Xfig questions

[Zbigniew Koziol]

Sometime I find it simpler to rather write code of fig by hand or by 
using scripts in perl.
You may first create a very simple fig content by using GUI and after 
that have a look to the code and change it by hand (changing 
parameters), and check the effect.

If rotating for instance for other than 90 degrees is possible at all - 
try to rotate for 90 degrees first, save the result, and change 90 deg 
to something else by hand.

There is also somewhere a technical specification of xfig file format.

zb.

David J Patrick wrote:
> Xfig ? but why ?
> yes Xfig
> It ain't fancy, runs anywhere and for me, right now, it offers the 
> path-of-least-resistance to publishing. I've been learning the wonders 
> of LaTeX and Xfig seems to be the most direct route to creation of the 
> .eps images that publishing software prefers, and it has all the 
> features one would need from a basic drawing/ diagramming program.
>
> so the questions;
>
>
> how to rotate other than 90deg ?
> seems obvious, can't do it.
>
> If I want to use fig to create (low-accuracy) scale floorplans, by 
> tracing over a CAD image, what's the best way to set up the scale ?
>
> Is there such thing as a table-like arrangement, and if there is, 
> would one be able to have individual cel contents ?
>
> thanks for the help, as I turn my back on the googlfied clouded 
> OpenGLy "modern" way, and rediscover things that were cool (and 
> actually worked) in the '90s.
>
> djp
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