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FIG2DEV(1)							    FIG2DEV(1)

NAME
       fig2dev - translates Fig code to various graphics languages

SYNOPSIS
       fig2dev -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

       Xfig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) is a  screen-ori‐
       ented tool which runs under the X Window System, and allows the user to
       draw and manipulate objects interactively.  This version of fig2dev  is
       compatible with xfig versions 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.

       Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to edit comments
       for each Fig object.  These comments are output	with  several  of  the
       output  languages,  such	 as  PostScript,  CGM,	EMF,  LaTeX, MetaFont,
       PicTeX, (as % comments), tk (as # comments), and pic (as .\" comments).

GENERAL OPTIONS (all drivers)
       -L language
	      Set the output graphics language.	 Valid languages are box, cgm,
	      epic,  eepic, eepicemu, emf, eps, gbx (Gerber beta driver), gif,
	      ibmgl, jpeg, latex, map (HTML  image  map),  mf  (MetaFont),  mp
	      (MetaPost),  mmp	(Multi-MetaPost),  pcx, pdf, pdftex, pdftex_t,
	      pic,  pictex,  png,  ppm,	 ps,  pstex,  pstex_t,	pstricks,  ptk
	      (Perl/tk),  shape	 (LaTeX shaped paragraphs), sld (AutoCad slide
	      format), svg (beta driver), textyl, tiff, tk (tcl/tk), tpic, xbm
	      and xpm.

	      Notes:
	      dvips  and  xdvi must be compiled with the tpic support (-DTPIC)
	      for epic, eepic and tpic to work.
	      You must have ghostscript	 and  ps2pdf,  which  comes  with  the
	      ghostscript  distribution	 to  get the pdf output and the bitmap
	      formats (png, jpeg, etc.), and the netpbm (pbmplus)  package  to
	      get gif, xbm, xpm, and sld output.

       -h     Print  help  message  with  all options for all output languages
	      then exit.

       -V     Print the program version number and exit.

       -D +/-rangelist
	      With +rangelist, keep only  those	 depths	 in  the  list.	  With
	      -rangelist, keep all depths except those in the list. The range‐
	      list may be a list of comma-separated numbers  or	 ranges	 sepa‐
	      rated  by	 colon (:). For example, -D +10,40,55:70,80 means keep
	      only layers 10, 40, 55 through 70, and 80.

       -K     The selection of the depths with the  '-D	 +/-rangelist'	option
	      does  normally  not  affect the calcualtion of the bounding box.
	      Thus the generated document might have a	much  larger  bounding
	      box  than	 necessary.  If	 -K  is given then the bounding box is
	      adjusted to include only those objects in the selected depths.

       -f font
	      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. For Gerber it has no effect.

       -G minor[:major][:unit]
	      Draws  a grid on the page.  Specify thin, or thin and thick line
	      spacing in one of several	 units.	  For  example,	 "-G  .25:1cm"
	      draws  a	thin,  gray  line every .25 cm and a thicker gray line
	      every 1 cm.  Specifying "-G 1in" draws a thin line every 1 inch.
	      Fractions	 may  be  used,	 e.g. "-G 1/16:1/2in" will draw a thin
	      line every 1/16 inch (0.0625 inch) and a thick  line  every  1/2
	      inch.
	      Allowable units are: i, in, inch, f, ft, feet, c, cm, mm, and m.
	      Only  allowed  for  PostScript, EPS, PDF, and bitmap (GIF, JPEG,
	      etc) drivers for now.

       -j     Enable the I18N internationalization facility.

       -m mag Set the magnification at which the figure is  rendered  to  mag.
	      The  default is 1.0.  This may not be used with the maxdimension
	      option (-Z).

       -s size
	      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."

       -Z maxdimension
	      Scale the figure so that the maximum dimension (width or height)
	      is  maxdimension	inches	or cm, depending on whether the figure
	      was saved with imperial or metric units.	This may not  be  used
	      with the magnification option (-m).

       other options
	      The  other  options  are specific to the choice of graphics lan‐
	      guage, as described below.

CGM OPTIONS
       CGM is Computer Graphics Metafile, developed by ISO and ANSI and	 is  a
       vector-based  plus  bitmap  language.   Microsoft  WORD, PowerPoint and
       probably other products can import this format and display  it  on  the
       screen,	something that they won't do with EPS files that have an ASCII
       preview.

       -b dummyarg
	      Generate binary output (dummy argument required after the "-b").

       -r     Position arrowheads for CGM viewers that display rounded	arrow‐
	      heads.  Normally, arrowheads are pointed, so fig2dev compensates
	      for this by moving the endpoint of the line back so the  tip  of
	      the  arrowhead ends where the original endpoint of the line was.
	      If the -r option is used, the position of	 arrows	 will  NOT  be
	      corrected	 for  compensating  line  width	 effects,  because the
	      rounded arrowhead doesn't extend	beyond	the  endpoint  of  the
	      line.

EMF OPTIONS
       EMF  is Enhanced Metafile, developed by Microsoft and is a vector-based
       plus bitmap language.  Microsoft WORD, PowerPoint  and  probably	 other
       products can import this format and display it on the screen, something
       that they won't do with EPS files that have an ASCII preview.

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 factor
	      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.

       -E num Set encoding for text translation (0 = none, 1 = ISO-8859-1, 2 =
	      ISO-8859-2)

       -F     Don't  set  the font face, series, and style; only set it's size
	      and the baselineskip. By default, fig2dev sets all 5 font param‐
	      eters when it puts some text. The disadvantage is that you can't
	      set the font from your LaTeX document. With this option on,  you
	      can set the font from your LaTeX document (like "\sfshape \input
	      picture.eepic").

	      If any of the pictures included in your LaTeX document has  been
	      generated with -F, then all pictures must be generated with this
	      option.

	      This option can be used only when fig2dev was compiled with NFSS
	      defined.

       -l width
	      Use  "\thicklines"  when width of the line is wider than lwidth.
	      The default is 2.

       -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".

       -R     Allow rotated text. Rotated text will be set using the  \rotate‐
	      box  command.   So, you will need to include "\usepackage{graph‐
	      ics}" in the preamble of your LaTeX document.

	      If this option is not set, then rotated text will be  set	 hori‐
	      zontally.

       -S scale
	      Set  the	scale  to  which  the figure is rendered.  This option
	      automatically sets the magnification and size to scale / 12  and
	      scale respectively.

       -t stretch
	      Set  the	stretch factor of dashed lines to sretch.  The default
	      is 30.

       -v     Include comments in the output file.

       -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 poten‐
	      tial problem 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 (HP/GL) OPTIONS
       IBM-GL (IBM Graphics  Language)	is  compatible	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 xll,yll,xur,yur
	      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 file
	      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.

       -k     Precede output with PCL command to use HP/GL

       -l pattfile
	      Load  area  fill	line  patterns	from the table in the pattfile
	      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 mag,x0,y0
	      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     Rotate the figure to portrait mode.  The	default	 is  landscape
	      mode.

       -p penfile
	      Load  plotter  pen  specifications from the table in the penfile
	      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).

       -S speed
	      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.

OPTIONS COMMON TO ALL BITMAP FORMATS
       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border around figure of width borderwidth.

       -F     Use correct font sizes (points, 1/72 inch) instead of the tradi‐
	      tional size that xfig/fig2dev uses, which is (1/80  inch).   The
	      corresponding xfig command-line option is -correct_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color for the background.

       -N     Convert all colors to grayscale.

       -S smoothfactor
	      This  will  smooth  the output by passing smoothfactor to ghost‐
	      script in the -dTextAlphaBits and -dGraphicsAlphaBits options to
	      improve  font rendering and graphic smoothing.  A value of 2 for
	      smoothfactor provides some smoothing and 4 provides more.

GIF OPTIONS
       -t color
	      Use color for the transparent color in the GIF file.  This  must
	      be  specified in the same format that ppmmake(1) allows.	It may
	      allow an X11 color name, but at least you may  use  a  six-digit
	      hexadecimal RGBvalue using the # sign, e.g. #ff0000 (Red).

JPEG OPTIONS
       -q image_quality
	      use  the integer value image_quality for the JPEG "Quality" fac‐
	      tor.  Valid values are 0-100, with the default being 75.

LATEX OPTIONS
       -d dmag
	      Set a separate magnification for the length of  line  dashes  to
	      dmag.

       -E num Set  encoding  for  latex	 text translation (0 no translation, 1
	      ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

       -l lwidth
	      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.

       -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

MAP (HTML image map) OPTIONS
       Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to edit comments
       for  each  Fig object.  The fig2dev map output language will produce an
       HTML image map using Fig objects that  have  href="some_html_reference"
       in their comments.  Any Fig object except compound objects may used for
       this.  Usually, besides generating the map file, you would also	gener‐
       ate a PNG file, which is the image to which the map refers.

       For  example,  you may have an xfig drawing with an imported image that
       has the comment href="go_here.html" and a box  object  with  a  comment
       href="go_away.html".  This will produce an image map file such the user
       may click on the image and the browser  will  load  the	"go_here.html"
       page,  or click on the box and the browser will load the "go_away.html"
       page.

       After the map file is generated by fig2dev you will need to edit it  to
       fill out any additional information it may need.

       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border around figure of width borderwidth.

METAFONT OPTIONS
       fig2dev	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 xmin
	      specifies the minimum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 0.

       -y ymin
	      specifies the minumum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 0.

       -X xmax
	      specifies the maximum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 8.

       -Y ymax
	      specifies the maximum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 8.

METAPOST OPTIONS
       -i file
	      Include file content via \input-command.

       -I file
	      Include file content as additional header.

       -o     Old mode (no latex).

       -p number
	      Adds the line "prologues:=number" to the output.

PIC OPTIONS
       -p ext 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 OPTIONS
       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.

       -E num Set  encoding  for  latex	 text translation (0 no translation, 1
	      ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

GBX OPTIONS (Gerber, RS-247-X)
       Typically you will wish to set the y scale to  -1.   See	 -g  for  more
       information.

       -d [mm|in]
	      Output  dimensions  should  be assumed to be millimeters (mm) or
	      inches (in).  The default is millimeters.

       -p [pos|neg]
	      Select the image polarity.  For positive images lines  drawn  in
	      the  fig	file  will  generate  lines of material.  For negative
	      images lines drawn in the fig file will result in removed	 mate‐
	      rial.   Consider	etching	 a  chrome on glass transmission mask.
	      Drawing lines in the fig file and choosing 'neg' will result  in
	      these lines being etched through the chrome, leaving transparent
	      lines.

       -g <x scale>x<y scale>+<x offset>+<y offset>
	      This controls the geometry of the output, scaling the dimensions
	      as shown and applying the given offset.  Typically you will wish
	      to set the y scale to -1, mirroring about the x axis.   This  is
	      because  Gerber assumes the origin to be bottom left, while xfig
	      selects top left.

       -f <n digits>.<n digits>
	      This controls the number of digits of precision before and after
	      the  implied  decimal  point.   With -f 5.3 the following number
	      12345678 corresponds to 12345.678.  Whereas with -f 3.5 it  cor‐
	      responds	to  123.45678.	The default is for 3 places before the
	      decimal point and 5 after.  This corresponds, to a range of 0 to
	      1m in 10 micron increments.

       -i [on|off]
	      Controls	the  output of comments describing the type of objects
	      being output.  The text appears as comments starting with ##  on
	      each line in the output file.  By default this is on.

POSTSCRIPT, ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (EPS), and PDF OPTIONS
       With PostScript, xfig can be used to create multiple page figures Spec‐
       ify the -M option to produce a multi-page output.  For posters, add  -O
       to overlap the pages slightly to get around the problem of the unprint‐
       able area in most printers, then cut and paste the pages together.  Due
       to  memory  limitations	of  most laser printers, the figure should not
       have large imported images (bitmaps). Great for text with very big let‐
       ters.

       The EPS driver has the following differences from PostScript:
	   o  No  showpage  is	generated  because  the	 output is meant to be
	   imported into another program or document and not printed
	   o The landscape/portrait options are ignored
	   o The centering option is ignored
	   o The multiple-page option is ignored
	   o The paper size option is ignored
	   o The x/y offset options are ignored

       The EPS driver has the following two special options:

       -B 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
	      This specifies that the bounding box of the EPS file should have
	      the  width Wx and the height Wy.	Note that it doesn't scale the
	      figure to this size, it merely sets  the	bounding  box.	 If  a
	      value  less  than or equal to 0 is specified for Wx or Wy, these
	      are set to the width/height respectively of the  figure.	Origin
	      is relative to screen (0,0) (upper-left).	 Wx, Wy, X0 and Y0 are
	      interpreted in centimeters or inches depending  on  the  measure
	      given  in	 the  fig-file.	  Remember to put either quotes (") or
	      apostrophes (') to group the arguments to -B.

       -R 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
	      Same as the -B option except that X0 and Y0 is relative  to  the
	      lower  left corner of the figure.	 Remember to put either quotes
	      (") or apostrophes (') to group the arguments to -R.

       The PDF driver uses all the PostScript options.

       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.

       -A     Add an ASCII (EPSI) preview.

       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border around figure of width borderwidth.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -C dummy_arg
	      Add  a  color  *binary* TIFF preview for Microsoft products that
	      need a binary preview.  See also	-T  (monochrome	 preview).   A
	      dummy argument must be supplied for historical reasons.

       -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.  Not availble in EPS.

       -F     Use correct font sizes (points) instead of the traditional  size
	      that  xfig/fig2dev  uses, which is 1/80 inch.  The corresponding
	      xfig command-line option is -correct_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color for the background.

       -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).
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -M     Generate multiple pages if figure exceeds paper size.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -N     Convert all colors to grayscale.

       -n name
	      Set  the	Title  part of the PostScript output to name.  This is
	      useful when the input to fig2dev comes from standard input.

       -O     When used with -M, overlaps the pages slightly to get around the
	      problem of the unprintable area in most printers.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -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.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -T     Add  a  monochrome  *binary* TIFF preview for Microsoft products
	      that need a binary preview.  See also -C (color preview).

       -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.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -y offset
	      shift the figure in the Y direction by offset units (1/72
	      inch).  A negative value shifts the figure up and a posi‐
	      tive value down.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -z papersize
	      Sets the papersize.  Not availble in EPS.
	      Available paper sizes are:
		  "Letter" (8.5" x 11" also "A"),
		  "Legal" (11" x 14")
		  "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
       (special)  text.	  The  pstex_t	language  has the complementary
       behavior: it generates only the LaTeX special text and the  com‐
       mands  necessary	 to  position  special text, and to overlay the
       PostScript file generated using pstex.  These two drivers can be
       used  to	 generate  a  figure  which combines the flexibility of
       PostScript graphics with LaTeX text formatting of special text.

       -F     Use correct font sizes (points)  instead	of  the	 tradi‐
	      tional  size  that xfig/fig2dev uses, which is 1/80 inch.
	      The  corresponding  xfig	command-line  option  is  -cor‐
	      rect_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color for the background.

       -n name
	      sets  the	 Title	part  of the PostScript output to name.
	      This is useful when the input to fig2dev comes from stan‐
	      dard input.

PSTEX_T OPTIONS
       The  pstex_t  language  produces only the LaTeX special text and
       the commands necessary to position special text, and to	overlay
       the PostScript file generated using pstex.  (see above)

       -E num Set  encoding  for  latex text translation (0 no transla‐
	      tion, 1 ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

       -F     Don't set the font face, series, and style; only set it's
	      size and the baselineskip. By default, fig2dev sets all 5
	      font parameters when it puts some text. The  disadvantage
	      is  that you can't set the font from your LaTeX document.
	      With this option on, you can set the font from your LaTeX
	      document (like "\sfshape \input picture.eepic").

       -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.

PSTricks OPTIONS
       The PSTricks driver provides full LaTeX text and math formatting
       for XFig drawings without overlaying separate outputs as in  the
       PSTEX  methods.	The output matches the quality of output of the
       PostScript driver except for text, where the Latex  font	 selec‐
       tion  mechanism	is  used as for other fig2dev LaTeX drivers. In
       addition, text is rendered black, although  font	 color-changing
       LaTex  code  can	 be  embedded  in  the	drawing.  The generated
       PSTricks code is meant to  be  readable.	  Each	command	 stands
       alone,  not  relying on global option state variables.  Thus the
       user can easily use XFig to rough out a PSTricks	 drawing,  then
       finish by hand editing.

       To   use	 the  driver's	output,	 give  the  command  "\usepack‐
       age{pstricks}" in your  document	 preamble.   The  graphicx  and
       pstricks-add  packages may also be required.  The former is used
       for bitmap graphics and	the  second  for  complex  line	 styles
       and/or  hollow  PSTricks	 arrows	 (with	the  -R 1 option).  The
       driver will tell you which packages are needed.	In the document
       body,  include  the  figure  with  "\input{pstfile}"  where pst‐
       file.tex is the output file.  Use the XFig special flag to  have
       text  passed  as-is  to	LaTeX.	 For non-special text, the same
       mechanism as the LaTeX and epic	driver	mechanism  is  used  to
       match font specs, but this is imprecise.

       Known bugs and limitations.
	      PSTricks	support	 for  join styles is version dependent.
	      Raw postscript is inserted with "\pstVerb" for  old  ver‐
	      sions  when  other  than	angle joins are needed.	 The -t
	      option controls this behavior. PSTricks does not	support
	      rotated  ellipses	 directly, so a rput command is emitted
	      that rotates and	locates	 a  horizontal	ellipse.   This
	      makes  a problem with hatch patterns, which are moved and
	      rotated along with the ellipse.  Hatch rotation is  fixed
	      by a counter-rotation, but the origin is not adjusted, so
	      registration with adjacent hatch patterns will be	 incor‐
	      rect.   Flipped  bitmap graphics use an undocumented fea‐
	      ture of the graphicx package: a negative height flips the
	      image  vertically.   This appears to work reliably.  How‐
	      ever, you may want to flip graphics with another	program
	      before  including	 them in Xfig drawings just to be sure.
	      With the -p option, the driver attempts to  convert  non-
	      EPS  pictures  to	 EPS  with the TeX distribution's bmeps
	      program, but bmeps does not know	about  very  many  file
	      formats including gif.

       -G dummy_arg
	      Draws  a	standard  PSTricks grid in light gray, ignoring
	      the size parameters, numbered in PSTricks units.

       -l weight
	      Sets a line weight  factor  that	is  multiplied	by  the
	      actual  Fig  line	 width.	  The default value 0.5 roughly
	      matches the output of the PS driver.

       -n 0|1|2|3
	      Sets environment type.   Default	0  creates  a  \picture
	      environment  with bounding box exactly enclosing the pic‐
	      ture (but see -x and -y ).  A 1 emits bare PSTricks  com‐
	      mands  with no environment at all, which can be used with
	      \input{commands} inside  an  existing  \pspicture.   A  2
	      emits  a	complete LaTeX document.  A 3 also emits a com‐
	      plete LaTeX document but attempts	 to  set  the  PSTricks
	      unit to fit a 7.5 by 10 inch (portrait aspect) box.

       -P     Shorthand for -n 3
	       .

       -p dir Attempts	to  run	 the bmeps program to translate picture
	      files to EPS, which is required by PSTricks.  The	 trans‐
	      lated  files  go	in  dir , which must already exist (the
	      driver will not create it). Moreover, (BIG  CAVEAT  HERE)
	      the  driver overwrites files with impunity in this direc‐
	      tory!  Don't put your stuff  here.   The	includegraphics
	      commands	in  the	 output	 file  refer to this directory.
	      Even if the -p option is not used,  includegrpahics  com‐
	      mands  follow  this convention with the default directory
	      ./eps .  In this case, the user must do  the  conversions
	      independently.  The bmeps program is part of the standard
	      TeX distribution. It converts the	 following  formats  to
	      EPS: png jpg pnm tif.  You can see the bmeps command with
	      the -v option.

       -R 0|1|2
	      Sets arrow style.	 With the default style 0,  Fig	 arrows
	      are  converted  to lines and polygons.  With style 1, the
	      Fig arrowhead dimensions are converted to PSTricks arrow‐
	      head  dimensions and PSTricks arrowhead options are emit‐
	      ted.  Hollow arrows will require the  additional	package
	      pstricks-add
	       .  With	style 2, PSTricks arrowhead options are emitted
	      with no dimensions at all, and arrowhead size may be con‐
	      trolled globally with psset
	       .

       -S scale
	      Scales  the image according to the same convention as the
	      EPIC driver, i.e., to size scale
	       /12.

       -t version
	      Provides the driver with PSTricks version number so  out‐
	      put can match expected LaTeX input.

       -v     Print  verbose  warnings and extra comments in the output
	      file.  Information provided  includes  font  substitution
	      details,	the bmeps commands used for picture conversion,
	      if any, and one comment per Fig object in the output.

       -x marginsize
	      Adds marginsize on the left and  right  of  the  PStricks
	      bounding	box.   By default, the box exactly encloses the
	      image.

       -y marginsize
	      Adds marginsize on the top and  bottom  of  the  PStricks
	      bounding	box.   By default, the box exactly encloses the
	      image.

       -z 0|1|2
	      Sets font handling option.  Default option 0 attempts  to
	      honor  Fig  font	names and sizes, finding the best match
	      with a standard LaTeX font.  Option  1  sets  LaTeX  font
	      size only.  Option 2 issues no font commands at all.

TK and PTK OPTIONS (tcl/tk and Perl/tk)
       -l dummy_arg
	      Generate figure in landscape mode.  The dummy argument is
	      ignored, but must appear on the command line for	reasons
	      of compatibility.	 This option will override the orienta‐
	      tion specification 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 compatibility.	 This option will override the orienta‐
	      tion specification 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.

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 bitmap 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 reso‐
       lution, 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 Post‐
       Script (including eps) languages.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1991 Micah Beck
       Parts Copyright (c) 1985 Supoj Sutantavibul
       Parts Copyright (c) 1989-1999 Brian V. Smith

       Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this soft‐
       ware  and  its  documentation  for any purpose is hereby granted
       without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear  in
       all  copies and that both that copyright notice and this permis‐
       sion notice appear in supporting 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 SOFT‐
       WARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND
       FITNESS,	 IN  NO	 EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPE‐
       CIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY  DAMAGES	WHATSO‐
       EVER  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 PERFORMANCE 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 Bor‐
       deaux, France).

       Japanese text support  for  LaTeX  output  written  by  T.  Sato
       (VEF00200@niftyserve.or.jp)

       The tk driver was written by
       Mike  Markowski	(mm@udel.edu)  with  a little touch-up by Brian
       Smith

       The CGM driver (Computer Graphics Metafile) was written by
       Philippe Bekaert (Philippe.Bekaert@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)

       The EMF driver (Enhanced Metafile) was written by
       Michael Schrick (m_schrick@hotmail.com)

       The GBX (Gerber) driver was written by
       Edward Grace (ej.grace@imperial.ac.uk).

			    Version 3.2.5 Feb 2007		    FIG2DEV(1)
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