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- From: envbvs@epb11.lbl.GOV (Brian V. Smith)
- Subject: Transfig 2.1.6 available on export
- Message-ID: <9211171622.AA08862@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:22:11 GMT
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- Well, it has only been about a week since I released TransFig 2.1.5, but there
- were some pretty major bugs so I have made version 2.1.6 available.
-
- Here is the announcement:
-
- TransFig 2.1.6 is available on export.lcs.mit.edu in /contrib/transfig.2.1.6.tar.Z.
- Be sure to set binary mode when transferring.
-
- >>> It is important for users of xfig 2.1.6 to get this latest version
- >>> of TransFig.
-
- TransFig is a set of tools for creating TeX documents with graphics
- which are portable, in the sense that they can be printed in a wide
- variety of environments.
-
- The transfig directory contains the source for the transfig command
- which generates a Makefile which translates Fig code to various graphics
- description languages using the fig2dev program. In previous releases,
- this command was implemented as a shell script.
-
- The fig2dev directory contains a general program for translating from
- Fig code to other graphics desciption languages. The dev subdirectory
- contains a library of output drivers used by fig2dev.
-
- Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges:
- (E)EPIC macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PostScript, and TeXtyl.
- Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers
-
- I have taken over the maintenance of TransFig from Micah Beck so please send any
- bug notices, fixes, contributions etc to me at bvsmith@lbl.gov.
-
- Here are the CHANGES from 2.1.5:
-
- o Courier-BoldItalic changed to Courier-BoldOblique for PostScript fonts
- o "if" statement replaces copysign() call since some machines don't have it
- o some backslashes ('\') corrected in printf statements in transfig/mkfile.c and
- fig2dev/iso2tex.c
- o changed header for postscript files from "%!" to "%!PS-Adobe-2.0" when using
- -P (showpage) option and "%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF" otherwise (Encapsulated)
- o corrupt transfig/Imakefile and typo (SCRS instead of SRCS)
- o some variables (cur_thickness and coord_system) were multiply defined in
- various drivers in fig2dev/dev - made those static
-
-
- - Brian V. Smith
- - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
-