On 19 Dec 1999, David O' Toole wrote:
> While I am switching to Linux in the immediate future,
> some things still keep me in win32. The GIMP is great,
> but I work almost exclusively with vector graphics. Is
> there an equivalent of CorelDRAW or Adobe Illustrator
> now in development for Linux? If so I would like to assist
> in any way I can. Vector imaging is not my area of expertise,
> but I have training in technical writing; perhaps I can assist
> with documentation.
Corel has now released their own Linux distro,
and CorelDRAW is expected in a few months:
http://www.corel.ca/news/1999/november/november_15b_1999.htm
But that's commercial and *cheating* :)
I believe Xfig has been around the longest.
http://epb1.lbl.gov/xfig/
Among GPL programs, Tkpaint is cross-platform.
http://www.netanya.ac.il/~samy/tkpaint.html
Sketch, Python powered, particularly promising.
http://www.online.de/home/sketch/
There's also KIllustrator.
http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~sattler/killustrator.html
