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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sources.x Subject: v06i085: xfig 2.0, Patch6, Part05/06 Message-ID: <134791@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 24 Apr 90 22:28:49 GMT Approved: argv@sun.com Submitted-by: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) Posting-number: Volume 6, Issue 85 Archive-name: xfig2/patch6.5 Patch-To: xfig2: Volume 6, Issues 9-24, 34-36, 50-56 #! /bin/sh # This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then unpack # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file". To overwrite existing # files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g.. If this archive is complete, you # will see the following message at the end: # "End of archive 5 (of 6)." # Contents: xfig.man.diff # Wrapped by envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov on Tue Apr 24 11:56:48 1990 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH if test -f 'xfig.man.diff' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'xfig.man.diff'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'xfig.man.diff'\" $16394 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'xfig.man.diff' <<'END_OF_FILE' X*** xfig.man.old Tue Apr 24 11:48:46 1990 X--- xfig.man Tue Apr 24 11:24:00 1990 X*************** X*** 21,28 **** X .SH DESCRIPTION X .I Xfig X is a menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate objects X! interactively in an X window. It runs under X version 11 release 3 or 4 and X! requires a three-button mouse. X .I File X specifies the name of a file to be edited. The description of objects in X the file will be read at the start of \fIxfig\fP. X--- 21,29 ---- X .SH DESCRIPTION X .I Xfig X is a menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate objects X! interactively in an X window. X! .B It runs under X version 11 release 4 only X! and requires a three-button mouse. X .I File X specifies the name of a file to be edited. The description of objects in X the file will be read at the start of \fIxfig\fP. X*************** X*** 30,80 **** X The output from \fIxfig\fP can be printed in several ways: X .PP X .B Postscript - X! f2ps (\fIxfig\fP to \fIpostscript\fP translator) is used to produce a X! .I postscript X! file from an \fIxfig\fP file. X! The X! .I postscript X! file can be sent directly to a postscript printer. X .PP X! .B troff - X f2p (\fIxfig\fP to \fIpic\fP(1) translator, also known by its previous X name \fIf2fp\fP(1L)) is used to translate \fIxfig\fP files into X .IR pic (1) X language. X! The resulting file may then be processed in the same manner as any other X .I pic X! file. Note that area fill, line thicknesses and multiple fonts are not X! supported by \fIftop\fP. X .PP X! .B LaTeX - X! fig2latex (\fIxfig\fP to \fILaTeX\fP translator) produces a X! .I LaTeX X! file from an X! .I xfig X! file. X! This file contains X! .I LaTeX X! picture environment commands and can be X processed along with other X .I LaTeX X commands. X! This program is in the \fITransFig\fP package available from X! svax.cs.cornell.edu via anonymous ftp. X! .PP X! .B PiCTeX - X! fig2tex (\fIxfig\fP to \fIPiCTeX\fP translator) produces a X .I PiCTeX X! file from an X! .I xfig X! file. This file contains macros that can be X! used with the X .I PiCTeX X environment under X .I TeX X or X .I LaTeX. X! This is also available from the \fITransFig\fP package. X .SH OPTIONS X .TP X .B \-ri X--- 31,88 ---- X The output from \fIxfig\fP can be printed in several ways: X .PP X .B Postscript - X! f2ps (\fIxfig\fP to \fIpostscript\fP translator) is used to produce X! \fIpostscript\fP from an \fIxfig\fP file. X! This can be sent directly to a postscript printer or a file. X .PP X! .B Troff - X f2p (\fIxfig\fP to \fIpic\fP(1) translator, also known by its previous X name \fIf2fp\fP(1L)) is used to translate \fIxfig\fP files into X .IR pic (1) X language. X! The resulting output may then be processed in the same manner as any other X .I pic X! file. Note that area fill is not supported by \fIf2p\fP. X .PP X! .B Note: X! The \fIf2p\fP and \fIf2ps\fP translators will be eventually phased out X! because the \fITransFig\fP package from Micah Beck is a more general X! purpose translator for more graphics languages. X! The \fITransFig\fP package can be used as a back-end processor to xfig X! to produce various types of output: X! .IP "LaTeX - "12 X! \fIfig2dev -L latex\fP translates \fIxfig\fP to \fILaTeX\fP X! picture environment commands which can be X processed along with other X .I LaTeX X commands. X! .IP "Postscript - X! \fIfig2dev -L ps\fP produces a postscript output. X! .IP "Pic - X! \fIfig2dev -L pic\fP produces a pic output. X! .IP "PiCTeX - X! \fIfig2dev -L pictex\fP produces X .I PiCTeX X! output. X! This contains macros that can be used with the X .I PiCTeX X environment under X .I TeX X or X .I LaTeX. X! .IP "Others - X! fig2dev has options for these other languages: X! \fIbox\fP, X! \fIepic\fP, X! \fIeepic\fP, X! and \fIeepicemu\fP. X! .PP X! The \fITransFig\fP package is available from X! svax.cs.cornell.edu (directory /pub/fig) and from X! sun.soe.clarkson.edu (directory /pub/transfig) via anonymous ftp. X! It is also available by mail from the Clarkson archive server. X! To find out about using the server, send the one-line message "help" to X! archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. X .SH OPTIONS X .TP X .B \-ri X*************** X*** 127,132 **** X--- 135,141 ---- X \fICLOSED SPLINE\fP, \fIELLIPSE\fP, \fIPOLYLINE\fP, \fIPOLYGON\fP, X \fISPLINE\fP, and \fITEXT\fP. A primitive can be moved, rotated, X flipped, copied or erased. X+ The TEXT primitive cannot be rotated or flipped. X A compound object is composed of primitive objects. The primitive objects X that constitute a compound can not be individually modified, but they can X be manipulated as an entity; a compound can be moved, rotated, flipped, X*************** X*** 166,173 **** X Remove all objects on the canvas window (can be undone). X .TP X .I Edit file ... X! The current contents of the canvas are cleared and objects X! are read from the specified file. X The user will be asked for a file name. X This file will become the current file. X .TP X--- 175,182 ---- X Remove all objects on the canvas window (can be undone). X .TP X .I Edit file ... X! The current contents of the canvas are cleared and the figure X! is read from the specified file. X The user will be asked for a file name. X This file will become the current file. X .TP X*************** X*** 177,188 **** X name as in the "Save in ..." function. X .TP X .I Read file ... X! Read objects from the specified file and merge them with objects already X shown on the canvas. X (The user will be asked for a file name.) X .TP X .I Save in ... X! Save objects on the screen into a file specified by the user. X (The user will be asked for a file name.) X If there is no current file name, it will be set to the name specified X in the save. X--- 186,197 ---- X name as in the "Save in ..." function. X .TP X .I Read file ... X! Read figure from the specified file and merge it with the figure already X shown on the canvas. X (The user will be asked for a file name.) X .TP X .I Save in ... X! Save the figure on the screen into a file specified by the user. X (The user will be asked for a file name.) X If there is no current file name, it will be set to the name specified X in the save. X*************** X*** 195,206 **** X will employ the current working directory. X .TP X .I Save & Quit X! Save the objects in the current file and exit from \fIxfig\fP. X If there is no current file, the user will be asked for a file name. X No confirmation will be asked. X .TP X .I Quit X! Exit from \fIxfig\fP, discarding all objects. The user will be asked to X confirm the action, by clicking the left button. X .SH "BOTTOM PANEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS" X Most of the buttons in the bottom panel are counterparts to the pop-up menu functions. X--- 204,219 ---- X will employ the current working directory. X .TP X .I Save & Quit X! Save the figure in the current file and exit from \fIxfig\fP. X If there is no current file, the user will be asked for a file name. X No confirmation will be asked. X .TP X+ .I Save as Bitmap X+ Create an X11 bitmap from the figure the size of which is determined X+ by the enclosing rectangle of all the figure plus a small border. X+ .TP X .I Quit X! Exit from \fIxfig\fP, discarding the figure. The user will be asked to X confirm the action, by clicking the left button. X .SH "BOTTOM PANEL COMMAND FUNCTIONS" X Most of the buttons in the bottom panel are counterparts to the pop-up menu functions. X*************** X*** 208,220 **** X (landscape or portrait) and the printer device itself. X .SH "BOTTOM PANEL WINDOW COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS" X .TP X- .I CHANGE TEXT X- Change existing text to current font, size and justification settings. X- .TP X .I FONT SELECT X This button pops up a menu of 35 fonts available for most Apple X Postscript printers. X! The name of the font appears in the font itself so that one may see X what that font looks like. X If a corresponding X11 font exists, new text is created X on the canvas using that font. X--- 221,230 ---- X (landscape or portrait) and the printer device itself. X .SH "BOTTOM PANEL WINDOW COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS" X .TP X .I FONT SELECT X This button pops up a menu of 35 fonts available for most Apple X Postscript printers. X! The name of the font is printed in the font itself so that one may see X what that font looks like. X If a corresponding X11 font exists, new text is created X on the canvas using that font. X*************** X*** 246,252 **** X clicking the left mouse button. The selected icon is highlighted, and X a message describing its function appears in the message window. X .PP X! The left and middle buttons are used to creat and modify objects in the canvas X window. Most actions start with clicking of the left button X and end with clicking of the middle button. X There is no need to hold down a button while positioning X--- 256,262 ---- X clicking the left mouse button. The selected icon is highlighted, and X a message describing its function appears in the message window. X .PP X! The left and middle buttons are used to create and modify objects in the canvas X window. Most actions start with clicking of the left button X and end with clicking of the middle button. X There is no need to hold down a button while positioning X*************** X*** 292,309 **** X The radius of the corners is selected by the INCREASE/DECREASE RADIUS button. X .TP X .I BREAK COMPOUND X! Break a compound object to allow manipulation of its component parts. X Click the left button on the bounding box of X the compound object. X .TP X! .I CHANGE LINE STYLE OF EXISTING OBJECT X! Click left button on an object and the line style will change to the currently X! selected style. X .TP X- .I CHANGE LINE THICKNESS OF EXISTING OBJECT X- Click left button on an object and the line thickness will change X- to the currently selected thickness. X- .TP X .I CIRCLE X Create circles by specifying their radii or diameters. X Click the left button on the canvas window, move the cursor until the X--- 302,323 ---- X The radius of the corners is selected by the INCREASE/DECREASE RADIUS button. X .TP X .I BREAK COMPOUND X! Break a compound object to allow manipulation of its component parts. X Click the left button on the bounding box of X the compound object. X .TP X! .I CHANGE OBJECT X! Change settings for an existing object. X! Click the left button on the object and a pop-up menu will appear X! showing existing settings for the object. Some of the menu entries X! may be changed by typing new values in the appropriate windows. These X! allow cut and paste. X! Others pop up a sub-menu of multiple choices when pressed and held. X! Press the "done" button to apply the changes to the object and finish. X! Press the "apply" button to apply the changes but keep the menu up for X! further changes. Press the "cancel" button to cancel the changes and X! pop down the menu. X .TP X .I CIRCLE X Create circles by specifying their radii or diameters. X Click the left button on the canvas window, move the cursor until the X*************** X*** 341,346 **** X--- 355,365 ---- X .I ELLIPSE X Create ellipses using the same procedure as for the drawing of circles. X .TP X+ .I FLIP X+ Invert the object (middle button) or produce a mirror-image copy of an X+ object (left button). Point to part of the object ("the handle"), click X+ the appropriate button. X+ .TP X .I GLUE X Glue the objects within a bounding box into a compound object X (the bounding box itself is not part of the figure; X*************** X*** 388,393 **** X--- 407,415 ---- X .I REMOVE X Remove (or delete) objects. X .TP X+ .I ROTATE X+ Rotate the object (middle button) or copy (left button) +90 degrees. X+ .TP X .I SCALE COMPOUND X Only compound objects can be scaled. Click the left button X on a corner of the bounding box, stretch the X*************** X*** 423,436 **** X Automatically add forward/backward arrow heads to \fIPOLYLINE\fP, \fISPLINE\fP X or \fIARC\fP objects. X .TP X- .I FLIP X- Invert the object (middle button) or produce a mirror-image copy of an X- object (left button). Point to part of the object ("the handle"), click X- the appropriate button. X- .TP X- .I GRID X- Display either the quarter- or half-inch grids (left button). X- .TP X .I MAGNET X Round points to the nearest 1/16 of an inch. X This affects every function, and is provided as an alignment aid. X--- 445,450 ---- X*************** X*** 438,443 **** X--- 452,465 ---- X .I UNRESTRICTED X Allow lines to be drawn with any slope. X .TP X+ .I LATEX LINE X+ Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LaTeX picture X+ environment lines: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-6,6]. X+ .TP X+ .I LATEX VECTOR X+ Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LaTeX picture X+ environment vectors: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-4,4]. X+ .TP X .I MANHATTAN X Enforce drawing of lines in the horizontal and vertical direction only. X Both \fIMANHATTAN\fP and \fIMOUNTAIN\fP can be turned on simultaneously. The X*************** X*** 454,476 **** X Allow lines to be drawn at any slope allowed when in X MOUNTAIN or MANHATTAN modes. X .TP X! .I ROTATE X! Rotate the object (middle button) or copy (left button) +90 degrees. X .TP X .I SOLID/DASHED/DOTTED LINE STYLE X Toggle between solid, dashed and dotted line styles. The dash length X is fixed at 0.05 inch. X- .PP X- If \fIxfig\fP is compiled with the -DTFX option (TransFig compatibility) X- then the following two buttons are available: X- .TP X- .I LATEX LINE X- Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LaTeX picture X- environment lines: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-6,6]. X- .TP X- .I LATEX VECTOR X- Allow lines to be drawn only at slopes which can be handled by LaTeX picture X- environment vectors: slope = x/y, where x,y are integers in the range [-4,4]. X .SH X DEFAULTS X The overall widget name(Class) is xfig.fig(Fig.TopLevelShell). This X set of resources correspond to the command line arguments: X--- 476,487 ---- X Allow lines to be drawn at any slope allowed when in X MOUNTAIN or MANHATTAN modes. X .TP X! .I GRID X! Display either the quarter- or half-inch grids (left button). X .TP X .I SOLID/DASHED/DOTTED LINE STYLE X Toggle between solid, dashed and dotted line styles. The dash length X is fixed at 0.05 inch. X .SH X DEFAULTS X The overall widget name(Class) is xfig.fig(Fig.TopLevelShell). This X set of resources correspond to the command line arguments: X*************** X*** 532,549 **** X message window X form.message(Form.Command) X .TP X! menu X form.popup_menu.menu(Form.OverrideShell.Box) X .TP X! menu title X form.popup_menu.menu.title(Form.OverrideShell.Box.Label) X .TP X! menu items X form.popup_menu.menu.pane(Form.OverrideShell.Box.Command) X .TP X font menu X form.font_menu.menu(Form.OverrideShell.Box) X .TP X indicator panel X form.indicator(Form.Box) X .TP X--- 543,563 ---- X message window X form.message(Form.Command) X .TP X! command menu X form.popup_menu.menu(Form.OverrideShell.Box) X .TP X! command menu title X form.popup_menu.menu.title(Form.OverrideShell.Box.Label) X .TP X! command menu items X form.popup_menu.menu.pane(Form.OverrideShell.Box.Command) X .TP X font menu X form.font_menu.menu(Form.OverrideShell.Box) X .TP X+ change menu X+ change.form(TransientShell.Form) X+ .TP X indicator panel X form.indicator(Form.Box) X .TP X*************** X*** 566,579 **** X screen. X .PP X Undoing the creation of a compound object deletes the objects X! inside the compound object. Undoing the undo doesn't bring them back. X .PP X Ellipses which are too narrow are not drawn correctly. X- .PP X- Objects which are created while one of the X- .I grids X- is on may appear ragged. This can be corrected by selecting \fIRedisplay\fP X- from the pop-up menu. X .SH "SEE ALSO" X Brian W. Kernighan X .I "PIC - A Graphics Language for Typesetting User Manual" X--- 580,588 ---- X screen. X .PP X Undoing the creation of a compound object deletes the objects X! outside the compound object. Undoing the undo doesn't bring them back. X .PP X Ellipses which are too narrow are not drawn correctly. X .SH "SEE ALSO" X Brian W. Kernighan X .I "PIC - A Graphics Language for Typesetting User Manual" X*************** X*** 640,642 **** X--- 649,662 ---- X (standard disclaimer applies) X .br X (bvsmith@lbl.gov) X+ .sp X+ Popup change-object menu by: X+ .br X+ Jon Tombs X+ (jon%robots.oxford.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk) X+ .br X+ and X+ .br X+ Frank Schmuck X+ .br X+ (schmuck@svax.cs.cornell.edu) END_OF_FILE if test 16394 -ne `wc -c <'xfig.man.diff'`; then echo shar: \"'xfig.man.diff'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'xfig.man.diff' fi echo shar: End of archive 5 $of 6$. cp /dev/null ark5isdone MISSING="" for I in 1 2 3 4 5 6 ; do if test ! -f ark${I}isdone ; then MISSING="${MISSING} ${I}" fi done if test "${MISSING}" = "" ; then echo You have unpacked all 6 archives. rm -f ark[1-9]isdone else echo You still need to unpack the following archives: echo " " ${MISSING} fi ## End of shell archive. exit 0 dan ----------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly && Associates argv@sun.com / argv@ora.com 632 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, CA 95472 800-338-NUTS, in CA: 800-533-NUTS, FAX 707-829-0104 Opinions expressed reflect those of the author only.