NAME

       figtoipe - Convert FIG figures into Ipe format

SYNOPSIS

       figtoipe [-g] [-p preamble] FIGfile XMLfile

DESCRIPTION

       figtoipe converts files in FIG format (as created, e.g., by xfig) to Ipe's XML format.

       figtoipe is not complete.  The main lacking feature is the conversion of splines.  Arc-boxes are replaced
       by rectangles.  Feel free to improve this version!

       The drawing models of FIG  and  Ipe  are  somewhat  different.   Ipe  does  not  support  depth  ordering
       independent of grouping, pattern fill, and Postscript fonts.

       figtoipe  tries  to  include  images  specified in the XFIG file. For JPEG pictures, it tries include the
       compressed image data into the XML file. For files not recognized as JPEG, anytopnm is called; its output
       is compressed and included in the XML file. Some output of anytopnm might be rejected (e.g. images larger
       than 5000x5000 pixels or B&W bitmaps), or misunderstood.

OPTIONS

       -g group the figure in the output XML

       -c     tell ipe to crop PDF output to the boundingbox

       -6     write in ipe 6 format instead of ipe 7 format

       -p latex
              add latex as a preamble to the generated XML file, e.g.
                   ´\usepackage{amsmath}´

AUTHORS

       Otfried Cheong
       Alexander Bürger <acfb@users.sf.net> (image handling)

REPORTING BUGS

       Please report bugs using Ipe bugzilla at https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools/issues

SEE ALSO

       More information about Ipe can be found in The Ipe Manual, which can be found in your Ipe installation.

LICENSE & WARRANTY

       figtoipe comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       See the file gpl.txt accompanying the source for details.

                                                 April 26, 2008                                      FIGTOIPE(1)