Xfig

What is Xfig?

Xfig is a menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate objects interactively under the X Window System. It is a vector based drawing program. If you need to edit bitmapped images use xpaint It HIGLY recommended for use with TeX and LaTeX for drawing or annotating figures. It can output LaTeX and Postscript and many other formats. When using with LaTeX or TeX see the manual page on psfig (man psfig).

How to Use

On the Suns or SGIs type:
xfig 

Manuals

man xfig for more information.

Availability

xfig is available on the Suns and SGIs.
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