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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+FIGFRAG - convert FIG to EPS replacing all text by its LaTeX equivalent.
+
+
+Latest features:
+ - color support
+ - fontstyle support
+
+
+1. Why figfrag?
+
+The idea of figfrag started when I wanted to use LaTeX commands in
+xfig figures. So far, nothing new: use the special text options in
+xfig and use the pstex backend. However, I also wanted to create
+standalone EPS figures which consequently should be converted to PDF
+in order to use the figures with pdflatex. So I wrote a first script
+based on the pstex backend, but soon switched to use the psfrag package
+instead and, voila, the first version of figfrag was born.
+
+
+2. Requirements
+
+To use figfrag you need the following:
+- the fig2dev program (http://www.xfig.org)
+- a working (La)TeX environment
+- the psfrag, epsfig, graphics, color, calc and ifthen packages
+- perl (I use version 5.6.1, and I haven't tried other versions)
+- the epscrop script (uses bash and awk)
+
+
+3. Usage
+
+See the help text (figfrag -h). For best results enable the use of
+Type1 for Computer Modern fonts. This results in scalable (non bitmapped
+version) text and math.
+
+
+4. Bugs
+
+Plenty of course ;-) I just haven't found them yet. Be warned: I have
+only been able to test figfrag on my own machine (Linux - Debian 3.0).
+
+
+5. Acknowledgements
+
+Thanks to Hylke van Dijk and Jacco Taal for their valuable comments,
+support and patches.
+
+
+
+Have fun with it!
+Maarten Ditzel (ditzel@cobalt.et.tudelft.nl)
+