July 1, 1998
TransFig is a set of tools for creating TeX documents with graphics
which are portable, in the sense that they can be printed in a wide
variety of environments.
TransFig 3.2.1 is available from
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/transfig
or from
ftp://epb1.lbl.gov/xfig.
Be sure to set binary mode when transferring.
You also need a JPEG library, which can be found in
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries.
The transfig directory contains the source for the transfig command
which generates a Makefile which translates Fig code to various graphics
description languages using the fig2dev program. In previous releases,
this command was implemented as a shell script.
The fig2dev directory contains a general program for translating from
Fig code to other graphics desciption languages. The dev subdirectory
contains a library of output drivers used by fig2dev.
Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges:
AutoCad slide, BOX, (E)EPIC macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PNG,
PostScript, Encapsulated Postscript, GIF, IBM-GL, JPEG, PCX, MF (METAFONT),
TeXtyl, TIFF, TPIC, XBM (X11 Bitmap), XPM (X11 Pixmap), and TK (tcl/tk).
Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers.
I have taken over the maintenance of TransFig from Micah Beck so please send any
bug notices, fixes, contributions etc to me at
[email protected].
- Brian V. Smith
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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Following is a description of the CHANGES for 3.2.1
NEW FEATURES
o New driver for tk (tcl/tk) - Generates canvas objects and canvas.
from Mike Markowski (
[email protected])
o -h option to print all options for all output languages
o Japanese text support for LaTeX output
from T. Sato (
[email protected])
BUGS FIXED
o XPMLIB renamed to XPMLIBS in Imakefile because of conflict with
XFree86 variable name in xmkmf config files
o Fixed bug in JPEGINCDIR path when relative path is used (when
USEINSTALLEDJPEG is *not* used) - the dev directory is one level
deeper so "../" is prepended for that case
o The rest of the scaling problems for latex fixed :-)
from Hans Werner Strube (
[email protected])
o fig2dev can now be used in a pipe (e.g. cat x.fig | fig2dev -L ps ...)
was attempting to rewind file before
o Two bugs fixed in eepic driver
1) -l option didn't work because DPI was 0 when line width was
defined
2) -W option produced 0 line widths because of a bad fprintf
o Dash length incorrect by factor of 80 for LaTeX output
o I18N support added for LaTeX output
o Incorrect amount of memory allocated for reading eps pictures
o Bug in provided strstr() (only used if you've uncommented
#define NOSTRSTR in the Imakefile)
o Fixed M_PI incompatibility with RedHat 5.0
o moved convert_names procedure from readxpm.c into genps.c since only
genps.c needs it. Removed readxpm.c as a result.
o added missing PCX import driver
o metric scaling for latex part fixed
From Martin Pahl <
[email protected]>
o Some Linuxes need -lgdbm instead of -ldbm (fig2dev/Imakefile)
o transparent color for GIF was not passed (new option -t)
o multiple co-incident points in splines caused problems on some
machines (this patch was in the old spline model but failed to make
it to the X-Spline model)
o endpoints of splines were missing sometimes
o new #ifdef for glibc which already has sys_errlist defined
o conflict with definition M_PI (3.14159....) on RedHat systems fixed
o "Ledger" paper size removed from list of paper sizes. It is really
"Tabloid" size in landscape mode.
o arrowheads were too far back from end of line
o dash length for lines were too large in LaTeX output
o fig2dev can now be used in a pipe (e.g. cat x.fig | fig2dev -L ps ...)
was attempting to rewind file before
o error in I18N defines in fig2dev/Imakefile
o buggy strstr() proc in fig2dev source replaced by xfig's version
(only used for systems that don't have their own strstr() )
o bug fixes and modernization of Metafont driver by Mats Bengtsson
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