XFig
XFig is an drawing program which stores images in its own format (fig) which can be converted to most commonly used image and vector formats:- Start XFig to design figures for use in LaTeX:
xfig \\ -nosplash \\ -metric \\ -paper_size a5 \\ -portrait \\ -zoom 2.25 \\ -latexfonts \\ -exportLanguage epsThe standard LaTeX page layout (read about changing the page Margins) leaves the author approximately with the width of an a5 page for his content.
- Expressing the above command using XFree Resources:
Fig.splash: false Fig.inches: false Fig.paper_size: A5 Fig.landscape: false Fig.zoom: 2.25 Fig.latexfonts: true Fig.exportLanguage: eps
- Converting fig files:
fig2dev -L {eps|jpeg|latexpdf|png|tiff} [infile [outfile]]Example:% file based fig2dev -L eps <file>.fig <file>.eps % stream based cat <file>.fig | fig2dev -L eps > <file>.eps
