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News / Re: Version 6.0 final has been released
« on: August 03, 2015, 11:59:45 PM »
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News / Re: Version 6.0 beta 2 has been released
« on: June 29, 2015, 12:31:02 AM »
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Feature Requests / Re: fill patterns
« on: April 20, 2015, 12:07:32 AM »I would find it really convenient if, when drawing closed lines, one had an option, that only the fill pattern gets drawn, but that the "empty space" of the fill pattern shows "what is below".
For example, it would be helpful if one cross out something drawn with the diagonal fill pattern.
I also wish winfig was better at remembering which way I exported a file. For instance, I usually use pstex, but winfig always forgets what magnification I used.
Having said that, winfig is really a great tool. I have used it for an endless number of lecture notes.
I would really like to implement better color modes. The problem is that the FIG file formats doesn't support it. I would have to move away from that "standard" and lose interoperability with Xfig. However, perhaps it's time to follow that path.
The other thing about remembering export settings is easier to implement. WinFIG forgets the settings at each restart, but does it also forget it between each export action?
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Bug Reports / Re: flag special vs latex
« on: April 20, 2015, 12:03:52 AM »
The "latex" button is the former "special" button. I renamed it to make it more obvious in what situations it is useful. It should still work the same way, but I will look at it again.
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General Discussion / Re: Grid doesn't show
« on: April 20, 2015, 12:02:09 AM »
Perhaps the grid color is set to white?
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WinFIG on Mac OS / Re: fig2dev ... failed with error code 0
« on: April 20, 2015, 12:00:34 AM »
You can now add search paths in the program settings. You could try finding the installation paths of the GhostScript and LaTeX binaries and add that to the settings.
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Bug Reports / Re: View range excludes the diagram
« on: November 15, 2014, 02:01:15 AM »
The range of the scroll bars is according to the paper size. Try choosing a bigger paper size (A3, A2, A1, A0).
Sorry for deleting or banning you. The forum was flooded with spam and I made some bulk deletes actions and also blocked some domains plus some anti-spam heuristics which may not always work very precise. But 20 spam posts a day was causing too much maintenance.
Sorry for deleting or banning you. The forum was flooded with spam and I made some bulk deletes actions and also blocked some domains plus some anti-spam heuristics which may not always work very precise. But 20 spam posts a day was causing too much maintenance.
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General Discussion / Re: Failed to run WinFIG 5.04 under Ubuntu 14.04
« on: October 15, 2014, 08:39:21 PM »
I uploaded the setup files a 64bit for Linux. You find it on the WinFIG download page.
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News / Linux 64bit build of version 5.0.4 has been published
« on: October 15, 2014, 08:23:32 PM »
I uploaded the setup files a 64bit for Linux. You find it on the WinFIG download page.
I also have set up a poll to find out whether the 32bit version is still required, because it means a considerable amount of additional work for me.
I also have set up a poll to find out whether the 32bit version is still required, because it means a considerable amount of additional work for me.
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Polls / The 32bit build of the Linux version.
« on: October 15, 2014, 08:20:39 PM »
This poll is about the 32bit build of the Linux version to find out whether the 32bit version is still required, because it means a considerable amount of additional work for me.
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General Discussion / Re: Failed to run WinFIG 5.04 under Ubuntu 14.04
« on: September 22, 2014, 04:53:57 PM »
Sorry for the late reply. Any version > 5.0 should work. You could use lld to check the dependencies of the WinFIG binary.
I compile and test on a current Ubuntu.
I compile and test on a current Ubuntu.
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News / Re: Version 5.0.4 has been released
« on: August 07, 2014, 11:39:02 PM »
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WinFIG and LaTeX / Re: Unicode support
« on: February 24, 2014, 12:29:52 AM »Can I ask for the unicode supported feature.
The next version will be able to read and write UTF-8 files, but that's not enough. I still have to find a solution for fig2dev, because it's not enough that WinFIG supports UTF-8. It also must be able to export LaTeX/PS and al the other formats using UTF-8 encoding, which is possible but a lot of work. But what happens after exporting to PostScript? Not much, because PostScript does not easily support UTF-8. You will need PostScript fonts with glyphs for unicode characters. I don't have any.
You could create one following these instructions.
But it would be better to have versions of the PS fonts with unicode glyphs. Without that, unicode support will not really bring a benefit.
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WinFIG and LaTeX / Re: pb with miktex 2.9 ?
« on: February 21, 2014, 03:48:23 PM »
WinFIG uses the following templates:
First it wraps the content of a tex object with the LaTeX envelope (see Preferences-> TeX view) and writes that to a file named texclip.tex.
Then it converts the texxclip.tex to texclip.dvi:
Then it converts texclip.dvi to texclip.eps:
Then it calls GhostScript to convert the EPS to PNG, which is then loaded into WinFIG and used for rendering the text object.
You could try to run the latex commands from the command line. Put some file named foo.tex into C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp
Then run:
Then run:
If that works, it should work in WinFIG too, unless WinFIG is run with less permissions than the current user. If it doesn't work, try changing the variable TEMPDIR in the preferences dialog to some real path.
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latex -quiet -output-directory TEMPDIR -job-name OUTFILE TEMPDIR/INFILE
dvips -quiet -E* -o TEMPDIR/OUTFILE TEMPDIR/INFILEFirst it wraps the content of a tex object with the LaTeX envelope (see Preferences-> TeX view) and writes that to a file named texclip.tex.
Then it converts the texxclip.tex to texclip.dvi:
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latex -quiet -output-directory TEMPDIR -job-name OUTFILE TEMPDIR/INFILEThen it converts texclip.dvi to texclip.eps:
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dvips -quiet -E* -o TEMPDIR/OUTFILE TEMPDIR/INFILEThen it calls GhostScript to convert the EPS to PNG, which is then loaded into WinFIG and used for rendering the text object.
You could try to run the latex commands from the command line. Put some file named foo.tex into C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp
Then run:
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latex -quiet -output-directory C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp -job-name foo.dvi C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp/foo.texThen run:
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dvips -quiet -E* -o C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp/foo.eps C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp/foo.dviIf that works, it should work in WinFIG too, unless WinFIG is run with less permissions than the current user. If it doesn't work, try changing the variable TEMPDIR in the preferences dialog to some real path.
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WinFIG and LaTeX / Re: pb with miktex 2.9 ?
« on: February 19, 2014, 02:05:04 PM »
There is something wrong with permissions. The latex tools cannot write to C:/Users/SKYNET~1/AppData/Local/Temp
This is the temp directory of the current user (Skynet) and should be writable for the user Skynet.
This is the temp directory of the current user (Skynet) and should be writable for the user Skynet.