Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It's interessant to know that, even in windows, if you choose a > PostScript printer (you don't need to have a real one, only the driver > for it !) and print to a file, you can take advantage of the resulting > file. It's a way that I use with "autocratic closed programs" which Offtopic, but I'd like to comment a bit this. Windows default postscript driver seems not to be too good. It might be better to download another postscript driver from Adobe. Also, windows drivers produce some rubbish in top of (and possibly bottom) of the postscript file that should be deleted manually.
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:31:08AM +0200, Rosen wrote: > When I need vector grafic, that will be afterwards > put in LyX document, I use StarDraw, part of the > Star Office package. It exports graphics to .ps > without problems, and is good (for me). > The "bad" news is that StarOffice (and also > www.openoffice.org )are _packages_ about > 50 MB before instalation. xfig works fine for me, also there is "dia" which is great. -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc.| Laura Isabella Sylvan | Katherine Yelena http://www.successlinks.com/kayvan | Reach your goals now! | Robin Gregory
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. Have a go with figurine. (search on http://sourceforge.net/ for "figurine") it's not perfect but you may find it useful ... john -- "Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense." - e.e. cummings
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:52:50 -0500 (EST) Gerald Cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might try the Canvas 7 beta at www.deneba.com > It's a WINE-based port of their Mac/Win program & it works > remarkably well under Linux. Quite usable on a > 400 MHz P II laptop. Canvas is a full featured combination of > Photoshop/Illustrator capabilities, smoothly integrating vector & > bitmapped graphics in one inexpensive package (the Linux beta is free) > Unfortunately, it suffers from the lack of 3rd party books to > illustrate its power. I tried this link yesterday but there is no longer a linux port to be seen. Trying "linux" in the provided search facility failed and even the ftp-server did not have a canvas for linux. I suppose they withdraw it when going from 7 beta to 7. (Correct me if I am wrong) Guenter -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Dear Lyx Users, Fristly thanks to all of you who took the time a and trouble, firstly to read to read my e-mail, and then to send me so many very helpful suggestions. Arnim Littek wrote: On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:31:37 +1000, "James Sinnamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for inclusion in a LyX document. > Dia Crashes and unable to reload *.dia file (still > at ver 0.86) Hmm. You might have a system problem. I have been reliably using eps files from dia in my LyX manuscripts for, umm, quite a long time. Before V1.1.4... Thanks for your trouble. Possibly the libraries which come with Mandrake Linux ver 7.2 are shaky. I didn't have a great deal of luck, before that, either with RedHat ver 6.2. At some piiny in the near future, I will try to see if there is anything to be gained by using another Linux distribution: Debian, SUSE, Slackware ? I am still not using the V1.1.6pre? series, though. I am using ver 1.1.5pre1, but my current problem does not lie there. Thanks again. regards, James -- James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350
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Le jeu 4 jan, Andre Juffer m'a écrit: > Hi James, > > you could use ImageMagick to convert your image file in any format to > any other format including eps. That means that you can run your > favourite package for generating your image files, save it a format for > which the package doesn't crash and convert it to eps with ImageMagick. It' right, but this way will James probably get a bitmapped image, and, even converted to eps-format, it will remains a bitmapped image (in fact, "wrapped" in PostScript language) , whereas he surely wants a vectorized image, which is scalable, not "crude", and more compact. Every programs which is able to print on a linux system can virtually produce postscript - in most of cases, there is an option "Print to file", in the worst of case, you can disconnect your printer and print, the resulting postscript file will be in the spooler ! So a ps file can be converted with ps2epsi (coming with ghostscript package) which will evaluate a correct bounding box on basis of the greatest dimensions of the objects in the ps file, and crop the superfluous white surrounding spaces. Some drawing programs give the option to print "only the selected objects" ; in this case, there is a chance that you will receive directly a correct bounding box. It's interessant to know that, even in windows, if you choose a PostScript printer (you don't need to have a real one, only the driver for it !) and print to a file, you can take advantage of the resulting file. It's a way that I use with "autocratic closed programs" which don't permit to export data's ... According with others responses, I find tgif very handy. Cheers -- Gauthier Vandemoortele [EMAIL PROTECTED] N'oubliez pas de cocher dans votre agenda : 21 et 22 avril 2001 -Palais des Expositions - Namur LE PREMIER SALON DE L'EAU A LA MAISON organisé par les Amis de la Terre-Belgique http://www.ful.ac.be/hotes/amisterre
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I use tgif all the time and it works very well. http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/tgif/ -- Bruce Veidt National Research Council [EMAIL PROTECTED] Box 248 (250)493-2277 Penticton, BC V2A 6K3 fax: 493-7767 Canada
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. > I use sketch. It rocks. I normally use the postscript printer driver to export a ps snapshot, then include that in the LyX doc as a figure ps. This works fine. If you really need eps, you can convert from ps using ps2epsi, convert or somesuch. Matt E is for Emily, whom snakes sprayed with venom F is for Fiona, who prayed in Gehennom... -- in rec.games.roguelike.nethack
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El Jueves 04 Enero 2001 16:00, escribiste: > James Sinnamon wrote: > > Dear LyX users, > > > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as > > eps files for > > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to > > use xfig, but it seems > > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. > > this depends to your drawing. i prefer the latex-package pstricks > for drawings which need only a "few" commands. > > Herbert There's also XYpic, very suitable for knots and the like. I've seen a book soon to be published by Miguel Carrión & John Baez, and the graphics are pretty. -- Álvaro Tejero Cantero
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James Sinnamon wrote: > > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. this depends to your drawing. i prefer the latex-package pstricks for drawings which need only a "few" commands. Herbert -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://perce.de/lyx/
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You might try the Canvas 7 beta at www.deneba.com It's a WINE-based port of their Mac/Win program & it works remarkably well under Linux. Quite usable on a 400 MHz P II laptop. Canvas is a full featured combination of Photoshop/Illustrator capabilities, smoothly integrating vector & bitmapped graphics in one inexpensive package (the Linux beta is free) Unfortunately, it suffers from the lack of 3rd party books to illustrate its power. --- Gerald Cecil [EMAIL PROTECTED] 919-962-7209 Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. > > > These are the other packages I have tried: > > Package Problem > > KillustratorCrashes when I try to export as eps > Dia Crashes and unable to reload *.dia file (still > at ver 0.86) > Sketch Can't export eps > > Regarding sketch, I am told that it will work if the eps, however eps > is not directly supported by the PIL (Python Image Library) upon > which sketch is built. > > Killustrator seems like the most straightforward and simple to use, but > > it has a number of acknowledged bugs, and little further work seems to > have been done with Killustrator since March 2000. > > How are eps files created? Filters to create eps files. > = > > I will probably perservere with Sketch or, maybe, even xfig. > Nevertheless, I would be interested to know how other LyX users > create Encapsualted Postscript Vector graphic images, to include in > LyX documents. > > Are there filter programs out there anywhere which can create eps > files? > > Why only eps? > > > Also, sorry to ask what is likely to be a FAQ, but why are Postscript > and Encapsulated Postscript the only graphics formats which can be > imported into a LyX document? > > Thanks for your attention. > > regards, > > James > > -- > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > > >
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
I have no problems exporting PostScript (.ps) with Sketch 0.6.8. The files can be used afterwards with LyX. My Sketch comes from a standard Debian Woody installation, FYI. Sketch is evolving towards being a very good program, :). -- Álvaro Tejero Cantero --- -- á
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
James Sinnamon wrote: > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. I like tgif. http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/tgif/ A.K.
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
Hi James, you could use ImageMagick to convert your image file in any format to any other format including eps. That means that you can run your favourite package for generating your image files, save it a format for which the package doesn't crash and convert it to eps with ImageMagick. If you are running Linux, ImageMagick is probably already installed on your machine (at least Slackware and Redhat come with it). Type `display' from the command line. Alternatively, you could use `convert' also from ImageMagick. Try 'man convert' and 'man display' to see how these programs work. Cheers, Andre. James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. > > > These are the other packages I have tried: > > Package Problem > > KillustratorCrashes when I try to export as eps > Dia Crashes and unable to reload *.dia file (still > at ver 0.86) > Sketch Can't export eps > > Regarding sketch, I am told that it will work if the eps, however eps > is not directly supported by the PIL (Python Image Library) upon > which sketch is built. > > Killustrator seems like the most straightforward and simple to use, but > it has a number of acknowledged bugs, and little further work seems to > have been done with Killustrator since March 2000. > > How are eps files created? Filters to create eps files. > = > > I will probably perservere with Sketch or, maybe, even xfig. > Nevertheless, I would be interested to know how other LyX users > create Encapsualted Postscript Vector graphic images, to include in > LyX documents. > > Are there filter programs out there anywhere which can create eps > files? > > Why only eps? > > > Also, sorry to ask what is likely to be a FAQ, but why are Postscript > and Encapsulated Postscript the only graphics formats which can be > imported into a LyX document? > > Thanks for your attention. > > regards, > > James > > -- > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > -- Andre H. Juffer | Phone: +358-8-553 1683 The Biocenter and| Fax: +358-8-553-1141 the Dep. of Biochemistry | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Oulu, Finland | WWW: http://www.biochem.oulu.fi/research.html
Re: Suitable vector graphics program?
Why don't you try xfig: see at www.xfig.org It's really easy to use and it can export to many many file types (including eps) Yann COLLETTE > Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > X-No-Archive: yes > List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 22:31:37 +1000 > From: James Sinnamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Suitable vector graphics program? > > Dear LyX users, > > I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing > program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps > files for > inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use > xfig, but it seems > very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. > > > These are the other packages I have tried: > > Package Problem > > KillustratorCrashes when I try to export as eps > Dia Crashes and unable to reload *.dia file (still > at ver 0.86) > Sketch Can't export eps > > Regarding sketch, I am told that it will work if the eps, however eps > is not directly supported by the PIL (Python Image Library) upon > which sketch is built. > > Killustrator seems like the most straightforward and simple to use, but > > it has a number of acknowledged bugs, and little further work seems to > have been done with Killustrator since March 2000. > > How are eps files created? Filters to create eps files. > = > > I will probably perservere with Sketch or, maybe, even xfig. > Nevertheless, I would be interested to know how other LyX users > create Encapsualted Postscript Vector graphic images, to include in > LyX documents. > > Are there filter programs out there anywhere which can create eps > files? > > Why only eps? > > > Also, sorry to ask what is likely to be a FAQ, but why are Postscript > and Encapsulated Postscript the only graphics formats which can be > imported into a LyX document? > > Thanks for your attention. > > regards, > > James > > -- > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > >
Suitable vector graphics program?
Dear LyX users, I feel as if I am at my wit's end trying to find a vector drwaing program which allow me to create drawings which I can export as eps files for inclusion in a LyX document. I may have no alternative, but to use xfig, but it seems very unwieldy and it seems to take me forever to draw anything. These are the other packages I have tried: Package Problem Killustrator Crashes when I try to export as eps Dia Crashes and unable to reload *.dia file (still at ver 0.86) Sketch Can't export eps Regarding sketch, I am told that it will work if the eps, however eps is not directly supported by the PIL (Python Image Library) upon which sketch is built. Killustrator seems like the most straightforward and simple to use, but it has a number of acknowledged bugs, and little further work seems to have been done with Killustrator since March 2000. How are eps files created? Filters to create eps files. = I will probably perservere with Sketch or, maybe, even xfig. Nevertheless, I would be interested to know how other LyX users create Encapsualted Postscript Vector graphic images, to include in LyX documents. Are there filter programs out there anywhere which can create eps files? Why only eps? Also, sorry to ask what is likely to be a FAQ, but why are Postscript and Encapsulated Postscript the only graphics formats which can be imported into a LyX document? Thanks for your attention. regards, James -- James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350
