Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-17 Thread Lars Clausen
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:28:55AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> would you mind sending me some pointers to xfig shapes? > > Hm, I did `apt-get install xfig` on Debian unstable (yes, > I'm one of the crazy/heroic people running unstab

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-17 Thread ml
Hi, On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:28:55AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > would you mind sending me some pointers to xfig shapes? Hm, I did `apt-get install xfig` on Debian unstable (yes, I'm one of the crazy/heroic people running unstable). This installs /usr/share/xfig/Libraries/ in fig forma

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-14 Thread Lars Clausen
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for your explanations. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 11:08:09AM -0500, Lars Clausen wrote: >> No, Dia does not have hatches. We're more geared towards structured >> diagrams than vector art. It is a good suggestion, though. > > I se

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-14 Thread ml
Hi, thanks for your explanations. On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 11:08:09AM -0500, Lars Clausen wrote: > No, Dia does not have hatches. We're more geared towards structured > diagrams than vector art. It is a good suggestion, though. I see hatches mostly essential for technical diagrams, not as a pa

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-14 Thread ml
Hi, thanks for your comments. On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 03:33:55PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > i assume you did find the dashed lines feature which is set from the > bottom of the toolbox window. I meant hatches in respect to area, not line style. > Any shapes in particular? I like drawing new

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-14 Thread Lars Clausen
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > while I like dia more than XFig because of it's cool GTK+ > GUI, there are some features I miss desperately. Maybe I > just don't know, how to use dia rightly: > > 1. Hatches: XFig has all kind of lines and other patterns >to fill shap

Re: XFig vs. dia 5:1

2002-07-14 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, ml wrote: > while I like dia more than XFig because of it's cool GTK+ > 1. Hatches: XFig has all kind of lines and other patterns >to fill shapes with. In many cases this is better than >using colours, e.g. if it is for printing and no colour >printer available.