Re: Graphics Tools

2014-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
nesday, February 12, 2014 9:59:00 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > wrote: > > There was a discussion on graphics tools -tikz and ktikz (see below). > I wonder, whether this program can be used to produce an image like the > one I have attached. Wolfgang > > ### > Subj

Re: Graphics Tools

2014-02-12 Thread John Kane
.  On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:59:00 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: There was a discussion on graphics tools -tikz and ktikz (see below). I wonder, whether this program can be used to produce an image like the one I have attached. Wolfgang   ### Subject: Re: Graphics Tools

Re: Graphics Tools

2014-02-12 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
There was a discussion on graphics tools -tikz and ktikz (see below). I wonder, whether this program can be used to produce an image like the one I have attached. Wolfgang ### Subject: Re: Graphics Tools Date: Saturday 21 July 2012, 11:08:38 From: Jürgen Spitzmüller To: lyx-users

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-21 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > If I did use TiKZ, I'd prefer to put the drawing in a separate file. > > I do that for more complex diagrams, or ones I might hypothetically reuse > elsewhere. To embed them in LyX, I use either "input file" or "include file" > (can't recall which). Works like a charm.

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-20 Thread paul sutton
On 16/07/12 16:44, William R. Buckley wrote: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make drawn images suitab

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-19 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Neal Becker gmail.com> writes: > How do I use TiKZ with lyx? Just enter it all as ERT? Yes. > > Can lyx do 'insert graphics' and accept TiKZ? Haven't tried that. > > If I did use TiKZ, I'd prefer to put the drawing in a separate file. I do that for more complex diagrams, or ones I might hy

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-19 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
I have spent half an hour to play with it. The integration of Graphviz-like algorithms is very nice for block diagrams and networks, but I have not been able to find a way to simply paste equation (Mathtype or Latexit type vector elements to copy and paste) in the graphics. That is completely block

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-19 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Perhaps the best for now is dia. Have you tried yEd? Sincerely, Wolfgang

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-19 Thread Neal Becker
Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Neal Becker gmail.com> writes: > >> >> Boxes with text labels >> Connectors >> Everything aligns on the grid! >> Export to vector format >> Some text on lines (some math would be nice) >> > > If you don't need a GUI interface, TiKZ does those accurately and, > once you

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Neal Becker gmail.com> writes: > > Boxes with text labels > Connectors > Everything aligns on the grid! > Export to vector format > Some text on lines (some math would be nice) > If you don't need a GUI interface, TiKZ does those accurately and, once you learn the node syntax, easily. Paul

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Neal Becker
William R. Buckley wrote: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make drawn images suitable for use with TeX.

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-18 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 18/07/2012 5:06 a.m., William R. Buckley wrote: Thank you all for the list of tools. As my need was urgent, I tried IPE, and it works well, though is a bit clunky. Will try the others, and return a quick sense of utility for each. wrb There is nothing like an enquiry about graphics tools

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:26:37 +0200, Pavel Sanda said: > Steve Litt wrote: > > You've convinced me that, whenever humanly possible, I'll use .svg > > graphics with LyX. > > The bad news is that there are cases when the conversion > svg->pdf(/eps) doesn't work well and you are dependent on external

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Pavel Sanda
Steve Litt wrote: > You've convinced me that, whenever humanly possible, I'll use .svg > graphics with LyX. The bad news is that there are cases when the conversion svg->pdf(/eps) doesn't work well and you are dependent on external tools (either inkscape or rsvg-convert) which can change any momen

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:53:53 +, Scott Kostyshak said: > From: Steve Litt [sl...@troubleshooters.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:23 PM > > >I'd **LOVE** for LyX to use SVG images as vector graphics. SVG images > >are standard, and very small byteswize, and they're the native format > >of

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
I limited my suggestions to drawing programs. For plotting like Grace, we have a lot of choices. I now only use R-Project with ggplot2 for plotting data and Sage for plotting functions (and other mathematical computations), but I was a Maple user. 2012/7/17 Les Denham > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08

RE: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Scott Kostyshak
From: Steve Litt [sl...@troubleshooters.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 1:23 PM >I'd **LOVE** for LyX to use SVG images as vector graphics. SVG images >are standard, and very small byteswize, and they're the native format >of Inkscape. If anyone knows a way to get LyX to use SVG images as >vecto

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Les Denham
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:44:55 -0700 "William R. Buckley" wrote: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Of Liviu Andronic > > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:03 AM > > To: Wolfgang Keller > > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > > Subject: Re: Graphics Tools > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Wolfgang Keller > > wrote: > > > Wikipedia is very helpf

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:35:55 + (UTC), Guenter Milde said: > On 2012-07-16, Steve Litt wrote: > > > I use dia for diagrams (kind of what Windows guys use Visio for), > > Inkscape for vector drawing, and Gimp for raster drawing. > > > dia exports to .png, which can import directly into LyX. >

RE: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread William R. Buckley
t; Behalf Of Liviu Andronic > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:03 AM > To: Wolfgang Keller > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: Graphics Tools > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Wolfgang Keller > wrote: > > Wikipedia is very helpful when searching for (espec

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > Wikipedia is very helpful when searching for (especially > free open-source-)software. > I like alternativeTo for this. :) Liviu

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> Can you please make a few suggestions. Depends on what you need. Some that haven't been mentioned yet: - yEd www.yworks.com - sK1 sk1project.org - Xara www.xaraxtreme.org - On MacOS X: Omnigraffle, of course Wikipedia is very helpful when searching for (especially free open-source-)software.

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-17 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2012-07-16, Steve Litt wrote: > I use dia for diagrams (kind of what Windows guys use Visio for), > Inkscape for vector drawing, and Gimp for raster drawing. > dia exports to .png, which can import directly into LyX. However, this means exporting a vector drawing to a raster bitmap. Dia can

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
our LyX file. > > > > > > From: Ray Rashif > To: w...@wrbuckley.com > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:16 PM > Subject: Re: Graphics Tools > > On 16 July 2012 23:44, William R. Buckley wrote: > > Working with TeX is a bit of a challen

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Phil
Try LatexDraw Make your drawings with LatexDraw and capture the pstricks code from that.  Insert in your LyX file. From: Ray Rashif To: w...@wrbuckley.com Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Graphics Tools On 16

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
me more competence in TeX, I will return to using LyX. > > Thanks. > > wrb > > > -Original Message- > > From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On > > Behalf Of Steve Litt > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:48 AM > > To: l

RE: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread William R. Buckley
. Thanks. wrb > -Original Message- > From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Litt > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:48 AM > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Cc: w...@wrbuckley.com > Subject: Re: Graphics Tools > > On Mon,

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:44:55 -0700, William R. Buckley said: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make dra

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Ray Rashif
On 16 July 2012 23:44, William R. Buckley wrote: > Working with TeX is a bit of a challenge, since it seems not to > include much support for abstract drawing. I have need for figures > to appear in a paper, and am not familiar with the toolset usually > employed for use to make drawn images suit

Re: Graphics Tools

2012-07-16 Thread Murat Yildizoglu
Hello, My preferred solutions are: For a graphical interface based solution: - Ipe can export to EPS and PDF - http://*ipe*7.sourceforge.net/ (possible to install it in different OSs) Ipe has a somewhat strange interface, but it is very powerfil, when you grok it. - JpicEdt can export to PSTR