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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-support.tex,v 1.2 2009/07/11 12:28:34 rf10 Exp $
+% $Id: faq-support.tex,v 1.4 2011/05/04 06:40:43 rf10 Exp rf10 $
\section{Support Packages for \TeX{}}
@@ -16,11 +16,9 @@ a graphics format in a \LaTeX{} import file, which may include
labels, etc., in the figures.
There's no explicit port of \ProgName{xfig} to windows (although it is
-said to work under \ProgName{cygwin} with their X-windows system~---
-\href{http://www.cs.usask.ca/~wew036/latex/xfig.html}{installation advice}
-is available).
+believed to work under \ProgName{cygwin} with its X-windows system).
However, the program % ! line break
-\href{http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig/}{\ProgName{jfig}}
+\href{http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/}{\ProgName{jfig}}
is thought by many to be an acceptable substitute, written in Java.
\ProgName{Asymptote} is a widely-praised development of the \MP{}
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ diagrams with \LaTeX{} text; copious documentation is available via
\item[xfig]\CTANref{xfig}
\item[transfig]\CTANref{transfig}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2011-05-02}
\Question[Q-texcad]{\TeX{}\acro{CAD}, a drawing package for \LaTeX{}}
@@ -113,9 +112,11 @@ comprehensively\dots{}
The simplest method is to strip out the \AllTeX{} markup, and to count
what's left. On a Unix-like system, this may be done using
\ProgName{detex} and the built-in \ProgName{wc}:
+\begin{quote}
\begin{verbatim}
- detex <filename> | wc -w
+detex <filename> | wc -w
\end{verbatim}
+\end{quote}
The \ProgName{latexcount} script does the same sort of job, in one
``step''; being a \ProgName{perl} script, it is in principle rather
easily configured (see documentation inside the script).