587 GrayScale and PseudoColor. xfig uses the default visual unless
588 this is specified. Your server must support the desired visual.
589 Use xdpyinfo to see what visuals and depths are supported. See
590 also the -depth option.
591 -write_bak
593 When saving a drawing into an existing .fig file xfig will first
594 rename that file by appending
595 -zoom zoomscale
597 Set the starting zoom scale.
598
602 The overall widget name(Class) is xfig(Fig). These resources corre‐
603 spond to the command line arguments:
604 Name Type Default Command-line equivalent
606 -------------------------------------------------------------------
607 allownegcoords boolean true -allownegcoords (true),
608 -dontallownegcoords (false)
609 autorefresh boolean false -autorefresh
610 axislines string pink -axislines
611 balloon_delay integer 500 (ms) -balloon_delay
612 boldFont string 8x13bold -bold
613 but_per_row integer 2 -but_per_row
614 buttonFont string 6x13 -button
615 canvasbackground string white -cbg
616 canvasforeground string black -cfg
617 correctfontsize boolean false -correctfontsize
618 debug boolean false -debug
619 depth integer * -depth
620 dontswitchcmap boolean false -dontswitchcmap
621 euc_encoding boolean false (n/a)
622 locale_encoding boolean false (n/a)
623 encoding integer 1 -encoding
624 save8bit boolean false (n/a)
625 exportLanguage string eps -exportLanguage
626 export_margin integer 0 -export_margin
627 flipvisualhints boolean false -flipvisualhints
628 flushleft boolean false -flushleft (true),
629 -center (false)
630 freehand_resolution integer 25 -freehand_resolution
631 grid_color string black -grid_color
632 grid_unit string 1/16 (inch) -grid_unit
633 0.1 (metric)
634 hiddentext boolean false -hiddentext
635 icon_view boolean true -icon_view (true),
636 -list_view (false)
637 image_editor string xv -image_editor
638 inches boolean true -inches (true),
639 -imperial (true),
640 -centimeters (false),
641 -metric (false)
642 installowncmap boolean false -installowncmap
643 internalborderwidth integer 1 -internalBW
644 international International booleanfalse-international
645 jpeg_quality integer 75 -jpeg_quality
646 justify boolean false -left (false),
647 -right (true)
648 keyFile string CompKeyDB -keyFile
649 landscape boolean true -Landscape (true),
650 -landscape (true),
651 -Portrait (false),
652 -portrait (false)
653 latexfonts boolean false -latexfonts
654 library_dir string ~/xfiglib -library_dir
655 magnification float 100 -magnification
656 max_image_colors integer 64 -max_image_colors
657 monochrome boolean false -monochrome
658 multiple boolean false -multiple
659 normalFont string 6x13 -normal
660 overlap boolean true -overlap (true),
661 -nooverlap (false)
662 pageborder string lightblue -pageborder
663 paper_size string Letter (inch) -paper_size
664 A4 (metric)
665 pheight float 8.5 (landscape) -pheight
666 9.5 (portrait)
667 pwidth float 11 (landscape) -pwidth
668 8.5 (portrait)
669 rigidtext boolean false -rigid (true)
670 rulerthick integer 24 -rulerthick
671 scalablefonts boolean true -scalablefonts (true),
672 -noscalablefonts (false)
673 scale_factor float 1.0 -scale_factor
674 showallbuttons boolean false -showallbuttons
675 showaxislines boolean true -showaxislines (true),
676 -dontshowaxislines (false)
677 showballoons boolean true -showballoons (true),
678 -dontshowballoons (false)
679 showdepthmanager boolean true -showdepthmanager (true),
680 -dontshowdepthmanager (false)
681 showlengths boolean false -showlengths (true),
682 -dontshowlengths (false)
683 shownums boolean false -shownums (true),
684 -dontshownums (false)
685 showpageborder boolean true -showpageborder (true),
686 -dontshowpageborder (false)
687 single boolean true -single
688 smooth_factor integer 0 -smooth_factor
689 specialtext boolean false -specialtext
690 splash boolean true -splash (true),
691 -nosplash (false)
692 spellcheckcommand string spell %s -spellcheckcommand
693 spinner_delay integer 500 (ms) -spinner_delay
694 spinner_rate integer 100 (ms) -spinner_rate
695 startfillstyle integer 0 -startfillstyle
696 startfontsize float 12 -startfontsize
697 startgridmode integer 0 -startgridmode
698 startlatexFont string Default -startlatexFont
699 startlinewidth integer 1 -startlinewidth
700 startposnmode integer 1 -startposnmode
701 startpsFont string Times-Roman -startpsFont
702 starttextstep float 1.2 -starttextstep
703 tablet boolean false -track,
704 trackCursor boolean true -track (true),
705 -notrack (false)
706 transparent_color integer -2 (none) -transparent_color
707 userscale float 1.0 -userscale
708 userunit string in (inches) -userunit
709 cm (metric)
710 visual string * -visual
711 write_bak boolean true -write_bak
712 zoom float 1.0 -zoom
713 * Default visual and depth depend on the X server. Use xdpyinfo
715 to see what visuals and depths are supported.
716 -------------------------------------------------------------------
717
720 Please send bug reports, fixes, new features etc. to:
721 thomas.loimer@tuwien.ac.at
722 Because of the difference of some fonts in some X servers and the Post‐
724 Script fonts on printers, text alignment can be problematic.
725 Not all operations employ smart redrawing of objects which are altered
727 as a by product of the operation. You may need to use Redraw in these
728 cases.
729 If the image is panned or the xfig window iconified and de-iconified
731 during the middle of an operation (e.g. while drawing a line), the pic‐
732 ture will be distorted. This can be corrected using Redraw after the
733 operation is complete.
734 When zoomed very large, the length of dashes in dashed lines will top
736 out at 255 pixels long. This is due to a restriction in X that the
737 dash list is defined by char (255 pixels maximum for a dash). The fig‐
738 ure will print correctly, however.
739 When you do a copy/rotate with multiple copies, only the creation of
741 the last object can be undone with the Undo button.
742 Modifications to text using the popup search/update/replace/spell check
744 panel cannot be undone.
745
747 fig2dev(1) (Fig2dev package)
748 gs(1) (Ghostscript PostScript previewer)
750
752 (From the original author, Supoj Sutanthavibul): Many thanks goes to
753 Professor Donald E. Fussell who inspired the creation of this tool.
754 (From Brian Smith): Thanks to all the users who have contributed to
756 xfig, especially Paul King who, besides adding many features, revamped
757 the look and feel which became version 2.1.
758
760 Original Copyright (c) 1985 by Supoj Sutanthavibul
761 Parts Copyright (c) 1989-2015 by Brian V. Smith
762 Parts Copyright (c) 1991 by Paul King
763 Parts Copyright (c) 2016-2018 by Thomas Loimer
764 Other Copyrights may be found in various files
765 Any party obtaining a copy of these files is granted, free of charge, a
768 full and unrestricted irrevocable, world-wide, paid up, royalty-free,
769 nonexclusive right and license to deal in this software and documenta‐
770 tion files (the "Software"), including without limitation the rights to
771 use, copy, modify, merge, publish and/or distribute copies of the Soft‐
772 ware, and to permit persons who receive copies from any such party to
773 do so, with the only requirement being that this copyright notice
774 remain intact.
775 THE AUTHORS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
777 INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO
778 EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSE‐
779 QUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
780 DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
781 TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PER‐
782 FORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
783 PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
786 Parts Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
788 Copyright notice for pbmplus code:
789 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
791 software and its documentation for any purpose and without
792 fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
793 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
794 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
795 documentation. This software is provided ``as is'' without
796 express or implied warranty.
797
799 /usr/share/xfig/CompKeyDB
800 Data base of compose (meta) key sequences for 8-bit characters.
801 A different file may be specified with the command line option
802 -keyFile or X toolkit resource keyFile.
803 /usr/share/doc/xfig/html
805 This directory contains the html documentation.
806 /usr/share/doc/xfig/FORMAT3.2
808 Description of Fig file format.
809 /usr/share/xfig/Libraries
811 This directory contains libraries of Fig objects such as elec‐
812 trical symbols, logic symbols, etc.
813 /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/Fig
815 Application defaults file.
816 /usr/share/applications/xfig.desktop
818 Desktop entry file.
819 /usr/share/pixmaps/xfig.png
821 Desktop icon.
822
825 Many people have contributed to xfig. Here is a list of the people who
826 have contributed the most (in chronological order):
827 Version 1:
829 Original author:
832 Supoj Sutanthavibul, University of Texas at Austin
833 The LaTeX line drawing modes were contributed by:
835 Frank Schmuck, Cornell University
836 Original X11 port by:
838 Ken Yap, Rochester
839 Variable window sizes, cleanup of X11 port, right hand side panel:
841 Dana Chee, Bellcore
842 Cleanup of color port to X11 by:
844 John T. Kohl, MIT
845 Version 2.0:
847 Area fill, multiple line thicknesses, multiple fonts and font
850 sizes, bottom panel, line style/thickness, (and anything else that
851 wasn't written by the others) by:
852 Brian Smith
853 (standard disclaimer applies)
854 (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
855 Popup change-object menu by:
857 Jon Tombs
858 Frank Schmuck
859 Zooming and panning functions, shift key select mechanism by:
861 Dieter Pellkofer
862 Henning Spruth
863 Depth feature by:
865 Mike Lutz
866 Cut/Paste by:
868 Tom Tkacik
869 Version 2.1:
871 Indicator panel, file menu popup, print menu popup, panning with
874 rulers, mouse function window, regular polygon, rubberbanding of
875 circles/ellipses, filled splines on canvas, dashed/dotted splines
876 on canvas, update button, arbitrary angle rotation of objects,
877 alignment in compound, object scaling, constrained copy/move, cor‐
878 ner markers for compound, context sensitive corner markers, smarter
879 redraw, undo for compound and point move for boxes, cancel object
880 creation, point positioning to three resolutions, TransFig scalable
881 text, hidden text, special text, save of figure on crash by:
882 Paul King (king@cs.uq.oz.au)
884 with help from:
885 Brian Smith and Micah Beck (beck@cs.utk.edu)
886 Encapsulated PostScript importing by:
888 Brian Boyter
889 Pan/zoom with ctrl key/mouse by:
891 Henning Spruth
892 International characters by:
894 Herve Soulard
895 Directory Browser based on XDir by:
897 Win Treese, Digital Equipment Corporation
898 Rotated ellipses by:
900 James Tough, Dept. of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University,
901 Scotland
902 Rotated text from the xvertext package by:
904 Alan Richardson, Space Science Centre, School of MAPS, University
905 of Sussex
906 Popup scale menu and dynamic switching between inches and cm by:
908 Paul King (king@cs.uq.oz.au)
909 Extensive man page formatting revisions by:
911 David W. Sanderson
912 Display Postscript code for IBM RS/6000 by:
914 Dave Hale (dhale@green.mines.colorado.edu)
915 Version 3.0:
917 New arrowhead types, separate pen/fill colors, new file protocol,
920 more colors with extended color popup panel, new arc style, new
921 fill patterns (bricks, etc), new line join and cap styles, export
922 offset and file load offset, XPM import, XBM import and export (and
923 anything else that wasn't written by the others) by:
924 Brian Smith
925 (Note: the color popup panel was based on xcoloredit by Richard
926 Hesketh)
927 GIF header reading code by:
930 David Koblas from the giftoppm part of the pbmplus package
931 XPM export code (using XPM3 libraries) by:
933 Karel van Houten (K.H.C.vanHouten@research.ptt.nl)
934 Higher figure resolution (1200dpi) by:
936 Ross Martin (martin@trcsun3.eas.asu.edu)
937 Color quantization using neural network by:
939 Anthony Dekker (dekker@ACM.org)
940 [NEUQUANT Neural-Net quantization algorithm by Anthony Dekker,
941 1994. See ``Kohonen neural networks for optimal colour quantiza‐
942 tion'' in ``Network: Computation in Neural Systems'' Vol. 5 (1994)
943 pp 351-367. for a discussion of the algorithm.]
944 Floyd-Steinberg algorithm for dithering color images on monochrome
946 displays lifted from the Pbmplus package by Jef Poskanser.
947 rotate/flip objects around/about selected anchor point and multiple
949 copies of objects by:
950 Uwe Bonnes (bon@lte.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de)
951 Input tablet extension by:
953 Greg LaCoste (greg@seismo.do.usbr.gov)
954 Version 3.1:
956 The only difference between protocol version 3.0 and version 3.1 is
959 that the position of the ``magnet'' has been shifted by 14 fig
960 units. In the 2.1 and older versions of xfig the grid was in mul‐
961 tiples of 5 fig units, but they were on intervals 4, 9, 14, 19,
962 etc. When version 3.0 was created, coordinates were simply multi‐
963 plied by the ratio of the resolutions (1200/80 = 15) so values like
964 4 became 60 instead of 74 ((4+1)*15 - 1).
965 The JPEG import/export code uses the Independent JPEG Group soft‐
967 ware (see jpeg/README for details)
968 Image browser, editor and screen capture features by:
970 Jim Daley (jdaley@cix.compulink.co.uk)
971 Version 3.2:
973 The changes to the version 3.2 file protocol are the addition of
976 the paper size, print/export magnification, single/multiple page
977 indicator and a transparent color name used for GIF export to the
978 header of the file.
979 The other difference in the version 3.2 protocol is the mathemati‐
980 cal model used for splines. The new version uses X-splines which
981 allows the user to mix interpolation and approximation points in a
982 same curve. More precisely, it means that an X-spline curve is nei‐
983 ther an interpolated spline nor an approximated one, it is BOTH
984 (the behaviour of each point is controlled by one single parameter
985 called ``shape factor''). For additional information about X-
986 splines, see:
987 "X-Splines: A Spline Model Designed for the End User"
989 by C. Blanc and C. Schlick, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH'95
990 http://dept-info.labri.u-bordeaux.fr/~schlick/DOC/sig1.html
991 Caveat: Because previous spline models (quadratic B-splines and
993 Bezier with hidden points) are no longer supported, curves that are
994 present in version 3.1 and older files are automatically converted
995 to X-splines. This translation is only an approximation process.
996 It means that the converted curves are not exactly the same as the
997 original ones. Though they are usually very close, some hand-fit‐
998 ting may be needed in some pathological cases.
999 Inclusion of X-splines by:
1001 Carole Blanc (blanc@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
1002 Christophe Schlick (schlick@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
1003 Note: the initial implementation was done by C. Feuille, S. Gros‐
1004 bois, L. Maziere and L. Minihot as a student practice (Universite
1005 Bordeaux, France).
1006 Open/close compound feature written by
1008 Bill Taylor (bill@mainstream.com)
1009 Library feature written by
1011 Stephane Mancini (mancini@elecsrv.enst.fr) (object preview by Brian
1012 V. Smith)
1013 The library objects in the Electrical and Logic libraries were done
1015 by
1016 Peter Hiscocks (phiscock@ee.ryerson.ca)
1017 The library objects in the Computer, Networks, and Hospital-Equip‐
1019 ment libraries were extracted from the clipart example files by
1020 Bill Chimiak (chim@bgsm.edu)
1021 Version 3.2.3 and newer:
1024 Please see the CHANGES file for credits for newer releases.
1027
1029 Many bug fixes/cleanups etc. by a host of faithful users.
1030 See the CHANGES file for all the credits.
1032 The Fig2dev package was written by Micah Beck and is maintained by
1034 Thomas Loimer.
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