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- A brief history of Fig translation programs.
-
- Fig2dev is derived from f2p, the original program written by the author of Fig,
- Supoj Sutanthavibul of the University of Texas at Austin, to translate Fig
- code to PIC. The devlopment is somewhat complex.
-
- Supoj adapted f2p for PostScript ouput: f2ps.
-
- Micah Beck adapted f2p for PiCTeX output: fig2tex.
-
- Frank Schmuck, then a graduate student at Cornell, adapted fig2tex for
- LaTeX picture environment output: fig2latex.
-
- Frank also enhanced Fig, giving us Fig-FS. Micah in turn extended the
- definition of Fig code and added corresponding features to Fig-FS.
- Micah implemented this extension (TFX) in fig2tex, and in fig2ps, which
- is an adaption of f2ps.
-
- Conrad Kwok, then of the University of California at Davis, adapted
- fig2tex for (E)EPIC output: fig2epic.
-
- He also enhanced f2p to support the TFX extension: fig2pic.
-
- Micah then reorganized the five programs named fig2* into drivers for
- a single tranlation program: fig2dev.
-
- As of October 1992, I have taken over the maintenence and distribution of
- the TransFig package from Micah.
-
- ***************************************************************************
- Please refer any questions/bug fixes/contributions etc. about TransFig or
- xfig to me.
-
- Brian Smith
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- bvsmith@lbl.gov
- October 1992
- ***************************************************************************
-
- Note that although I work at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) I don't speak
- for LBL nor do I represent LBL with respect to my work on TransFig and xfig,
- nor does LBL make any representations about the suitability of this software
- for any purpose.
- Here is the legal part:
-
- THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY DISCLAIMS 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 CONSEQUENTIAL
- 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 PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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