FIG2DEV(1)FIG2DEV(1)NAMEfig2dev - translates Fig code to various graphics languages
SYNOPSISfig2dev-L language [ -m mag ] [ -f font ] [ -s fsize ] [ other options
] [ fig-file [ out-file ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Fig2dev translates fig code in the named fig-file into the specified
graphics language and puts them in out-file. The default fig-file and
out-file are standard input and standard output, respectively
Fig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) is a screen-ori‐
ented tool which allows the user to draw and manipulate objects inter‐
actively. Various versions of Fig run under the Suntools/Sunview win‐
dow environment and under version 11 of the X Windows System. Fig2dev
is compatible with Fig versions 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.
OPTIONS-L Set the output graphics language. Valid languages are acad
(AutoCad slide format), box, epic, eepic, eepicemu, gif, ibmgl,
jpeg, latex, mf (METAFONT), pcx, pic, pictex, png, ppm, ps,
pstex, pstex_t, textyl, tiff, tk (tcl/tk), tpic, xbm and xpm.
Note that dvips and xdvi must be compiled with the tpic support
(-DTPIC) for epic, eepic and tpic to work.
-h Print help message with all options for all output languages.
-m Set the magnification at which the figure is rendered to mag.
The default is 1.0.
-f Set the default font used for text objects to font. The default
is Roman; the format of this option depends on the graphics lan‐
guage in use. In TeX-based languages, the font is the base of
the name given in lfonts.tex, for instance "cmr" for Roman, or
"tt" for teletype. In PostScript, it is any font name known to
the printer or interpreter.
-s Set the default font size (in points) for text objects to fsize.
The default is 11*mag, and thus is scaled by the -m option. If
there is no scaling, the default font is eleven point Roman."
-V Print the program version number only.
other options
The other options are specific to the choice of graphics lan‐
guage, as described below.
EPIC OPTIONS
EPIC is an enhancement to LaTeX picture drawing environment. It was
developed by Sunil Podar of Department of Computer Science in S.U.N.Y
at Stony Brook.
EEPIC is an extension to EPIC and LaTeX picture drawing environment
which uses tpic specials as a graphics mechanism. It was written by
Conrad Kwok of Division of Computer Science at University of Califor‐
nia, Davis.
EEPIC-EMU is an EEPIC emulation package which does not use tpic spe‐
cials.
-A Scale arrowheads by factor. The width and height of arrowheads
is divided by this factor. This is because EPIC arrowheads are
normally about double the size of TeX arrowheads.
-l Use "\thicklines" when width of the line is wider than lwidth.
The default is 2.
-v Include comments in the output file.
-P Generate a complete LaTeX file. In other words, the output file
can be formatted without requiring any changes. The additional
text inserted in the beginning and at the end of the file is
controlled by the configuration parameter "Preamble" and "Post‐
amble".
-S Set the scale to which the figure is rendered. This option
automatically sets the magnification and size to scale / 12 and
scale respectively.
-W Enable variable line width. By default, only two line widths
are available: The normal line width (hinlines), and thick lines
(hicklines), if a line width of more than one is selected in
xfig.
-w Disable variable line width. Only "\thicklines" and/or "\thin‐
lines" commands will be generated in the output file.
When variable line width option is enabled, "\thinlines" command is
still used when line width is less than LineThick. One potential prob‐
lem is that the width of "\thinlines" is 0.4pt but the resolution of
Fig is 1/80 inch (approx. 1pt). If LineThick is set to 2, normal lines
will be drawn in 0.4pt wide lines but the next line width is already
2pt. One possible solution is to set LineThick to 1 and set the width
of the those lines you want to be drawn in "\thinlines" to 0.
Due to this problem, Variable line width VarWidth is defaulted to be
false.
IBM-GL OPTIONS
IBM-GL (International Business Machines Graphics Language) is compati‐
ble with HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language).
-a Select ISO A4 (ANSI A) paper size if the default is ANSI A (ISO
A4) paper size.
-c Generate instructions for an IBM 6180 Color Plotter with (with‐
out) an IBM Graphics Enhancement Cartridge (IBM-GEC).
-d Restrict plotting to a rectangular area of the plotter paper
which has a lower left hand corner at (xll,yll) and a upper
right hand corner at (xur,yur). All four numbers are in inches
and follow -d in a comma-sparated list - xll,yll,xur,yur - with
no spaces between them.
-f Load text character specifications from the table in the fonts
file. The table must have 36 entries - one for each font plus a
default. Each entry consists of 5 numbers which specify the 1.)
standard character set (0 - 4, 6 - 9, 30 - 39), 2.) alternate
character set (0 - 4, 6 - 9, 30 - 39), 3.) character slant angle
(degrees), 4.) character width scale factor and 5.) character
height scale factor.
-l Load area fill line patterns from the table in the patterns
file. The table must have 21 entries - one for each of the area
fill patterns. Each entry consists of 5 numbers which specify
the 1.) pattern number (-1 - 6), 2.) pattern length (inches),
3.) fill type (1 - 5), 4.) fill spacing (inches) and 5.) fill
angle (degrees).
-m The magnification may appear as the first element in a comma
separated list - mag,x0,y0 - where the second and third parame‐
ters specify an offset in inches.
-p Load plotter pen specifications from the table in the pens file.
The table must have 9 entries - one for each color plus a
default. Each entry consists of 2 numbers which specify the 1.)
pen number (1 - 8) and 2.) pen thickness (millimeters).
-P Rotate the figure to portrait mode. The default is landscape
mode.
-S Set the pen speed to speed (centimeters/second).
-v Plot the figure upside-down in portrait mode or backwards in
landscape mode. This allows you to write on the top surface of
overhead transparencies without disturbing the plotter ink on
the bottom surface.
Fig2dev may be installed with either ANSI A or ISO A4 default paper
size. The -a option selects the alternate paper size. Fig2dev does
not fill closed splines. The IBM-GEC is required to fill other poly‐
gons. Fig2dev may be installed for plotters with or without the IBM-
GEC. The -c option selects the alternate instruction set.
LATEX OPTIONS-l Sets the threshold between LaTeX thin and thick lines to lwidth
pixels. LaTeX supports only two different line width: \thin‐
lines and \thicklines. Lines of width greater than lwidth pix‐
els are drawn as \thicklines. Also affects the size of dots in
dotted line style. The default is 1.
-d Set a separate magnification for the length of line dashes to
dmag.
-v Verbose mode.
LaTeX cannot accurately represent all the graphics objects which can be
described by Fig. For example, the possible slopes which lines may
have are limited. Some objects, such as spline curves, cannot be drawn
at all. Fig2latex chooses the closest possible line slope, and prints
error messages when objects cannot be drawn accurately
PIC OPTIONS-p Enables the use of certain PIC extensions which are known to
work with the groff package; compatibility with DWB PIC is
unknown. The extensions enabled by each option are:
arc Allow ARC_BOX i.e. use rounded corners
line Use the 'line_thickness' value
fill Allow ellipses to be filled
all Use all of the above
psfont Don't convert Postscript fonts generic type
(useful for files going to be Ditroff'ed for
and printed on PS printer). DWB-compatible.
allps Use all of the above (i.e. "all" + "psfont")
PICTEX OUTPUT
In order to include PiCTeX pictures into a document, it is necessary to
load the PiCTeX macros.
PiCTeX uses TeX integer register arithmetic to generate curves, and so
it is very slow. PiCTeX draws curves by \put-ing the psymbol repeat‐
edly, and so requires a large amount of TeX's internal memory, and gen‐
erates large DVI files. The size of TeX's memory limits the number of
plot symbols in a picture. As a result, it is best to use PiCTeX to
generate small pictures.
POSTSCRIPT OPTIONS
With PostScript, Fig can be used to create large posters. The figure
will be created by printing multiple pages which can be glued together.
Simply specify the -M option to produce a multi-page output. Due to
memory limitations of most laser printers, the figure should not be too
complicated. Great for text with very big letters.
Text can now include various ISO-character codes above 0x7f, which is
useful for language specific characters to be printed directly. Not
all ISO-characters are implemented.
Color support: Colored objects created by Fig can be printed on a color
postscript printer. There are 32 standard colors: black, yellow, white,
gold, five shades of blue, four shades of green, four shades of cyan,
four shades of red, five shades of magenta, four shades of brown, and
four shades of pink. In addition there may be user-defined colors in
the file. See the xfig FORMAT3.2 file for the definition of these col‐
ors. On a monochrome printer, colored objects will be mapped into dif‐
ferent grayscales by the printer. Filled objects are printed using the
given area fill and color. There are 21 "shades" going from black to
full saturation of the fill color, and 21 more "tints" from full satu‐
ration + 1 to white. In addition, there are 16 patterns such as
bricks, diagonal lines, crosshatch, etc.
-c option centers the figure on the page. The centering may not be
accurate if there are texts in the fig_file that extends too far
to the right of other objects.
-e option puts the figure against the edge (not centered) of the
page.
-l dummy_arg
Generate figure in landscape mode. The dummy argument is
ignored, but must appear on the command line for reasons of com‐
patibility. This option will override the orientation specifi‐
cation in the file (for file versions 3.0 and higher).
This option is only honored when not using the -P option (add
showpage). This is because the figure doesn't need to be
rotated when generating Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).
-M Generate multiple pages if figure exceeds paper size.
-p dummy_arg
Generate figure in portrait mode. The dummy argument is
ignored, but must appear on the command line for reasons of com‐
patibility. This option will override the orientation specifi‐
cation in the file (for file versions 3.0 and higher). This is
the default for Fig files of version 2.1 or lower.
-P indicates that the figure describes a full page which will not
necessarily be inserted into a document, but can be sent
directly to a PS printer. This ensures that a showpage command
is inserted at the end of the figure.
-n name
Set the Title part of the PostScript output to name. This is
useful when the input to fig2dev comes from standard input.
-x offset
shift the figure in the X direction by offset units (1/72 inch).
A negative value shifts the figure to the left and a positive
value to the right.
-y offset
shift the figure in the Y direction by offset units (1/72 inch).
A negative value shifts the figure up and a positive value down.
-z papersize
Sets the papersize. Available paper sizes are:
"Letter" (8.5" x 11" also "A"),
"Legal" (11" x 14" also "A")
"Ledger" (11" x 17"),
"Tabloid" (17" x 11", really Ledger in Landscape mode),
"A" (8.5" x 11" also "Letter"),
"B" (11" x 17" also "Ledger"),
"C" (17" x 22"),
"D" (22" x 34"),
"E" (34" x 44"),
"A4" (21 cm x 29.7cm),
"A3" (29.7cm x 42 cm),
"A2" (42 cm x 59.4cm),
"A1" (59.4cm x 84.1cm),
"A0" (84.1cm x 118.9cm),
and "B5" (18.2cm x 25.7cm).
PSTEX OPTIONS
The pstex language is a variant of ps which suppresses formatted (spe‐
cial) text. The pstex_t language has the complementary behavior: it
generates only LaTeX commands necessary to position special text, and
to overlay the PostScript file generated using pstex. These two driv‐
ers can be used to generate a figure which combines the flexibility of
PostScript graphics with LaTeX text formatting of special text.
-n name
sets the Title part of the PostScript output to name. This is
useful when the input to fig2dev comes from standard input.
-p file
specifies the name of the PostScript file to be overlaid. If
not set or its value is null then no PS file will be inserted.
TK OPTIONS-l dummy_arg
Generate figure in landscape mode. The dummy argument is
ignored, but must appear on the command line for reasons of com‐
patibility. This option will override the orientation specifi‐
cation in the file (for file versions 3.0 and higher).
-p dummy_arg
Generate figure in portrait mode. The dummy argument is
ignored, but must appear on the command line for reasons of com‐
patibility. This option will override the orientation specifi‐
cation in the file (for file versions 3.0 and higher). This is
the default for Fig files of version 2.1 or lower.
-P Generate canvas of full page size instead of using the bounding
box of the figure's objects. The default is to use only the
bounding box.
-z papersize
Sets the papersize. See the POSTSCRIPT OPTIONS for available
paper sizes. This is only used when the -P option (use full
page) is used.
TEXTYL OPTIONS
There are no TeXtyl-specific options.
METAFONT OPTIONSfig2dev scales the figure by 1/8 before generating METAFONT code. The
magnification can be further changed with the -m option or by giving
magnification options to mf.
In order to process the generated METAFONT code, the mfpic macros must
be installed where mf can find them. The mfpic macro package is avail‐
able at any CTAN cite under the subdirectory: graphics/mfpic
-C code
specifies the starting METAFONT font code. The default is 32.
-n name
specifies the name to use in the output file.
-p pen_magnification
specifies how much the line width should be magnified compared
to the original figure. The default is 1.
-t top specifies the top of the whole coordinate system. The default is
ypos.
-x xneg
specifies the minimum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
The default is 0.
-y yneg
specifies the minumum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
The default is 0.
-X xpos
specifies the maximum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
The default is 8.
-Y ypos
specifies the maximum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
The default is 8.
JPEG OPTIONS-q image_quality
use the integer value image_quality for the JPEG "Quality" fac‐
tor. Valid values are 0-100.
GIF OPTIONS-t color
Use color for the transparent color in the GIF file. This must
be specified as a six-digit hexadecimal RGBvalue with the #
sign, e.g. #ff0000 (Red).
TPIC OPTIONS
There are no tpic-specific options.
SEE ALSO
[x]fig(1), pic(1)pic2fig(1), transfig(1)BUGS and RESTRICTIONS
Please send bug reports, fixes, new features etc. to:
xfig-bugs@epb1.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Arc-boxes are not supported for the tk output language, and only X bit‐
map pictures are supported because of the canvas limitation in tk.
Picture objects are not scaled with the magnification factor for tk
output.
Because tk scales canvas items according to the X display resolution,
polygons, lines, etc. may be scaled differently than imported pictures
(bitmaps) which aren't scaled at all.
Rotated text is only supported in the IBM-GL (HP/GL) and PostScript
(including eps) languages.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1985 Supoj Sutantavibul
Copyright (c) 1991 Micah Beck
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, pro‐
vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
porting documentation. The authors make no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
without express or implied warranty.
THE AUTHORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSE‐
QUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PER‐
FORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
AUTHORS
Micah Beck
Cornell University
Sept 28 1990
and Frank Schmuck (then of Cornell University)
and Conrad Kwok (then of U.C. Davis).
drivers contributed by
Jose Alberto Fernandez R. (U. of Maryland)
and Gary Beihl (MCC)
Color support, ISO-character encoding and poster support by
Herbert Bauer (heb@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
Modified from f2p (fig to PIC), by the author of Fig
Supoj Sutanthavibul (supoj@sally.utexas.edu)
University of Texas at Austin.
MetaFont driver by
Anthony Starks (ajs@merck.com)
X-splines code by
Carole Blanc (blanc@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
Christophe Schlick (schlick@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
The initial implementation was done by C. Feuille, S. Grobois, L.
Maziere and L. Minihot as a student practice (Universite Bordeaux,
France). The tk driver was written by:
Mike Markowski (mm@udel.edu) with a little touch-up by Brian Smith
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