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Article #604Re: xfig, and Supoj Sutanthavibul
From: Daniel P. Faigin
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:13
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:13
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On 11 Nov 92 14:09:32, sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com (Stephen M Jameson) said: > I am using the xfig package, and have the following questions: > 1. Does anybody know how to get in touch with Supoj Sutanthavibul? I > have his name, and assume from the header to the xfig programs that he is at > MIT, but don't know where to go from there. According to the current documentation, Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) is the current person responsible. You might want to contact him instead. > 2. Does anybody know how to resolve object overlapping in xfig? We are > unable to figure out how xfig decides which object will be "on top" when two > objects overlap, and it would be nice to know the rule so that we can get > the right one to come out on top. The easiest way to do this is to assign each object a depth (use the edit object, if nothing else, to do this). The larger the value, the deeper it is (e.g., 0 is the top). -- [W]:The Aerospace Corp. M1/055 * POB 92957 * LA, CA 90009-2957 * 310/336-8228 [Email]:faigin@aerospace.aero.org [Vmail]:310/336-5454 Box#13149 "And as they say, the rest is compost"
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