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xfig

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xfig is an drawing program which stores images in its own format (fig) which can be converted to most commonly used image and vector formats:

start xfig to design figures for use in tex:
```
xfig \\
    -nosplash \\
    -metric \\
    -paper_size a5 \\
    -portrait \\
    -zoom 2.25 \\
    -latexfonts \\
    -exportLanguage eps
```
the standard tex page layout (read about changing the page margins) leaves the author approximately with the width of an a5 page for his content.

expressing the above command using xfree resources:

Fig.splash: false
Fig.inches: false
Fig.paper_size: A5
Fig.landscape: false
Fig.zoom: 2.25
Fig.latexfonts: true
Fig.exportLanguage: eps

converting fig files:

fig2dev -L {eps|jpeg|latexpdf|png|tiff} [infile [outfile]]

example:

% file based
fig2dev -L eps <file>.fig <file>.eps

% stream based
cat <file>.fig | fig2dev -L eps > <file>.eps

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