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diff --git a/print/transfig/pkg-descr b/print/transfig/pkg-descr index d0d9047bc397..d9988a4eeb45 100644 --- a/print/transfig/pkg-descr +++ b/print/transfig/pkg-descr @@ -1,51 +1,7 @@ -General information: - TransFig is a set of tools for creating TeX documents with graphics which are portable, in the sense that they can be printed in a wide -variety of environments. - -The transfig directory contains the source for the transfig command -which generates a Makefile which translates Fig code to various graphics -description languages using the fig2dev program. In previous releases, -this command was implemented as a shell script. - -The fig2dev directory contains a general program for translating from -Fig code to other graphics desciption languages. The dev subdirectory -contains a library of output drivers used by fig2dev. - -Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges: -(E)EPIC macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PostScript, and TeXtyl. -Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers - -The doc directory contains man pages for fig2dev and for the transfig command. -The subdirectory doc/manual contains a manual for using TransFig to create -documents with portable graphics. The manual also contains a reference -guide describing Fig code in detail, and a description of TFX, an extension to -Fig code which is supported by the translators in this package. - -Micah Beck -Dept of Computer Science -Cornell University - -1 May 1990 ----------- -Version 2.0 note: The PostScript translation implemented by fig2dev -now supports both the TFX version of Fig code and the V2.0, the dialect -used by XFig Version 2.0. The other translations support only TFX. - -1 September 1990 ----------------- -Version 2.1 note: fig2dev now supports Fig code V2.1, which implements -the features of both TFX and V2.0. V2.1 has some options which are -implemented only in the PS output mode, most notably the use of PS font -names in specifying text objects. However, unlike V2.0, this feature -is optional in V2.1; TFX-style font specifiers are also supported and -can be translated in all output modes. TFX and V2.0 are still supported. - -******************************** -PROBLEMS and POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: -******************************** - -Solaris 2.x users: +variety of environments. This is version 3.0. -You must use the /usr/ucb/cc compiler because gethosename() is used. +Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges: (E)EPIC +macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PostScript, and +TeXtyl. Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers |