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FIG2DEV(1)		    General Commands Manual		    FIG2DEV(1)

NAME
       fig2dev - translates Fig	code to	various	graphics languages

SYNOPSIS
       fig2dev -L language [ -m	mag ] [	-f font	] [ -s fsize ] [ other options
       ] [ fig-file [ out-file ] ]

DESCRIPTION
       Fig2dev translates fig code in the named	fig-file  into	the  specified
       graphics	 language and puts them	in out-file.  The default fig-file and
       out-file	are standard input and standard	output,	respectively

       Xfig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) is	a  screen-ori-
       ented tool which	runs under the X Window	System,	and allows the user to
       draw and	manipulate objects interactively.  This	version	of fig2dev  is
       compatible with xfig versions 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.

       Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to edit comments
       for each	Fig object.  These comments are	output	with  several  of  the
       output  languages,  such	 as  PostScript,  CGM,	EMF,  LaTeX, MetaFont,
       PicTeX, (as % comments),	tk (as # comments), and	pic (as	.\" comments).

GENERAL	OPTIONS	(all drivers)
       -L language
	      Set the output graphics language.	 Valid languages are box, cgm,
	      epic,  eepic, eepicemu, emf, eps,	gbx (Gerber beta driver), gif,
	      ibmgl, jpeg, latex, map (HTML  image  map),  mf  (MetaFont),  mp
	      (MetaPost),  mmp	(Multi-MetaPost),  pcx,	pdf, pdftex, pdftex_t,
	      pic,  pictex,  png,  ppm,	 ps,  pstex,  pstex_t,	pstricks,  ptk
	      (Perl/tk),  shape	 (LaTeX	shaped paragraphs), sld	(AutoCad slide
	      format), svg (beta driver), textyl, tiff,	tk (tcl/tk), tpic, xbm
	      and xpm.

	      Notes:
	      dvips  and  xdvi must be compiled	with the tpic support (-DTPIC)
	      for epic,	eepic and tpic to work.
	      You must have ghostscript	 and  ps2pdf,  which  comes  with  the
	      ghostscript  distribution	 to  get the pdf output	and the	bitmap
	      formats (png, jpeg, etc.), and the netpbm	(pbmplus)  package  to
	      get gif, xbm, xpm, and sld output.

       -h     Print  help  message  with  all options for all output languages
	      then exit.

       -V     Print the	program	version	number and exit.

       -D +/-rangelist
	      With +rangelist, keep only  those	 depths	 in  the  list.	  With
	      -rangelist, keep all depths except those in the list. The	range-
	      list may be a list of comma-separated numbers  or	 ranges	 sepa-
	      rated  by	 colon (:). For	example, -D +10,40,55:70,80 means keep
	      only layers 10, 40, 55 through 70, and 80.

       -K     The selection of the depths with the  '-D	 +/-rangelist'	option
	      does  normally  not  affect the calcualtion of the bounding box.
	      Thus the generated document might	have a	much  larger  bounding
	      box  than	necessary. If -K is given then the bounding box	is ad-
	      justed to	include	only those objects in the selected depths.

       -f font
	      Set the default font used	for text objects to font.  The default
	      is Roman;	the format of this option depends on the graphics lan-
	      guage in use.  In	TeX-based languages, the font is the  base  of
	      the  name	 given in lfonts.tex, for instance "cmr" for Roman, or
	      "tt" for teletype.  In PostScript, it is any font	name known  to
	      the printer or interpreter. For Gerber it	has no effect.

       -G minor[:major][:unit]
	      Draws  a grid on the page.  Specify thin,	or thin	and thick line
	      spacing in one of	several	 units.	  For  example,	 "-G  .25:1cm"
	      draws a thin, gray line every .25	cm and a thicker gray line ev-
	      ery 1 cm.	 Specifying "-G	1in" draws a thin line every  1	 inch.
	      Fractions	 may  be  used,	 e.g. "-G 1/16:1/2in" will draw	a thin
	      line every 1/16 inch (0.0625 inch) and a thick  line  every  1/2
	      inch.
	      Allowable	units are: i, in, inch,	f, ft, feet, c,	cm, mm,	and m.
	      Only  allowed  for  PostScript, EPS, PDF,	and bitmap (GIF, JPEG,
	      etc) drivers for now.

       -j     Enable the I18N internationalization facility.

       -m mag Set the magnification at which the figure	is  rendered  to  mag.
	      The  default is 1.0.  This may not be used with the maxdimension
	      option (-Z).

       -s size
	      Set the default font size	(in points) for	text objects to	fsize.
	      The  default is 11*mag, and thus is scaled by the	-m option.  If
	      there is no scaling, the default font is eleven point Roman."

       -Z maxdimension
	      Scale the	figure so that the maximum dimension (width or height)
	      is  maxdimension	inches	or cm, depending on whether the	figure
	      was saved	with imperial or metric	units.	This may not  be  used
	      with the magnification option (-m).

       other options
	      The  other  options  are specific	to the choice of graphics lan-
	      guage, as	described below.

CGM OPTIONS
       CGM is Computer Graphics	Metafile, developed by ISO and ANSI and	 is  a
       vector-based  plus  bitmap  language.   Microsoft  WORD,	PowerPoint and
       probably	other products can import this format and display  it  on  the
       screen,	something that they won't do with EPS files that have an ASCII
       preview.

       -b dummyarg
	      Generate binary output (dummy argument required after the	"-b").

       -r     Position arrowheads for CGM viewers that display rounded	arrow-
	      heads.  Normally,	arrowheads are pointed,	so fig2dev compensates
	      for this by moving the endpoint of the line back so the  tip  of
	      the  arrowhead ends where	the original endpoint of the line was.
	      If the -r	option is used,	the position of	 arrows	 will  NOT  be
	      corrected	 for  compensating  line  width	 effects,  because the
	      rounded arrowhead	doesn't	extend	beyond	the  endpoint  of  the
	      line.

EMF OPTIONS
       EMF  is Enhanced	Metafile, developed by Microsoft and is	a vector-based
       plus bitmap language.  Microsoft	WORD, PowerPoint  and  probably	 other
       products	can import this	format and display it on the screen, something
       that they won't do with EPS files that have an ASCII preview.

EPIC OPTIONS
       EPIC is an enhancement to LaTeX picture drawing	environment.   It  was
       developed  by  Sunil Podar of Department	of Computer Science in S.U.N.Y
       at Stony	Brook.

       EEPIC is	an extension to	EPIC and  LaTeX	 picture  drawing  environment
       which  uses  tpic  specials as a	graphics mechanism.  It	was written by
       Conrad Kwok of Division of Computer Science at University  of  Califor-
       nia, Davis.

       EEPIC-EMU  is  an  EEPIC	emulation package which	does not use tpic spe-
       cials.

       -A factor
	      Scale arrowheads by factor.  The width and height	of  arrowheads
	      is  divided by this factor.  This	is because EPIC	arrowheads are
	      normally about double the	size of	TeX arrowheads.

       -E num Set encoding for text translation	(0 = none, 1 = ISO-8859-1, 2 =
	      ISO-8859-2)

       -F     Don't  set  the font face, series, and style; only set it's size
	      and the baselineskip. By default,	fig2dev	sets all 5 font	param-
	      eters when it puts some text. The	disadvantage is	that you can't
	      set the font from	your LaTeX document. With this option on,  you
	      can set the font from your LaTeX document	(like "\sfshape	\input
	      picture.eepic").

	      If any of	the pictures included in your LaTeX document has  been
	      generated	with -F, then all pictures must	be generated with this
	      option.

	      This option can be used only when	fig2dev	was compiled with NFSS
	      defined.

       -l width
	      Use  "\thicklines"  when width of	the line is wider than lwidth.
	      The default is 2.

       -P     Generate a complete LaTeX	file. In other words, the output  file
	      can  be  formatted without requiring any changes.	The additional
	      text inserted in the beginning and at the	end  of	 the  file  is
	      controlled  by the configuration parameter "Preamble" and	"Post-
	      amble".

       -R     Allow rotated text. Rotated text will be set using the  \rotate-
	      box  command.   So, you will need	to include "\usepackage{graph-
	      ics}" in the preamble of your LaTeX document.

	      If this option is	not set, then rotated text will	be  set	 hori-
	      zontally.

       -S scale
	      Set  the scale to	which the figure is rendered.  This option au-
	      tomatically sets the magnification and size to scale  /  12  and
	      scale respectively.

       -t stretch
	      Set  the	stretch	factor of dashed lines to sretch.  The default
	      is 30.

       -v     Include comments in the output file.

       -W     Enable variable line width.  By default, only  two  line	widths
	      are available: The normal	line width (hinlines), and thick lines
	      (hicklines), if a	line width of more than	 one  is  selected  in
	      xfig.

       -w     Disable  variable	 line width. Only "\thicklines"	and/or "\thin-
	      lines" commands will be generated	in the output file.

	      When variable line width option is enabled, "\thinlines" command
	      is still used when line width is less than LineThick. One	poten-
	      tial problem is that the width of	"\thinlines" is	0.4pt but  the
	      resolution  of  Fig  is 1/80 inch	(approx. 1pt). If LineThick is
	      set to 2,	normal lines will be drawn in 0.4pt wide lines but the
	      next  line width is already 2pt. One possible solution is	to set
	      LineThick	to 1 and set the width of the those lines you want  to
	      be drawn in "\thinlines"	to 0.

	      Due  to  this problem, Variable line width VarWidth is defaulted
	      to be false.

IBM-GL (HP/GL) OPTIONS
       IBM-GL (IBM Graphics  Language)	is  compatible	with  HP-GL  (Hewlett-
       Packard Graphics	Language).

       -a     Select  ISO A4 (ANSI A) paper size if the	default	is ANSI	A (ISO
	      A4) paper	size.

       -c     Generate instructions for	an IBM 6180 Color Plotter with	(with-
	      out) an IBM Graphics Enhancement Cartridge (IBM-GEC).

       -d xll,yll,xur,yur
	      Restrict	plotting  to  a	 rectangular area of the plotter paper
	      which has	a lower	left hand corner  at  (xll,yll)	 and  a	 upper
	      right  hand corner at (xur,yur).	All four numbers are in	inches
	      and follow -d in a comma-sparated	list - xll,yll,xur,yur -  with
	      no spaces	between	them.

       -f file
	      Load  text  character specifications from	the table in the fonts
	      file.  The table must have 36 entries - one for each font	plus a
	      default.	Each entry consists of 5 numbers which specify the 1.)
	      standard character set (0	- 4, 6 - 9, 30 -  39),	2.)  alternate
	      character	set (0 - 4, 6 -	9, 30 -	39), 3.) character slant angle
	      (degrees), 4.) character width scale factor  and	5.)  character
	      height scale factor.

       -k     Precede output with PCL command to use HP/GL

       -l pattfile
	      Load  area  fill	line  patterns	from the table in the pattfile
	      file.  The table must have 21 entries - one for each of the area
	      fill  patterns.	Each entry consists of 5 numbers which specify
	      the 1.) pattern number (-1 - 6), 2.)  pattern  length  (inches),
	      3.)  fill	 type  (1 - 5),	4.) fill spacing (inches) and 5.) fill
	      angle (degrees).

       -m mag,x0,y0
	      The magnification	may appear as the first	 element  in  a	 comma
	      separated	 list -	mag,x0,y0 - where the second and third parame-
	      ters specify an offset in	inches.

       -P     Rotate the figure	to portrait mode.  The	default	 is  landscape
	      mode.

       -p penfile
	      Load  plotter  pen  specifications from the table	in the penfile
	      file.  The table must have 9 entries - one for each color	plus a
	      default.	Each entry consists of 2 numbers which specify the 1.)
	      pen number (1 - 8) and 2.) pen thickness (millimeters).

       -S speed
	      Set the pen speed	to speed (centimeters/second).

       -v     Plot the figure upside-down in portrait  mode  or	 backwards  in
	      landscape	 mode.	This allows you	to write on the	top surface of
	      overhead transparencies without disturbing the  plotter  ink  on
	      the bottom surface.

       Fig2dev	may  be	 installed  with either	ANSI A or ISO A4 default paper
       size.  The -a option selects the	alternate paper	 size.	 Fig2dev  does
       not  fill  closed splines.  The IBM-GEC is required to fill other poly-
       gons.  Fig2dev may be installed for plotters with or without  the  IBM-
       GEC.  The -c option selects the alternate instruction set.

OPTIONS	COMMON TO ALL BITMAP FORMATS
       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border	around figure of width borderwidth.

       -F     Use correct font sizes (points, 1/72 inch) instead of the	tradi-
	      tional size that xfig/fig2dev uses, which	is (1/80  inch).   The
	      corresponding xfig command-line option is	-correct_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color	for the	background.

       -N     Convert all colors to grayscale.

       -S smoothfactor
	      This  will  smooth  the output by	passing	smoothfactor to	ghost-
	      script in	the -dTextAlphaBits and	-dGraphicsAlphaBits options to
	      improve  font rendering and graphic smoothing.  A	value of 2 for
	      smoothfactor provides some smoothing and 4 provides more.

GIF OPTIONS
       -t color
	      Use color	for the	transparent color in the GIF file.  This  must
	      be  specified in the same	format that ppmmake(1) allows.	It may
	      allow an X11 color name, but at least you	may  use  a  six-digit
	      hexadecimal RGBvalue using the # sign, e.g. #ff0000 (Red).

JPEG OPTIONS
       -q image_quality
	      use  the integer value image_quality for the JPEG	"Quality" fac-
	      tor.  Valid values are 0-100, with the default being 75.

LATEX OPTIONS
       -d dmag
	      Set a separate magnification for the length of  line  dashes  to
	      dmag.

       -E num Set  encoding  for  latex	 text translation (0 no	translation, 1
	      ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

       -l lwidth
	      Sets the threshold between LaTeX thin and	thick lines to	lwidth
	      pixels.	LaTeX  supports	 only two different line width:	\thin-
	      lines and	\thicklines.  Lines of width greater than lwidth  pix-
	      els  are drawn as	\thicklines.  Also affects the size of dots in
	      dotted line style.  The default is 1.

       -v     Verbose mode.

       LaTeX cannot accurately represent all the graphics objects which	can be
       described  by  Fig.   For  example, the possible	slopes which lines may
       have are	limited.  Some objects,	such as	spline curves, cannot be drawn
       at  all.	 Fig2latex chooses the closest possible	line slope, and	prints
       error messages when objects cannot be drawn accurately

MAP (HTML image	map) OPTIONS
       Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to edit comments
       for  each  Fig object.  The fig2dev map output language will produce an
       HTML image map using Fig	objects	that  have  href="some_html_reference"
       in their	comments.  Any Fig object except compound objects may used for
       this.  Usually, besides generating the map file,	you would also	gener-
       ate a PNG file, which is	the image to which the map refers.

       For  example,  you may have an xfig drawing with	an imported image that
       has the comment href="go_here.html" and a box  object  with  a  comment
       href="go_away.html".  This will produce an image	map file such the user
       may click on the	image and the browser  will  load  the	"go_here.html"
       page,  or click on the box and the browser will load the	"go_away.html"
       page.

       After the map file is generated by fig2dev you will need	to edit	it  to
       fill out	any additional information it may need.

       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border	around figure of width borderwidth.

METAFONT OPTIONS
       fig2dev	scales the figure by 1/8 before	generating METAFONT code.  The
       magnification can be further changed with the -m	option	or  by	giving
       magnification options to	mf.

       In  order to process the	generated METAFONT code, the mfpic macros must
       be installed where mf can find them. The	mfpic macro package is	avail-
       able at any CTAN	cite under the subdirectory: graphics/mfpic

       -C code
	      specifies	the starting METAFONT font code. The default is	32.

       -n name
	      specifies	the name to use	in the output file.

       -p pen_magnification
	      specifies	 how  much the line width should be magnified compared
	      to the original figure. The default is 1.

       -t top specifies	the top	of the whole coordinate	system.	The default is
	      ypos.

       -x xmin
	      specifies	the minimum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 0.

       -y ymin
	      specifies	the minumum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 0.

       -X xmax
	      specifies	the maximum x coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 8.

       -Y ymax
	      specifies	the maximum y coordinate value of the figure (inches).
	      The default is 8.

METAPOST OPTIONS
       -i file
	      Include file content via \input-command.

       -I file
	      Include file content as additional header.

       -o     Old mode (no latex).

       -p number
	      Adds the line "prologues:=number"	to the output.

PIC OPTIONS
       -p ext Enables  the  use	 of  certain PIC extensions which are known to
	      work with	the groff package; compatibility with DWB PIC  is  un-
	      known.  The extensions enabled by	each option are:

	   arc	   Allow ARC_BOX i.e. use rounded corners
	   line	   Use the 'line_thickness' value
	   fill	   Allow ellipses to be	filled
	   all	   Use all of the above
	   psfont  Don't convert Postscript fonts generic type
		   (useful for files going to be Ditroff'ed for
		   and printed on PS printer). DWB-compatible.
	   allps   Use all of the above	(i.e. "all" + "psfont")

PICTEX OPTIONS
       In order	to include PiCTeX pictures into	a document, it is necessary to
       load the	PiCTeX macros.

       PiCTeX uses TeX integer register	arithmetic to generate curves, and  so
       it  is  very slow.  PiCTeX draws	curves by \put-ing the psymbol repeat-
       edly, and so requires a large amount of TeX's internal memory, and gen-
       erates  large DVI files.	 The size of TeX's memory limits the number of
       plot symbols in a picture.  As a	result,	it is best to  use  PiCTeX  to
       generate	small pictures.

       -E num Set  encoding  for  latex	 text translation (0 no	translation, 1
	      ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

GBX OPTIONS (Gerber, RS-247-X)
       Typically you will wish to set the y scale to -1.  See -g for more  in-
       formation.

       -d [mm|in]
	      Output  dimensions  should  be assumed to	be millimeters (mm) or
	      inches (in).  The	default	is millimeters.

       -p [pos|neg]
	      Select the image polarity.  For positive images lines  drawn  in
	      the  fig file will generate lines	of material.  For negative im-
	      ages lines drawn in the fig file will result  in	removed	 mate-
	      rial.   Consider	etching	 a  chrome on glass transmission mask.
	      Drawing lines in the fig file and	choosing 'neg' will result  in
	      these lines being	etched through the chrome, leaving transparent
	      lines.

       -g <x scale>x<y scale>+<x offset>+<y offset>
	      This controls the	geometry of the	output,	scaling	the dimensions
	      as shown and applying the	given offset.  Typically you will wish
	      to set the y scale to -1,	mirroring about	the x axis.   This  is
	      because  Gerber assumes the origin to be bottom left, while xfig
	      selects top left.

       -f <n digits>.<n	digits>
	      This controls the	number of digits of precision before and after
	      the  implied  decimal  point.   With -f 5.3 the following	number
	      12345678 corresponds to 12345.678.  Whereas with -f 3.5 it  cor-
	      responds	to  123.45678.	The default is for 3 places before the
	      decimal point and	5 after.  This corresponds, to a range of 0 to
	      1m in 10 micron increments.

       -i [on|off]
	      Controls	the  output of comments	describing the type of objects
	      being output.  The text appears as comments starting with	##  on
	      each line	in the output file.  By	default	this is	on.

POSTSCRIPT, ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (EPS), and PDF OPTIONS
       With PostScript,	xfig can be used to create multiple page figures Spec-
       ify the -M option to produce a multi-page output.  For posters, add  -O
       to overlap the pages slightly to	get around the problem of the unprint-
       able area in most printers, then	cut and	paste the pages	together.  Due
       to  memory  limitations	of  most laser printers, the figure should not
       have large imported images (bitmaps). Great for text with very big let-
       ters.

       The EPS driver has the following	differences from PostScript:
	   o  No  showpage  is generated because the output is meant to	be im-
	   ported into another program or document and not printed
	   o The landscape/portrait options are	ignored
	   o The centering option is ignored
	   o The multiple-page option is ignored
	   o The paper size option is ignored
	   o The x/y offset options are	ignored

       The EPS driver has the following	two special options:

       -B 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
	      This specifies that the bounding box of the EPS file should have
	      the  width Wx and	the height Wy.	Note that it doesn't scale the
	      figure to	this size, it merely sets  the	bounding  box.	 If  a
	      value  less  than	or equal to 0 is specified for Wx or Wy, these
	      are set to the width/height respectively of the  figure.	Origin
	      is relative to screen (0,0) (upper-left).	 Wx, Wy, X0 and	Y0 are
	      interpreted in centimeters or inches depending  on  the  measure
	      given  in	 the  fig-file.	  Remember to put either quotes	(") or
	      apostrophes (') to group the arguments to	-B.

       -R 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
	      Same as the -B option except that	X0 and Y0 is relative  to  the
	      lower  left corner of the	figure.	 Remember to put either	quotes
	      (") or apostrophes (') to	group the arguments to -R.

       The PDF driver uses all the PostScript options.

       Text can	now include various ISO-character codes	above 0x7f,  which  is
       useful  for  language  specific characters to be	printed	directly.  Not
       all ISO-characters are implemented.

       Color support: Colored objects created by Fig can be printed on a color
       postscript printer. There are 32	standard colors: black,	yellow,	white,
       gold, five shades of blue, four shades of green,	four shades  of	 cyan,
       four  shades  of	red, five shades of magenta, four shades of brown, and
       four shades of pink.  In	addition there may be user-defined  colors  in
       the file.  See the xfig FORMAT3.2 file for the definition of these col-
       ors.  On	a monochrome printer, colored objects will be mapped into dif-
       ferent grayscales by the	printer.  Filled objects are printed using the
       given area fill and color.  There are 21	"shades" going from  black  to
       full  saturation	of the fill color, and 21 more "tints" from full satu-
       ration +	1 to white.  In	 addition,  there  are	16  patterns  such  as
       bricks, diagonal	lines, crosshatch, etc.

       -A     Add an ASCII (EPSI) preview.

       -b borderwidth
	      Make blank border	around figure of width borderwidth.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -C dummy_arg
	      Add  a  color  *binary* TIFF preview for Microsoft products that
	      need a binary preview.  See also	-T  (monochrome	 preview).   A
	      dummy argument must be supplied for historical reasons.

       -c     option centers the figure	on the page.  The centering may	not be
	      accurate if there	are texts in the fig_file that extends too far
	      to the right of other objects.

       -e     option  puts  the	 figure	against	the edge (not centered)	of the
	      page.  Not availble in EPS.

       -F     Use correct font sizes (points) instead of the traditional  size
	      that  xfig/fig2dev  uses,	which is 1/80 inch.  The corresponding
	      xfig command-line	option is -correct_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color	for the	background.

       -l dummy_arg
	      Generate figure in landscape mode.  The dummy  argument  is  ig-
	      nored,  but  must	appear on the command line for reasons of com-
	      patibility.  This	option will override the orientation  specifi-
	      cation in	the file (for file versions 3.0	and higher).
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -M     Generate multiple	pages if figure	exceeds	paper size.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -N     Convert all colors to grayscale.

       -n name
	      Set  the	Title  part of the PostScript output to	name.  This is
	      useful when the input to fig2dev comes from standard input.

       -O     When used	with -M, overlaps the pages slightly to	get around the
	      problem of the unprintable area in most printers.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -p dummy_arg
	      Generate	figure	in  portrait  mode.  The dummy argument	is ig-
	      nored, but must appear on	the command line for reasons  of  com-
	      patibility.   This option	will override the orientation specifi-
	      cation in	the file (for file versions 3.0	and higher).  This  is
	      the default for Fig files	of version 2.1 or lower.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -T     Add  a  monochrome  *binary* TIFF	preview	for Microsoft products
	      that need	a binary preview.  See also -C (color preview).

       -x offset
	      shift the	figure in the X	direction by offset units (1/72	inch).
	      A	 negative  value  shifts the figure to the left	and a positive
	      value to the right.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -y offset
	      shift the	figure in the Y	direction by offset units (1/72	inch).
	      A	negative value shifts the figure up and	a positive value down.
	      Not availble in EPS.

       -z papersize
	      Sets the papersize.  Not availble	in EPS.
	      Available	paper sizes are:
		  "Letter" (8.5" x 11" also "A"),
		  "Legal" (11" x 14")
		  "Ledger" (11"	x 17"),
		  "Tabloid" (17" x 11",	really Ledger in Landscape mode),
		  "A" (8.5" x 11" also "Letter"),
		  "B" (11" x 17" also "Ledger"),
		  "C" (17" x 22"),
		  "D" (22" x 34"),
		  "E" (34" x 44"),
		  "A4" (21  cm x  29.7cm),
		  "A3" (29.7cm x  42  cm),
		  "A2" (42  cm x  59.4cm),
		  "A1" (59.4cm x  84.1cm),
		  "A0" (84.1cm x 118.9cm),
		  and "B5" (18.2cm x 25.7cm).

PSTEX OPTIONS
       The  pstex language is a	variant	of ps which suppresses formatted (spe-
       cial) text.  The	pstex_t	language has the  complementary	 behavior:  it
       generates only the LaTeX	special	text and the commands necessary	to po-
       sition special text, and	to overlay the PostScript file generated using
       pstex.	These  two drivers can be used to generate a figure which com-
       bines the flexibility of	PostScript graphics with LaTeX text formatting
       of special text.

       -F     Use  correct font	sizes (points) instead of the traditional size
	      that xfig/fig2dev	uses, which is 1/80 inch.   The	 corresponding
	      xfig command-line	option is -correct_font_size.

       -g color
	      Use color	for the	background.

       -n name
	      sets  the	 Title part of the PostScript output to	name.  This is
	      useful when the input to fig2dev comes from standard input.

PSTEX_T	OPTIONS
       The pstex_t language produces only the LaTeX special text and the  com-
       mands necessary to position special text, and to	overlay	the PostScript
       file generated using pstex.  (see above)

       -E num Set encoding for latex text translation  (0  no  translation,  1
	      ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)

       -F     Don't  set  the font face, series, and style; only set it's size
	      and the baselineskip. By default,	fig2dev	sets all 5 font	param-
	      eters when it puts some text. The	disadvantage is	that you can't
	      set the font from	your LaTeX document. With this option on,  you
	      can set the font from your LaTeX document	(like "\sfshape	\input
	      picture.eepic").

       -p file
	      specifies	the name of the	PostScript file	to  be	overlaid.   If
	      not set or its value is null then	no PS file will	be inserted.

PSTricks OPTIONS
       The  PSTricks  driver  provides full LaTeX text and math	formatting for
       XFig drawings without overlaying	separate outputs as in the PSTEX meth-
       ods.  The output	matches	the quality of output of the PostScript	driver
       except for text,	where the Latex	font selection mechanism  is  used  as
       for  other  fig2dev LaTeX drivers. In addition, text is rendered	black,
       although	font color-changing LaTex code can be embedded in the drawing.
       The  generated  PSTricks	 code  is  meant to be readable.  Each command
       stands alone, not relying on global option state	variables.   Thus  the
       user  can  easily use XFig to rough out a PSTricks drawing, then	finish
       by hand editing.

       To use the driver's output, give	the command "\usepackage{pstricks}" in
       your  document  preamble.   The	graphicx and pstricks-add packages may
       also be required.  The former is	used for bitmap	graphics and the  sec-
       ond  for	complex	line styles and/or hollow PSTricks arrows (with	the -R
       1 option).  The driver will tell	you which packages are needed.	In the
       document	 body,	include	 the  figure with "\input{pstfile}" where pst-
       file.tex	is the output file.  Use the XFig special flag	to  have  text
       passed as-is to LaTeX.  For non-special text, the same mechanism	as the
       LaTeX and epic driver mechanism is used to match	font specs,  but  this
       is imprecise.

       Known bugs and limitations.
	      PSTricks support for join	styles is version dependent. Raw post-
	      script is	inserted with "\pstVerb" for old versions  when	 other
	      than angle joins are needed.  The	-t option controls this	behav-
	      ior. PSTricks does not support rotated ellipses directly,	 so  a
	      rput  command  is	 emitted that rotates and locates a horizontal
	      ellipse.	This makes a problem with hatch	 patterns,  which  are
	      moved  and  rotated  along  with the ellipse.  Hatch rotation is
	      fixed by a counter-rotation, but the origin is not adjusted,  so
	      registration  with  adjacent  hatch  patterns will be incorrect.
	      Flipped bitmap graphics  use  an	undocumented  feature  of  the
	      graphicx	package: a negative height flips the image vertically.
	      This appears to work reliably.  However, you may	want  to  flip
	      graphics	with  another  program	before	including them in Xfig
	      drawings just to be sure.	 With the -p option,  the  driver  at-
	      tempts to	convert	non-EPS	pictures to EPS	with the TeX distribu-
	      tion's bmeps program, but	bmeps does not know  about  very  many
	      file formats including gif.

       -G dummy_arg
	      Draws  a standard	PSTricks grid in light gray, ignoring the size
	      parameters, numbered in PSTricks units.

       -l weight
	      Sets a line weight factor	that is	multiplied by the  actual  Fig
	      line width.  The default value 0.5 roughly matches the output of
	      the PS driver.

       -n 0|1|2|3
	      Sets environment type.  Default 0	creates	a \picture environment
	      with  bounding box exactly enclosing the picture (but see	-x and
	      -y ).  A 1 emits bare PSTricks commands with no  environment  at
	      all,  which can be used with \input{commands} inside an existing
	      \pspicture.  A 2 emits a complete	 LaTeX	document.   A  3  also
	      emits a complete LaTeX document but attempts to set the PSTricks
	      unit to fit a 7.5	by 10 inch (portrait aspect) box.

       -P     Shorthand	for -n 3
	       .

       -p dir Attempts to run the bmeps	program	to translate picture files  to
	      EPS,  which is required by PSTricks.  The	translated files go in
	      dir , which must already exist (the driver will not create  it).
	      Moreover,	(BIG CAVEAT HERE) the driver overwrites	files with im-
	      punity in	this directory!	 Don't put your	stuff here.   The  in-
	      cludegraphics  commands  in the output file refer	to this	direc-
	      tory.  Even if the -p option is not used,	 includegrpahics  com-
	      mands  follow this convention with the default directory ./eps .
	      In this case, the	user must do  the  conversions	independently.
	      The  bmeps  program is part of the standard TeX distribution. It
	      converts the following formats to	EPS: png jpg pnm tif.  You can
	      see the bmeps command with the -v	option.

       -R 0|1|2
	      Sets arrow style.	 With the default style	0, Fig arrows are con-
	      verted to	lines and polygons.  With style	1, the	Fig  arrowhead
	      dimensions  are  converted  to PSTricks arrowhead	dimensions and
	      PSTricks arrowhead options are emitted.  Hollow arrows will  re-
	      quire the	additional package pstricks-add
	       .  With style 2,	PSTricks arrowhead options are emitted with no
	      dimensions at all, and arrowhead size may	be controlled globally
	      with psset
	       .

       -S scale
	      Scales  the  image  according to the same	convention as the EPIC
	      driver, i.e., to size scale
	       /12.

       -t version
	      Provides the driver with PSTricks	version	number so  output  can
	      match expected LaTeX input.

       -v     Print  verbose  warnings	and extra comments in the output file.
	      Information provided includes  font  substitution	 details,  the
	      bmeps commands used for picture conversion, if any, and one com-
	      ment per Fig object in the output.

       -x marginsize
	      Adds marginsize on the left and right of the  PStricks  bounding
	      box.  By default,	the box	exactly	encloses the image.

       -y marginsize
	      Adds  marginsize	on the top and bottom of the PStricks bounding
	      box.  By default,	the box	exactly	encloses the image.

       -z 0|1|2
	      Sets font	handling option.  Default option 0 attempts  to	 honor
	      Fig font names and sizes,	finding	the best match with a standard
	      LaTeX font.  Option 1 sets LaTeX font size only.	Option	2  is-
	      sues no font commands at all.

TK and PTK OPTIONS (tcl/tk and Perl/tk)
       -l dummy_arg
	      Generate	figure	in  landscape mode.  The dummy argument	is ig-
	      nored, but must appear on	the command line for reasons  of  com-
	      patibility.   This option	will override the orientation specifi-
	      cation in	the file (for file versions 3.0	and higher).

       -p dummy_arg
	      Generate figure in portrait mode.	 The  dummy  argument  is  ig-
	      nored,  but  must	appear on the command line for reasons of com-
	      patibility.  This	option will override the orientation  specifi-
	      cation  in the file (for file versions 3.0 and higher).  This is
	      the default for Fig files	of version 2.1 or lower.

       -P     Generate canvas of full page size	instead	of using the  bounding
	      box  of  the  figure's  objects.	The default is to use only the
	      bounding box.

       -z papersize
	      Sets the papersize.  See the POSTSCRIPT  OPTIONS	for  available
	      paper  sizes.   This  is	only used when the -P option (use full
	      page) is used.

SEE ALSO
       [x]fig(1), pic(1) pic2fig(1), transfig(1)

BUGS and RESTRICTIONS
       Please send bug reports,	fixes, new features etc. to:
       xfig-bugs@epb1.lbl.gov (Brian V.	Smith)

       Arc-boxes are not supported for the tk output language, and only	X bit-
       map pictures are	supported because of the canvas	limitation in tk.

       Picture	objects	 are  not  scaled with the magnification factor	for tk
       output.

       Because tk scales canvas	items according	to the X  display  resolution,
       polygons,  lines, etc. may be scaled differently	than imported pictures
       (bitmaps) which aren't scaled at	all.

       Rotated text is only supported in the  IBM-GL  (HP/GL)  and  PostScript
       (including eps) languages.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1991 Micah	Beck
       Parts Copyright (c) 1985	Supoj Sutantavibul
       Parts Copyright (c) 1989-1999 Brian V. Smith

       Permission to use, copy,	modify,	distribute, and	sell this software and
       its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without  fee,  pro-
       vided  that  the	 above	copyright notice appear	in all copies and that
       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup-
       porting	documentation.	The  authors make no representations about the
       suitability of this software for	any purpose.  It is provided  "as  is"
       without express or implied warranty.

       THE  AUTHORS  DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, IN-
       CLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND  FITNESS,	IN  NO
       EVENT  SHALL  THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR	CONSE-
       QUENTIAL	DAMAGES	OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF  USE,
       DATA  OR	PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
       TORTIOUS	ACTION,	ARISING	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION	WITH THE USE  OR  PER-
       FORMANCE	OF THIS	SOFTWARE.

AUTHORS
       Micah Beck
       Cornell University
       Sept 28 1990

       and Frank Schmuck (then of Cornell University)
       and Conrad Kwok (then of	U.C. Davis).

       drivers contributed by
       Jose Alberto Fernandez R. (U. of	Maryland)
       and Gary	Beihl (MCC)

       Color support, ISO-character encoding and poster	support	by
       Herbert Bauer (heb@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)

       Modified	from f2p (fig to PIC), by the author of	Fig
       Supoj Sutanthavibul (supoj@sally.utexas.edu)
       University of Texas at Austin.

       MetaFont	driver by
       Anthony Starks (ajs@merck.com)

       X-splines code by
       Carole Blanc (blanc@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
       Christophe Schlick (schlick@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
       The  initial  implementation  was  done	by  C. Feuille,	S. Grobois, L.
       Maziere and L. Minihot as  a  student  practice	(Universite  Bordeaux,
       France).

       Japanese	  text	 support   for	 LaTeX	 output	 written  by  T.  Sato
       (VEF00200@niftyserve.or.jp)

       The tk driver was written by
       Mike Markowski (mm@udel.edu) with a little touch-up by Brian Smith

       The CGM driver (Computer	Graphics Metafile) was written by
       Philippe	Bekaert	(Philippe.Bekaert@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)

       The EMF driver (Enhanced	Metafile) was written by
       Michael Schrick (m_schrick@hotmail.com)

       The GBX (Gerber)	driver was written by
       Edward Grace (ej.grace@imperial.ac.uk).

			  Version 3.2.5e August	2013		    FIG2DEV(1)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | GENERAL OPTIONS (all drivers) | CGM OPTIONS | EMF OPTIONS | EPIC OPTIONS | IBM-GL (HP/GL) OPTIONS | OPTIONS COMMON TO ALL BITMAP FORMATS | GIF OPTIONS | JPEG OPTIONS | LATEX OPTIONS | MAP (HTML image map) OPTIONS | METAFONT OPTIONS | METAPOST OPTIONS | PIC OPTIONS | PICTEX OPTIONS | GBX OPTIONS (Gerber, RS-247-X) | POSTSCRIPT, ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (EPS), and PDF OPTIONS | PSTEX OPTIONS | PSTEX_T OPTIONS | PSTricks OPTIONS | TK and PTK OPTIONS (tcl/tk and Perl/tk) | SEE ALSO | BUGS and RESTRICTIONS | COPYRIGHT | AUTHORS

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