Re: Query: Easy \picture drawing in LaTeX

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From: Micah Beck
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1989 14:26

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In article <KERCE.89Dec1223207@nu.cs.fsu.edu> kerce@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Kingsley F. Kerce) writes:

>Is it feasible to produce pictures with an on-screen graphics-based
>drawing tool and convert the result to LaTeX (or TeX) commands?  Has
>this been done?

Yes.  I'd suggest you look into the Fig graphics editor and the TransFig
backend which translates into LaTeX-compatible forms.

TransFig is avialable via anonymous FTP from svax.cs.cornell.edu
in ~ftp/pub/fig/transfig.tar.Z, or by mail from the archive server
at sun.soe.clarkson.edu.

Micah Beck
Cornell CS

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