NAME

       drawtool - idraw with extensions

SYNOPSIS

       drawtool -import n ['X-params'] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       drawtool  is  an  extended  version  of idraw (originally from the InterViews 3.1).  Based on the ivtools
       OverlayUnidraw library, it adds the following features:

              - double-buffered graphics drawing

              - 3d Motif-like menus and buttons

              - readable text save/restore

              - polygon intersection and clipping tools

              - graphical object attribute annotations

       drawtool is derived from idraw, and  implements  the  same  set  of  pulldown  commands  and  palette  of
       toolbuttons.   Read the idraw man page for details on that part of the drawtool user interace.  This page
       lists only the extensions to idraw embodied in drawtool.

       drawtool saves and restores documents in a readable text format.  This allows for manual or  programmatic
       creation  of  drawtool  files.   idraw-format  documents  can still be imported with the "Import Graphic"
       command, and exported with the Print command (both under the File menu).

       In addition to idraw format, the "Import Graphic" command supports the importing of encapsulated drawtool
       files, and the following image file formats: TIFF, X11  Bitmap,  PBM,  PGM,  and  PPM.   Compression  via
       compress  (.Z) and gzip (.gz) is recognized and handled for the script files themselves and the PBM, PGM,
       and PPM image formats.

       There is also support for opening (via command line or dialog box) and importing  via  the  net  (to  the
       -import  port) any arbitrary PostScript file using the pstoedit filter, and any GIF, TIFF, or JPEG image,
       using respectively the giftopnm, tifftopnm, or djpeg filters.

       The "Export Clipboard" command writes the contents of the clipboard out in idraw or drawtool format.

       Commands have been added to the Edit menu for selecting  by  attributes  (on  the  graphic  objects)  and
       clipping one polygon against another.

       The  View  menu has been expanded with zoom and pan commands, plus commands to hide/show graphics and fix
       graphic sizes and locations.  In addition the viewer's panning  and  zooming  can  be  chained  to  other
       viewers,  and  the  pointer  device  can  be  put  into  a continuous "scribble" mode useful when drawing
       multilines or polygons.

       The tools have been extended with a possible six new  tools:  Annotate,  Attribute,  ClipRect,  ClipPoly,
       ConvexHull,  and  GraphicLoc.   Annotate  brings  up  a text editor in which graphic-specific text can be
       entered and/or edited.  Attribute brings up a dialog box to create/edit property lists for  the  selected
       graphic.   ClipRect  and  ClipPoly  clip polygons, rectangles, lines, and multilines if drawtool has been
       built with the clippoly library (otherwise just lines  and  rectangles).  ConvexHull  is  a  convex  hull
       drawing  tool  available  if  qhull  can be found in your path.  GraphicLoc displays the coordinates of a
       mouse-click relative to the graphic that has been clicked on.  This is relative to  the  original  screen
       coordinates  of the graphic when created (or the origin of the raster if an image).  Subsequent rotations
       and transformations can give this a non-obvious value.

OPTIONS

       "-import n"
              specifies the port number to run the import service on.  The import  service  accepts  connections
              over  the  net and reads drawtool or idraw documents and pbmplus image formats (PBM/PGM/PPM), plus
              JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and the non-raster portions of arbitrary PostScript if  appropriate  filters  are
              available  (djpeg, giftopnm, tifftopnm, pstoedit).  "-color5" selects a colormap with 5 values per
              color or 125 entries (5 cubed).

       "-nocolor6" overrides the selection of a colormap with 6 values per color or 216 entries (6 cubed).

       "-gray5" selects a colormap with 5 bits of gray-level intensity (32  gray-levels)  arranged  to  maximize
       rubberband visibility.

       "-gray6"  selects  a  colormap with 6 bits of gray-level intensity (64 gray-levels)  arranged to maximize
       rubberband visibility.

       "-gray7" selects a colormap with 7 bits of gray-level intensity (128 gray-levels)  arranged  to  maximize
       rubberband visibility.

       "-dithermap"  causes  imported  JPEG  rasters  to be mapped to the standard colormap (the default without
       -nocolor6) and dithered to avoid color banding.

       "-opaque_off" (or "-opoff") disables the opaque (visible) interactive transformations of graphics.

       "-pagecols" (or "-ncols") sets the horizontal page extent in pixels.

       "-pagerows" (or "-nrows") sets the vertical page extent in pixels.

       "-panner_align tl|tc|tr|cl|c|cr|cl|bl|br|l|r|t|b|hc|vc" (or "-pal ...")  selects  the  alignment  of  the
       panner display.

       "-panner_off" (or "-poff") disables the panner display.

       "-slider_off" (or "-soff") disables the slider display.

       "-zoomer_off" (or "-zoff") disables the zoomer display.

       "-ptrloc" enables display of the current pointer location.

       "-scribble_pointer (or "-scrpt") enables continuous line drawing.

       "-toolbarloc r|l" (or "-tbl ...") selects the toolbar location.

       Also see "-help" and the idraw man page for more options.

SEE ALSO

            idraw(1)

WEB PAGE

             http://www.ivtools.org/ivtools/drawtool.html

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