README for fig2mfpic 0.24 alpha version, Thu 16 June 1994. ---------------------------------------------------------- Author: Geoffrey Tobin. Email: G.Tobin@ee.latrobe.edu.au Address: Department of Electronic Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia. Purpose: fig2mfpic is a program for converting Fig 2.1 graphics language into an approximate equivalent in MFpic. MFpic is a set of TeX and METAFONT macros for drawings. Current version: fig2mfpic 0.24 alpha is designed for mfpic.tex version 0.2.5 (as at CTAN) and graphbase 0.2 fig 2a. The graphbase (0.1.13.1) of mfpic 0.2.5 does NOT work with fig2mfpic. Manifest: eight (8) files: 296 Jun 10 22:34 Makefile A make file for the "cc" C compiler. 2896 Jun 16 13:35 README This introductory file. 386 Jun 15 20:03 TODO What I'd like fig2mfpic to do, in future. 52714 Jun 16 13:30 fig2mfpic.c ANSI/traditional C source for fig2mfpic. 23444 Jun 16 13:33 graphbase.mf Modified graphbase.mf, version 0.2 fig 2a. 11511 Oct 12 1993 mfpic.tex mfpic.tex 0.2.5, from mfpic distribution. 2233 Jun 2 22:42 tidied.fig Sample Fig file, every major Fig object type. 2689 Jun 1 22:08 various.fig Like tidied.fig, plus unknown object types. Usage: After making fig2mfpic, if you type just the command `fig2mfpic', as: fig2mfpic then fig2mfpic will issue a usage summary to stderr, as follows: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% usage: fig2mfpic [infile] [... infile] [> outfile] [-?] Help request [-d] List input file, with line numbers [-code=] First character's code : not effective [-pen=] Default pen width (pt) [-u=] Output unit name [-xscale=] X unit (in output units) [-yscale=] Y unit (in output units) [-xneg=] Most negative X value (X units) [-xpos=] Most positive X value (X units) [-yneg=] Most negative Y value (Y units) [-ypos=] Most positive Y value (Y units) [-top=] Top of drawing (Y units) [-mf=] Output METAFONT file [-tex=] mfpic TeX drawing macros file [-log=] fig2mfpic log file If an "infile" is "-", then standard input is read. The mfpic TeX drawing file goes to standard output. Messages, such as this, go to standard error. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Typical use of fig2mfpic is exemplified by: fig2mfpic various.fig > various.tex Error messages are recorded in the log file, which is called `fig2mfpic.log' unless you give it another name by the -log= option. If there are no error messages, then the log file has a size of zero bytes (at least on unix). Impressions and advice are of course welcome. Best wishes! Geoffrey Tobin