multiplatform vector drawing program to use

Dear lyxers I am starting a document project with a colleague using lyx. The goal is to obtain a big document of a technical course. My colleague uses the windows version of lyx and I use the linux version. At this initial stage we can easily share simple documents. Now we are concerned with the

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Oscar Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear lyxers > > I am starting a document project with a colleague using lyx. The goal is to > obtain a big document of a technical course. My colleague uses the windows > version of lyx and I use the linux version. At this

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008, Oscar Lopez wrote: > > My colleague uses the windows version of lyx and I use the linux > version. I am quite satisfied with the current support of xfig at lyx > using external material. However, as far as I know, xfig only runs at linux > machines... Xfig runs fine und

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

> Of course, there are also other vector drawing programs (besides > Xfig), so > what is outlined here is not the only option you have. If only Linux and Windows are required, I'd recommend Inkscape. It is much more polished and user friendly than Xfig whose UI is a bit daunting. Regards, Walt

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On 07.04.2008, at 18:51, Walter H. van Holst wrote: Of course, there are also other vector drawing programs (besides Xfig), so what is outlined here is not the only option you have. If only Linux and Windows are required, I'd recommend Inkscape. It is much more polished and user friendly tha

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Daniel Lohmann wrote: I would recommend OpenOffice Draw. It is one of the few programs that are multi-platform and that provide excellent export to the UNIX world (saying: EPS) as well as to the Windows world (saying: WMF). We have been using it for cross Windows/Linux projec

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Monday 07 April 2008 10:54, Oscar Lopez wrote: > Dear lyxers > > I am starting a document project with a colleague using lyx. The goal is to > obtain a big document of a technical course. My colleague uses the windows > version of lyx and I use the linux version. At this initial stage we can > e

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On 7.04.08, Steve Litt wrote: > On Monday 07 April 2008 10:54, Oscar Lopez wrote: > > ... My colleague uses the windows > > version of lyx and I use the linux version. ... > > Now we are concerned with the use of a common vector drawing program > > that can be used at both platforms. > Try in

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

Inkscape works very well on Windows ( at least on my XP system ...) I also use a java implementation of xfig : jfig see http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/ Siegfried.

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, G. Milde wrote: Ipe is a Qt based vector drawing app that uses LaTeX for text. When I started looking at vector graphics applications for linux I stopped counting at 17. I tried ipe; it's nice but didn't make my final cut. You might consid

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

Alan G Isaac wrote: On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: I strongly recommend PSTricks. Don't forget about tikz, which is more than enough for most users but it more portable. (E.g., it can be used with pdftex.) I'll second this. My graphics use is pretty much limited to net

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

net/site/index.php?language=en jPicEdt and http://latexdraw.sourceforge.net/ LaTeXDraw , which are way better for integration in LaTeX (e.g. fonts) but I do not know about their vector graphics capabilities. Maksi -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/multiplatform-vector-draw

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

EMAIL PROTECTED] / - Original Message From: Oscar Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 8:54:04 AM Subject: multiplatform vector drawing program to use Dear lyxers I am starting a document project with a colleague using lyx.

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Tuesday 08 April 2008 09:33, Rich Shepard wrote: > I strongly recommend PSTricks. Herbert's two > chapters in the second edition of The LaTeX Graphics Companion provide all > the knowledge one needs to start. Is there a SVG to PSTricks converter? Can you imagine how cool that would be?! SteveT

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Alan G Isaac wrote: On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: > I strongly recommend PSTricks. Don't forget about tikz, which is more than enough for most users but it more portable. (E.g., it can be used with pdftex.) I created a wiki

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

Steve Litt wrote: Is there a SVG to PSTricks converter? Can you imagine how cool that would be?! Seems to me I saw somewhere that Inkscape can read SVG (is that its native format?) and export to PSTricks. /Paul

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

Oscar Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thank you very much for your contributions to this thread I would like to give a brief summary of what I have been able to learn I gave a try to inkscape however it seems that the render of latex formula is broken at linux at version 0.45. Last stable vers

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On 8.04.08, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: >> Is there a SVG to PSTricks converter? Can you imagine how cool that would >> be?! > Seems to me I saw somewhere that Inkscape can read SVG (is that its > native format?) It is. > and export to PSTricks. However, AFAIK, it converts

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Wednesday 09 April 2008 11:25:48 G. Milde wrote: > However, AFAIK, it converts text to paths in the process so it will show in > the PS (or PDF) output exactly as in the SVG. You can switch that option off. Read http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/UseInkscapeSVGImages For details

Re: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On 11.04.08, Urtzi Jauregi wrote: > On Wednesday 09 April 2008 11:25:48 G. Milde wrote: > > However, AFAIK, it converts text to paths in the process so it will show in > > the PS (or PDF) output exactly as in the SVG. > You can switch that option off. Read > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Us

Re[2]: multiplatform vector drawing program to use

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Rich Shepard apparently wrote: > I strongly recommend PSTricks. Don't forget about tikz, which is more than enough for most users but it more portable. (E.g., it can be used with pdftex.) Cheers, Alan Isaac