Thanks! Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?

2017-04-07 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration Thanks to Serguei, Andrew, and Ron (and responses arriving after those) confirming that Inkscape is worth investing effort in. I will also become more adept at "make".

Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?

2017-04-06 Thread Ron Tapia
+0100 From: Andrew C Aitchison <and...@aitchison.me.uk> To: kei...@keithl.com Cc: scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov Subject: Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape? On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration tool for

Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?

2017-04-06 Thread Andrew C Aitchison
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration tool for latex documents (papers and book chapters). Suggestions for better tools? Inkscape would be my first choice, but I'd also consider xfig(included in SL6; for SL7 you may need to get it

Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?

2017-04-05 Thread Serguei Mokhov
On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:05 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration > tool for latex documents (papers and book chapters). > Suggestions for better tools? > > I usually set up bash scripts (with lots of comments) > to automate the

Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?

2017-04-05 Thread Keith Lofstrom
I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration tool for latex documents (papers and book chapters). Suggestions for better tools? I usually set up bash scripts (with lots of comments) to automate the assembly of my documents, rather than use graphic environments like openoffice. I am NOT