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Hi all.

For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.

So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Rune

On 9 Nov 2004 01:56:38 -0800, [email protected] (Rune Allnor) wrote:

>Hi all.
>
>For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
>and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
>Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
>clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
>old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>
>So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
>under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.

How about ... xfig on Windows?

http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html

Regards,
Allan

Rune Allnor wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>
> So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.

Why not get a cheap PC and run Linux on it? You'll get a fully fledged
Unix implementation, xfig and it will probably be more that 10 times
faster than your old unix box.

Erik
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Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Rune Allnor wrote:
>
>>Hi all.
>>
>>For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
>>and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
>>Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
>>clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
>>old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>>
>>So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
>>under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>
>
> Why not get a cheap PC and run Linux on it? You'll get a fully fledged
> Unix implementation, xfig and it will probably be more that 10 times
> faster than your old unix box.
>
> Erik

And if your sysop won't let you install an OS on your PC, get a copy of Knoppix
- which is a Linux distribution bootable from CD.

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[email protected] (Rune Allnor) writes:

> Hi all.
>
> For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>
> So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Rune

Have you checked out cygwin? It may even have xfig bundled.
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Allan Herriman <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>. ..
> On 9 Nov 2004 01:56:38 -0800, [email protected] (Rune Allnor) wrote:
>
> >Hi all.
> >
> >For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> >and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> >Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> >clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> >old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
> >
> >So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> >under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>
> How about ... xfig on Windows?
>
> http://www.cs.usask.ca/grads/wew036/latex/xfig.html
>
> Regards,
> Allan

Close enough. Unfortunately, the free version is a limited thing.
You need to pay the guy some money to get the "real thing".

Rune

Jim Thomas <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > Rune Allnor wrote:
> >
> >>Hi all.
> >>
> >>For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> >>and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> >>Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> >>clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> >>old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
> >>
> >>So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> >>under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
> >
> >
> > Why not get a cheap PC and run Linux on it? You'll get a fully fledged
> > Unix implementation, xfig and it will probably be more that 10 times
> > faster than your old unix box.
> >
> > Erik
>
> And if your sysop won't let you install an OS on your PC, get a copy of Knoppix
> - which is a Linux distribution bootable from CD.

I don't want to upset my sysop too much, those guys have a high enough
stress level as is. I don't want to make too much a fuzz about things
either. Apparently, some of the OS restrictions are based on security
policies. The sysops don't want computers in their systems that don't
comply to certain standards. And, of course, I'm leaving this job in
six weeks or so, so it doesn't mean all that much to me after that.

Rune

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:11:53 -0800, Rune Allnor wrote:

> Jim Thomas <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> > Rune Allnor wrote:
>> >
>> >>Hi all.
>> >>
>> >>For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
>> >>and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
>> >>Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
>> >>clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
>> >>old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>> >>
>> >>So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
>> >>under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>> >
>> >
>> > Why not get a cheap PC and run Linux on it? You'll get a fully fledged
>> > Unix implementation, xfig and it will probably be more that 10 times
>> > faster than your old unix box.
>> >
>> > Erik
>>
>> And if your sysop won't let you install an OS on your PC, get a copy of Knoppix
>> - which is a Linux distribution bootable from CD.
>
> I don't want to upset my sysop too much, those guys have a high enough
> stress level as is. I don't want to make too much a fuzz about things
> either. Apparently, some of the OS restrictions are based on security
> policies. The sysops don't want computers in their systems that don't
> comply to certain standards. And, of course, I'm leaving this job in
> six weeks or so, so it doesn't mean all that much to me after that.

There's probably a version that builds under cygwin. Cygwin, with it's
own rootless X windows server is actually a pretty reasonable environment,
if you (a) have to use a Windows box and (b) can't install an actual Unix
on it.

Or you might be able to swing a Mac OS-X box? They're a pretty nice Unix
workstation, from most angles (and better than any from some other angles,
too, IMO.)

Cheers,

--
Andrew

On 2004-11-10 08:19:52 +0100, Andrew Reilly
<[email protected]> said:

> Or you might be able to swing a Mac OS-X box? They're a pretty nice Unix
> workstation, from most angles (and better than any from some other angles,
> too, IMO.)
>
> Cheers,

As someone involved in MacOS X software development I can second that! :-)
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http://www.dspdimension.com

[email protected] (Rune Allnor) writes:

> So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>

How about jfig[¹], Java based xfig "clone".

[¹] http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/

--
Sami

[email protected] (Rune Allnor) wrote in message news:<[email protected] com>...
> Hi all.
>
> For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>
> So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Rune

you can run Xfig under cygwin I think it's even part of the standard install


-Lasse

Rune Allnor wrote:
>
> For many years I've been using xfig under UNIX to draw quick sketches
> and diagrams that were too complicated to draw directly in LaTeX.
> Now my old and trusted UNIX box has done its duty, my sys op is very
> clear in that he is not at all happy with me insiting on keeping the
> old UNIX box up and running just to have access to xfig.
>
> So, do anybody know of something like xfig that works on the PC
> under windows? It should be freeware and it should be easy to use.

Use Dia. It can produce png, jpeg, EPS and many other output formats. It is
originally a Unix program but has been ported to Win32.

http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/

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Ramakrishnan