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- FIG 1.4 Release 2
-
- Added features:
- ===============
-
- 1) Interpolated spline (open and close).
- 2) Dotted line style.
- 3) Blinking vertical bar cursor for entering character string in
- canvas and message window.
- 4) Character strings editing feature both in entering text objects
- and file names in message window (by relocating the blinking cursor
- within the string).
- 5) F2ps (fig to postscript filter). Although dashed and dotted line
- style are not rendered as such on the screen for objects other than
- polylines, the objects on hard copy produced with f2ps will be
- rendered with the line style under which the objects are created
- in fig.
-
- Changes:
- ========
-
- 1) Output format (ref: FORMAT1.4). However fig 1.4 and its associated
- filters (f2p and f2ps) can read fig 1.3 format but fig 1.4 will only
- create output in the new format.
-
- 2) Format of bitmap is now conform to the "iconedit" format (The first two
- lines are comment lines indicating the width, height, etc. Each short
- word (16 bits) is followed by a comma except the last one.). Here is
- an example of the comment lines.
-
- /* Format_version=1, Width=33, Height=6, Depth=1, Valid_bits_per_item=16
- */
-
- A row of bitmap is multiple of sixteen bits; however its actual width
- (in "Width=..") may be not.
-
- The only exception to the format is that text objects which are not part
- of any compound are appended to the end of the file. They provide a
- way to locate point on the bitmap.
-
- Customizable characteristics:
- ============================
-
- 1) The fonts used in fig are expected to reside in the
- directory /usr/lib/fonts/fixedwidthfonts. If the fonts in
- your system are not under the name directory, appropriate
- changes should be made in file font.c.
-
- 2) The size of fig can be changed by modifying two constants
- in file "const.h", namely CANVAS_WIDTH and CANVAS_HEIGHT.
-