[clue-tech] xfig: WAS Repository Software/Document synchronization

[Keith Hellman]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 10:28:53AM -0600, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Apr 8, 2005 6:37 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 8, 2005 2:48 PM, Keith Hellman <khellman at mcprogramming.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Once again, I mention the venerable xfig (http://www.xfig.org).  I have
> > > grown to appreciate the complex diagrams you an create with it, and it
> > > is much more reliable at generating exports from the commandline (using
> > > fig2dev) than dia.
> > >
> > > It has about 60 networking components in its icon library, it also
> > > doesn't require gnome or kde :^)
> > >
> > > The only forewarning is that it is worthwhile to actually *read* the
> > > user manual first.
> > >
> > 
> > Oooh, I always feel so lucky when there is actually an RHEL=CENTOS=FCn
> > rpm for a product that someone recommends!
> > 
> The one thing I haven't groked yet, is how to turn off object
> placement. Once you have selected an object (I opened the flowcharting
> gallery), xfig wants to keep creating identical new objects every time
> you click the mouse. Clicking mouse button two seems to stop this, but
> I don't know much more.

In the upper right hand corner there are three boxes representing the 
1st, 2nd, and 3rd mouse button.  Text by these boxes describe the
context sensitive operations of the respective mouse clicks.  When
adding library objects:
 1:  place object
 2:  new object
 3:  cancel library
So button three does what you need.

> Text seemed to be easy to insert, but when I printed the results are
> not what I see on the screen. Some of the two-line text items  are cut
> off with only a blip where the text would be expected; other objects
> with their multi-line text print just fine.
I've never seen this behaviour.  Check to see if the figure exports
correctly to something like svg or jpeg.  If it does, then it sounds
like a defect in the postscript translation...

-- 
Keith Hellman                             #include <disclaimer.h>
khellman at mcprogramming.com                from disclaimer import standard
public key @ www.mcprogramming.com

"One World, one Web, one Program." - Microsoft(R) promotional ad
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer." - Adolf Hitler
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
Url : http://cluedenver.org/pipermail/clue-tech/attachments/20050410/349fbff6/attachment.bin