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PROGRAM:
NAME
fig2mpdf - creation of multilayer pdf or eps figures from fig files using latex for
typesetting
SYNOPSIS
fig2mpdf [OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
This tool can create pdf or eps figures using fig files as source. For beamer
presentations, for example, you can use the multilayer mode to create multiple figures
that can be overlayed to get a dynamic figure. For proper appearance you can use latex to
typeset some or all texts, possibly containing formulas.
The default interpretation of the given fig FILE depends on its suffix.
fig Normal conversion of a fig file. All texts are interpreted as postscript texts and
all elements of the figure are included in the resulting figure.
lfig LaTeX interpretation of the file. All texts of the input file that have the special
bit set are typeset by pdflatex resp. latex (see: Option -|+l).
mfig Multilayer file interpretation. Depending on the used depths of the figure it is
split into multiple parts. For each part an output file is created (see: section
MultiLayerOutput).
mlfig or lmfig
Combination of multilayer and LaTeX interpretation of the input (see: Suffix lfig
and mfig).
The default interpretation of the input can be changed by using the options below.
OPTIONS
-e produce an eps output file. Instead of creating a pdf file (the default) an eps
figure is produced.
-|+l force calling (pdf)latex (-) or do not use (pdf)latex (+) for typesetting the text
marked with the special flag. With this option you can change the default behavior
given by the input file suffix.
-|+m force set (-) or unset (+) the multilayer interpretation (see: MultiLayerOutput
below) which was previously set by the input file suffix.
-p ranges
explicitly set the ranges of depths for splitting the input figure in multilayer
mode. ranges is a colon separated list of ranges of the form upper-lower or depth
where upper is the top and lower the bottom depth in the range. If you use the
depth form the range consist of just that depth.
-i include the the bottommost range (that is, the one with the highest depth) into all
output figures. This is for compatibility to older versions of this tool.
-I turn on pyramid mode. The figure of a corresponding range in multilayer mode
includes all lower ranges too.
-g gapwidth
set the allowed gapwidth between two used depths to decide if these depths should
be grouped together in one range. With this option you get more flexibility to
insert objects with new depths. The default width is zero (no gap = consecutively
numbered depths are grouped together).
-s style
replace the default style for selecting a font family in LaTeX mode. If this
option is omitted the style `times' is set by default.
-H header
replace the default header sequence for creating temporary LaTeX documents in LaTeX
mode. To get maximum flexibility you can set the entire document header in the file
header (see: Customized Headers below).
-G in multilayer mode change the default output file pattern to the PDF format which
is <name>.page<no>.<ext>
-v be verbose and print out all executed commands
-V print out the version of fig2mpdf
MultiLayerOutput
In xfig you can assign an individual depth to all objects of the figure. These depths are
normally used to determine the order of printing the objects. fig2mpdf uses these depths
to group the objects into ranges in automatic mode (if the ranges option is omitted). In
the list of used depths, consecutively numbered depths are grouped into one range. That
is, all gaps between used depths are used to logically split the figure. With -g you can
set the gapwidth which doesn't split the figure (default: zero).
The resulting list of ranges determines the number of output files. In default mode all
objects with depths assigned to one range are collected and put into the corresponding
output file. The contents of the output files can be changed with the two Options -i and
-I.
The -i option reduces the number of output files by one. The bottommost range, that is the
range which consist of the highest depths of the figure, is included into all output
files.
In pyramid mode, activated by the option -I, the output files contain additionally all
lower ranges. With this mode you can get stand alone figures that don't have to be
overlayed to have meaningful content.
Example 1
Assume that you have a fig file foo.fig which contains the three ranges 230-233, 455-460
and 499-500.
With no options set you get three output files, one per range. But if you set the -i
option you get the following two files where the bottommost range is included in both of
the files:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 230-233 and 499-500.
Example 2
The pyramid mode, activated by the option -I, will produce the following files from the
source file of Example 1:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-2.pdf with ranges 230-233, 455-460 and 499-500.
Example 3
If both options are set you will get just two files with the following contents:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 230-233, 455-460 and 499-500.
Customized Headers
For various reasons you might want to change the standard latex generation, e.g., if you
want to change the default font family. The following example represents a valid header
file.
The usage of this example file changes the font family to sans serif and adds an
additional search path for includegraphics to the `figures' subdirectory.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{german,amssymb,amsmath}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\AtBeginDocument{\graphicspath{{figures/}}}
The following packages are generally used: color, graphicx and epsfig.
Tex errors
Sometimes it might happen that latex generates an error while processing your special
texts. To keep you informed about the occurrence of that error and about what has
happened, in this case the log file is shown by invoking a less command.
Files
In single layer mode for the resulting files the suffix fig is replaced by pdf (resp. eps)
(i.e. foo.fig -> foo.pdf).
In multilayer mode the base name of the source fig files is extended by '-<range>' and the
suffix is set to pdf (resp. eps).
(i.e., foo.fig -> foo-0.pdf, foo-1.pdf, foo-2.pdf, ...
or foo.fig -> foo.page0.pdf, foo.page1.pdf, foo.page2.pdf, ...
if the option -G is set).
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