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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/graphics/figfrag/README b/graphics/figfrag/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d002c5e03d --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/figfrag/README @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ + +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) + |