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WinFIG => Bug Reports => Topic started by: DerTroll on February 07, 2008, 03:59:25 PM
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Using the export-function generates empty output-files. This occurs using export as bitmap and pictex with no error message. :'(
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Using the export-function generates empty output-files. This occurs using export as bitmap and pictex with no error message. :'(
The export of bitmap formats and PDF requires a GhostScript installation. Do you have one? If so, try to call fig2dev from the command line like this:
fi2dev-exe -L png infile.fig outfile.png
This should give you a helpful error message, i.e. "gswin32c.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command".
There is a different problem regarding pictex export. fig2dev really seems to crash.
Edit: found the problem. A call to time(&when); was missing in genpictex.c I will release a fix shortly.
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Indeed, now the conversion to bitmaps works. But rendering of special-flaged LaTeX-commands is not possible this way. The Logfile shows nothing and there is no Errormessage at command line either. Do I have to put some LaTeX-Paths to the Systempath?!
But all together a very cool and usefull programm. Never used XFig but always wanted to create presentations with Latex and therefore needed a way to build Powerpoint-like graphics. So thanks for this nice prog and very fast support!
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Indeed, now the conversion to bitmaps works. But rendering of special-flaged LaTeX-commands is not possible this way. The Logfile shows nothing and there is no Errormessage at command line either. Do I have to put some LaTeX-Paths to the Systempath?!
I never really used the pictex export. Perhaps it's a bug or a feature. Anyway, I recommend using the pstex export. This gives you full PostScript power combined with LaTeX formatting. PSTricks is also a nice alternative.
But all together a very cool and usefull programm. Never used XFig but always wanted to create presentations with Latex and therefore needed a way to build Powerpoint-like graphics. So thanks for this nice prog and very fast support!
Thanks for the appreciation. I still have a lot of enhancements in mind. Currently I'm working on smart links, which are very useful for flow charts or UML diagrams.
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Creating ps-files is not a good alternative for me. I want to use these graphics for presentations and therefore I need transparent background (according to corporate design ??? ) and the ability to scale the graphics without scaling the formulars and some text. Thats why pictex seems to me the best format to chose - allthough there is still some incompatiblility with pp4power.
So I am looking forward to the fixed version, thanks!