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Obtaining Auxiliary Software

How to get idraw

The idraw utility mentioned several times in this documentation is a freely distributable interactive drawing editor for the X Window System. It may be used to edit the output of graph -T ps, or, in general, the output of any application that uses the Postscript Plotter support contained in libplot.

The current version of idraw is maintained by Vectaport, Inc., and is available at their Web site. It is part of the ivtools package, which is a framework for building custom drawing editors. idraw was originally part of the InterViews package, developed by Stanford University and Silicon Graphics. The InterViews package is available at a distribution site but is no longer supported. Retrieving the ivtools package instead is recommended.

Also available at Vectaport's Web site is an enhanced version of idraw called drawtool. drawtool can import bitmapped graphics in TIFF and PBM/PGM/PPM formats, as well as in the X11 bitmap format that idraw can import.

How to get xfig

The xfig utility mentioned several times in this documentation is a freely distributable interactive drawing editor for the X Window System. It may be used to edit the output of graph -T fig, or, in general the output of any application that uses the Fig Plotter support contained in libplot.

The current version is available at ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/. It can import graphics in GIF, X11 bitmap, and Postscript formats. Accompanying the editor is a package called transfig, which allows xfig graphics to be exported in many formats. GIF, X11 bitmap, LaTeX, and Postscript formats are supported.

There is a Web page on Fig format, which discusses application software packages that can interoperate with xfig.


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