Yes, xfig is certainly the most stable vector drawing program
on Unix platforms. It is a pretty good idea to read and print its
documentation, it is really very powerful.
There is also soemthing new called the Killustrator which is
available from the KDE project. Seems quite stable now.
Roland
On 18-Nov-98 Stefano Ghirlanda wrote:
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
>> This is a request which has not much to do with lyx. I am writing (using
>> lyx) a book on biological rhythms which contains about 300 figures.
>
>> I have drawn sketches or scanned figures from various sources (stored
>> as .tif files) which I would like to work on with a vector graphic
>> prg (the diagrams) or a pixel oriented prg. I would like to find somebody
>> who has experience and can give me some hints in respect to suitable
>> prg's preferrentially under linux. Since the first edition is in german
>> and the next one in english, I would prefer a prg which allows to use
>> layers for the text.
>
> I think the "standard" linux programs for these tasks are xfig (drawing)
> and the gimp (Photoshop-like). Both have layers. I have very
> little experience with the gimp but I use daily xfig, so I could give you
> hints of use. Xfig is actually very powerful, but not so much intuitive to
> use sometimes. Anyway, there is plenty of docs.
> I'm not sure it imports .tif files, though, although I know it works with
> gif,jpeg,ps and others.
>
> For more info:
>
> http://epb1.lbl.gov/BVSmith/xfig/
> http://www.gimp.org
>
> All the best,
>
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