Hi,
I'd like topoint out an often overlooked tool, graphviz (dot):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz
It's included in SL:
graphviz.x86_64
It is specifically for generating figures from graphs (lattices) specified
in a very simple language (dot).
It's not a general purpose tool, but it can save a lot of time if you find
yourself generating a lot of figures involving graphs/lattices.
Cheers,
Ron
PS - Someone mentioned using make for documents. I use make/git for my
documents as well. It's nice to be able to edit a dot file, type "make",
and have the graphics as well as the document rebuilt. Keeping documents
in a git repository with all of the history is incredibly useful.
--
Goodhart's Law: A metric used to regulate an activity ceases to be a useful
metric.
On Thu, 6 Apr 2017, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 07:57:31 +0100
From: Andrew C Aitchison <and...@aitchison.me.uk>
To: kei...@keithl.com
Cc: scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov
Subject: Re: Book/Paper technical illustrations - inkscape?
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
I am considering Inkscape as a technical illustration
tool for latex documents (papers and book chapters).
Suggestions for better tools?
Inkscape would be my first choice, but I'd also consider
xfig (included in SL6; for SL7 you may need to get it from epel)
dia www.gnome.org/projects/dia
Zirkel / CaR (Compass and ruler)
http://car.rene-grothmann.de/
One interesting feature of dia is that it can be used
to generate sql schema.
--
Andrew C Aitchison Cambridge, UK
