FIG2DEV(1)FIG2DEV(1)NAMEfig2dev - translates Fig code to various graphics lan-
guages
SYNOPSISfig2dev-L language [ -m mag ] [ -f font ] [ -s fsize ] [
other options ] [ fig-file [ out-file ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Fig2dev translates fig code in the named fig-file into the
specified graphics language and puts them in out-file.
The default fig-file and out-file are standard input and
standard output, respectively
Xfig (Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) is a
screen-oriented tool which runs under the X Window System,
and allows the user to draw and manipulate objects inter-
actively. This version of fig2dev is compatible with xfig
versions 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2.
Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to
edit comments for each Fig object. These comments are
output with several of the output languages, such as
PostScript, CGM, EMF, LaTeX, MetaFont, PicTeX, (as % com-
ments), tk (as # comments), and pic (as .\" comments).
GENERAL OPTIONS-L language
Set the output graphics language. Valid languages
are box, cgm, epic, eepic, eepicemu, emf, eps, gif,
ibmgl, jpeg, latex, map (HTML image map), mf (Meta-
Font), mp (MetaPost), mmp (Multi-MetaPost), pcx,
pdf, pdftex, pdftex_t, pic, pictex, png, ppm, ps,
pstex, pstex_t, ptk (Perl/tk), sld (AutoCad slide
format), textyl, tiff, tk (tcl/tk), tpic, xbm and
xpm.
Notes:
dvips and xdvi must be compiled with the tpic sup-
port (-DTPIC) for epic, eepic and tpic to work.
You must have ghostscript and ps2pdf, which comes
with the ghostscript distribution to get the pdf
output and the bitmap formats (png, jpeg, etc.),
and the netpbm (pbmplus) package to get gif, xbm,
xpm, and sld output.
-h Print help message with all options for all output
languages then exit.
-D +/-rangelist
With +rangelist, keep only those depths in the
list. With -rangelist, keep all depths except
those in the list. The rangelist may be a list of
comma-separated numbers or ranges separated by
colon (:). For example, -D +10,40,55:70,80 means
keep only layers 10, 40, 55 through 70, and 80.
-f font
Set the default font used for text objects to font.
The default is Roman; the format of this option
depends on the graphics language in use. In TeX-
based languages, the font is the base of the name
given in lfonts.tex, for instance "cmr" for Roman,
or "tt" for teletype. In PostScript, it is any
font name known to the printer or interpreter.
-G minor[:major][:unit]
Draws a grid on the page. Specify thin, or thin
and thick line spacing in one of several units.
For example, "-G .25:1cm" draws a thin, gray line
every .25 cm and a thicker gray line every 1 cm.
Specifying "-G 1in" draws a thin line every 1 inch.
Fractions may be used, e.g. "-G 1/16:1/2in" will
draw a thin line every 1/16 inch (0.0625 inch) and
a thick line every 1/2 inch.
Allowable units are: i, in, inch, f, ft, feet, c,
cm, mm, and m.
Only allowed for PostScript, EPS, PDF, and bitmap
(GIF, JPEG, etc) drivers for now.
-j Enable the I18N internationalization facility.
-m mag Set the magnification at which the figure is ren-
dered to mag. The default is 1.0.
-s size
Set the default font size (in points) for text
objects to fsize. The default is 11*mag, and thus
is scaled by the -m option. If there is no scal-
ing, the default font is eleven point Roman."
-V Print the program version number and exit.
other options
The other options are specific to the choice of
graphics language, as described below.
CGM OPTIONS
CGM is Computer Graphics Metafile, developed by ISO and
ANSI and is a vector-based plus bitmap language.
Microsoft WORD, PowerPoint and probably other products can
import this format and display it on the screen, something
that they won't do with EPS files that have an ASCII pre-
view.
-b dummyarg
Generate binary output (dummy argument required
after the "-b").
-r Position arrowheads for CGM viewers that display
rounded arrowheads. Normally, arrowheads are
pointed, so fig2dev compensates for this by moving
the endpoint of the line back so the tip of the
arrowhead ends where the original endpoint of the
line was. If the -r option is used, the position
of arrows will NOT be corrected for compensating
line width effects, because the rounded arrowhead
doesn't extend beyond the endpoint of the line.
EMF OPTIONS
EMF is Enhanced Metafile, developed by Microsoft and is a
vector-based plus bitmap language. Microsoft WORD, Power-
Point and probably other products can import this format
and display it on the screen, something that they won't do
with EPS files that have an ASCII preview.
EPIC OPTIONS
EPIC is an enhancement to LaTeX picture drawing environ-
ment. It was developed by Sunil Podar of Department of
Computer Science in S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook.
EEPIC is an extension to EPIC and LaTeX picture drawing
environment which uses tpic specials as a graphics mecha-
nism. It was written by Conrad Kwok of Division of Com-
puter Science at University of California, Davis.
EEPIC-EMU is an EEPIC emulation package which does not use
tpic specials.
-A factor
Scale arrowheads by factor. The width and height
of arrowheads is divided by this factor. This is
because EPIC arrowheads are normally about double
the size of TeX arrowheads.
-E num Set encoding for text translation (0 = none, 1 =
ISO-8859-1, 2 = ISO-8859-2)
-F Don't set the font face, series, and style; only
set it's size and the baselineskip. By default,
fig2dev sets all 5 font parameters when it puts
some text. The disadvantage is that you can't set
the font from your LaTeX document. With this option
on, you can set the font from your LaTeX document
(like "\sfshape \input picture.eepic").
If any of the pictures included in your LaTeX docu-
ment has been generated with -F, then all pictures
must be generated with this option.
This option can be used only when fig2dev was com-
piled with NFSS defined.
-l width
Use "\thicklines" when width of the line is wider
than lwidth. The default is 2.
-P Generate a complete LaTeX file. In other words, the
output file can be formatted without requiring any
changes. The additional text inserted in the begin-
ning and at the end of the file is controlled by
the configuration parameter "Preamble" and "Postam-
ble".
-R Allow rotated text. Rotated text will be set using
the \rotatebox command. So, you will need to
include "\usepackage{graphics}" in the preamble of
your LaTeX document.
If this option is not set, then rotated text will
be set horizontally.
-S scale
Set the scale to which the figure is rendered.
This option automatically sets the magnification
and size to scale / 12 and scale respectively.
-t stretch
Set the stretch factor of dashed lines to sretch.
The default is 30.
-v Include comments in the output file.
-W Enable variable line width. By default, only two
line widths are available: The normal line width
(hinlines), and thick lines (hicklines), if a line
width of more than one is selected in xfig.
-w Disable variable line width. Only "\thicklines"
and/or "\thinlines" commands will be generated in
the output file.
When variable line width option is enabled, "\thin-
lines" command is still used when line width is
less than LineThick. One potential problem is that
the width of "\thinlines" is 0.4pt but the resolu-
tion of Fig is 1/80 inch (approx. 1pt). If
LineThick is set to 2, normal lines will be drawn
in 0.4pt wide lines but the next line width is
already 2pt. One possible solution is to set
LineThick to 1 and set the width of the those lines
you want to be drawn in "\thinlines" to 0.
Due to this problem, Variable line width VarWidth
is defaulted to be false.
IBM-GL (HP/GL) OPTIONS
IBM-GL (IBM Graphics Language) is compatible with HP-GL
(Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language).
-a Select ISO A4 (ANSI A) paper size if the default is
ANSI A (ISO A4) paper size.
-c Generate instructions for an IBM 6180 Color Plotter
with (without) an IBM Graphics Enhancement Car-
tridge (IBM-GEC).
-d xll,yll,xur,yur
Restrict plotting to a rectangular area of the
plotter paper which has a lower left hand corner at
(xll,yll) and a upper right hand corner at
(xur,yur). All four numbers are in inches and fol-
low -d in a comma-sparated list - xll,yll,xur,yur -
with no spaces between them.
-f file
Load text character specifications from the table
in the fonts file. The table must have 36 entries
- one for each font plus a default. Each entry
consists of 5 numbers which specify the 1.) stan-
dard character set (0 - 4, 6 - 9, 30 - 39), 2.)
alternate character set (0 - 4, 6 - 9, 30 - 39),
3.) character slant angle (degrees), 4.) character
width scale factor and 5.) character height scale
factor.
-k Precede output with PCL command to use HP/GL
-l pattfile
Load area fill line patterns from the table in the
pattfile file. The table must have 21 entries -
one for each of the area fill patterns. Each entry
consists of 5 numbers which specify the 1.) pattern
number (-1 - 6), 2.) pattern length (inches), 3.)
fill type (1 - 5), 4.) fill spacing (inches) and
5.) fill angle (degrees).
-m mag,x0,y0
The magnification may appear as the first element
in a comma separated list - mag,x0,y0 - where the
second and third parameters specify an offset in
inches.
-P Rotate the figure to portrait mode. The default is
landscape mode.
-p penfile
Load plotter pen specifications from the table in
the penfile file. The table must have 9 entries -
one for each color plus a default. Each entry con-
sists of 2 numbers which specify the 1.) pen number
(1 - 8) and 2.) pen thickness (millimeters).
-S speed
Set the pen speed to speed (centimeters/second).
-v Plot the figure upside-down in portrait mode or
backwards in landscape mode. This allows you to
write on the top surface of overhead transparencies
without disturbing the plotter ink on the bottom
surface.
Fig2dev may be installed with either ANSI A or ISO A4
default paper size. The -a option selects the alternate
paper size. Fig2dev does not fill closed splines. The
IBM-GEC is required to fill other polygons. Fig2dev may
be installed for plotters with or without the IBM-GEC.
The -c option selects the alternate instruction set.
OPTIONS COMMON TO ALL BITMAP FORMATS-b borderwidth
Make blank border around figure of width border-
width.
-F Use correct font sizes (points) instead of the tra-
ditional size that xfig/fig2dev uses, which is 1/80
inch. The corresponding xfig command-line option
is -correct_font_size.
-g color
Use color for the background.
-N Convert all colors to grayscale.
-S smoothfactor
This will smooth the output by passing smoothfactor
to ghostscript in the -dTextAlphaBits and -dGraph-
icsAlphaBits options to improve font rendering and
graphic smoothing. A value of 2 for smoothfactor
provides some smoothing and 4 provides more.
GIF OPTIONS-t color
Use color for the transparent color in the GIF
file. This must be specified in the same format
that ppmmake(1) allows. It may allow an X11 color
name, but at least you may use a six-digit hexadec-
imal RGBvalue using the # sign, e.g. #ff0000 (Red).
JPEG OPTIONS-q image_quality
use the integer value image_quality for the JPEG
"Quality" factor. Valid values are 0-100, with the
default being 75.
LATEX OPTIONS-d dmag
Set a separate magnification for the length of line
dashes to dmag.
-E num Set encoding for latex text translation (0 no
translation, 1 ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)
-l lwidth
Sets the threshold between LaTeX thin and thick
lines to lwidth pixels. LaTeX supports only two
different line width: \thinlines and \thicklines.
Lines of width greater than lwidth pixels are drawn
as \thicklines. Also affects the size of dots in
dotted line style. The default is 1.
-v Verbose mode.
LaTeX cannot accurately represent all the graphics objects
which can be described by Fig. For example, the possible
slopes which lines may have are limited. Some objects,
such as spline curves, cannot be drawn at all. Fig2latex
chooses the closest possible line slope, and prints error
messages when objects cannot be drawn accurately
MAP (HTML image map) OPTIONS
Xfig version 3.2.3 and later saves and allows the user to
edit comments for each Fig object. The fig2dev map output
language will produce an HTML image map using Fig objects
that have href="some_html_reference" in their comments.
Any Fig object except compound objects may used for this.
Usually, besides generating the map file, you would also
generate a GIF file, which is the image to which the map
refers.
For example, you may have an xfig drawing with an imported
image that has the comment href="go_here.html" and a box
object with a comment href="go_away.html". This will pro-
duce an image map file such the user may click on the
image and the browser will load the "go_here.html" page,
or click on the box and the browser will load the
"go_away.html" page.
After the map file is generated by fig2dev you will need
to edit it to fill out any additional information it may
need.
-b borderwidth
Make blank border around figure of width border-
width.
METAFONT OPTIONSfig2dev scales the figure by 1/8 before generating META-
FONT code. The magnification can be further changed with
the -m option or by giving magnification options to mf.
In order to process the generated METAFONT code, the mfpic
macros must be installed where mf can find them. The mfpic
macro package is available at any CTAN cite under the sub-
directory: graphics/mfpic
-C code
specifies the starting METAFONT font code. The
default is 32.
-n name
specifies the name to use in the output file.
-p pen_magnification
specifies how much the line width should be magni-
fied compared to the original figure. The default
is 1.
-t top specifies the top of the whole coordinate system.
The default is ypos.
-x xmin
specifies the minimum x coordinate value of the
figure (inches). The default is 0.
-y ymin
specifies the minumum y coordinate value of the
figure (inches). The default is 0.
-X xmax
specifies the maximum x coordinate value of the
figure (inches). The default is 8.
-Y ymax
specifies the maximum y coordinate value of the
figure (inches). The default is 8.
METAPOST OPTIONS-i file
Include file content via \input-command.
-I file
Include file content as additional header.
-o Old mode (no latex).
-p number
Adds the line "prologues:=number" to the output.
PIC OPTIONS-p ext Enables the use of certain PIC extensions which are
known to work with the groff package; compatibility
with DWB PIC is unknown. The extensions enabled by
each option are:
arc Allow ARC_BOX i.e. use rounded corners
line Use the 'line_thickness' value
fill Allow ellipses to be filled
all Use all of the above
psfont Don't convert Postscript fonts generic type
(useful for files going to be Ditroff'ed for
and printed on PS printer). DWB-compatible.
allps Use all of the above (i.e. "all" + "psfont")
PICTEX OPTIONS
In order to include PiCTeX pictures into a document, it is
necessary to load the PiCTeX macros.
PiCTeX uses TeX integer register arithmetic to generate
curves, and so it is very slow. PiCTeX draws curves by
\put-ing the psymbol repeatedly, and so requires a large
amount of TeX's internal memory, and generates large DVI
files. The size of TeX's memory limits the number of plot
symbols in a picture. As a result, it is best to use
PiCTeX to generate small pictures.
-E num Set encoding for latex text translation (0 no
translation, 1 ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)
POSTSCRIPT, ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT (EPS), and PDF OPTIONS
With PostScript, xfig can be used to create multiple page
figures Specify the -M option to produce a multi-page out-
put. For posters, add -O to overlap the pages slightly to
get around the problem of the unprintable area in most
printers, then cut and paste the pages together. Due to
memory limitations of most laser printers, the figure
should not have large imported images (bitmaps). Great for
text with very big letters.
The EPS driver has the following differences from
PostScript:
o No showpage is generated because the output is meant
to be imported into another program or document and
not printed
o The landscape/portrait options are ignored
o The centering option is ignored
o The multiple-page option is ignored
o The paper size option is ignored
o The x/y offset options are ignored
The EPS driver has the following two special options:
-B 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
This specifies that the bounding box of the EPS
file should have the width Wx and the height Wy.
If a value less than or equal to 0 is specified for
Wx or Wy, these are set to the width/height respec-
tively of the figure. Origin is relative to screen
(0,0) (upper-left). Wx, Wy, X0 and Y0 are inter-
preted in centimeters or inches depending on the
measure given in the fig-file. Remember to put
either quotes (") or apostrophes (') to group the
arguments to -B.
-R 'Wx [Wy X0 Y0]'
Same as the -B option except that X0 and Y0 is rel-
ative to the lower left corner of the figure.
Remember to put either quotes (") or apostrophes
(') to group the arguments to -R.
The PDF driver uses all the PostScript options.
Text can now include various ISO-character codes above
0x7f, which is useful for language specific characters to
be printed directly. Not all ISO-characters are imple-
mented.
Color support: Colored objects created by Fig can be
printed on a color postscript printer. There are 32 stan-
dard colors: black, yellow, white, gold, five shades of
blue, four shades of green, four shades of cyan, four
shades of red, five shades of magenta, four shades of
brown, and four shades of pink. In addition there may be
user-defined colors in the file. See the xfig FORMAT3.2
file for the definition of these colors. On a monochrome
printer, colored objects will be mapped into different
grayscales by the printer. Filled objects are printed
using the given area fill and color. There are 21
"shades" going from black to full saturation of the fill
color, and 21 more "tints" from full saturation + 1 to
white. In addition, there are 16 patterns such as bricks,
diagonal lines, crosshatch, etc.
-A Add an ASCII (EPSI) preview.
-b borderwidth
Make blank border around figure of width border-
width.
Not availble in EPS.
-C dummy_arg
Add a color *binary* TIFF preview for Microsoft
products that need a binary preview. See also -T
(monochrome preview). A dummy argument must be
supplied for historical reasons.
-c option centers the figure on the page. The center-
ing may not be accurate if there are texts in the
fig_file that extends too far to the right of other
objects.
-e option puts the figure against the edge (not cen-
tered) of the page. Not availble in EPS.
-F Use correct font sizes (points) instead of the tra-
ditional size that xfig/fig2dev uses, which is 1/80
inch. The corresponding xfig command-line option
is -correct_font_size.
-g color
Use color for the background.
-l dummy_arg
Generate figure in landscape mode. The dummy argu-
ment is ignored, but must appear on the command
line for reasons of compatibility. This option
will override the orientation specification in the
file (for file versions 3.0 and higher).
Not availble in EPS.
-M Generate multiple pages if figure exceeds paper
size.
Not availble in EPS.
-N Convert all colors to grayscale.
-n name
Set the Title part of the PostScript output to
name. This is useful when the input to fig2dev
comes from standard input.
-O When used with -M, overlaps the pages slightly to
get around the problem of the unprintable area in
most printers.
Not availble in EPS.
-p dummy_arg
Generate figure in portrait mode. The dummy argu-
ment is ignored, but must appear on the command
line for reasons of compatibility. This option
will override the orientation specification in the
file (for file versions 3.0 and higher). This is
the default for Fig files of version 2.1 or lower.
Not availble in EPS.
-T Add a monochrome *binary* TIFF preview for
Microsoft products that need a binary preview. See
also -C (color preview).
-x offset
shift the figure in the X direction by off-
set units (1/72 inch). A negative value
shifts the figure to the left and a positive
value to the right.
Not availble in EPS.
-y offset
shift the figure in the Y direction by off-
set units (1/72 inch). A negative value
shifts the figure up and a positive value
down.
Not availble in EPS.
-z papersize
Sets the papersize. Not availble in EPS.
Available paper sizes are:
"Letter" (8.5" x 11" also "A"),
"Legal" (11" x 14")
"Ledger" (11" x 17"),
"Tabloid" (17" x 11", really Ledger in Landscape mode),
"A" (8.5" x 11" also "Letter"),
"B" (11" x 17" also "Ledger"),
"C" (17" x 22"),
"D" (22" x 34"),
"E" (34" x 44"),
"A4" (21 cm x 29.7cm),
"A3" (29.7cm x 42 cm),
"A2" (42 cm x 59.4cm),
"A1" (59.4cm x 84.1cm),
"A0" (84.1cm x 118.9cm),
and "B5" (18.2cm x 25.7cm).
PSTEX OPTIONS
The pstex language is a variant of ps which sup-
presses formatted (special) text. The pstex_t lan-
guage has the complementary behavior: it generates
only the LaTeX special text and the commands neces-
sary to position special text, and to overlay the
PostScript file generated using pstex. These two
drivers can be used to generate a figure which com-
bines the flexibility of PostScript graphics with
LaTeX text formatting of special text.
-F Use correct font sizes (points) instead of
the traditional size that xfig/fig2dev uses,
which is 1/80 inch. The corresponding xfig
command-line option is -correct_font_size.
-g color
Use color for the background.
-n name
sets the Title part of the PostScript output
to name. This is useful when the input to
fig2dev comes from standard input.
PSTEX_T OPTIONS
The pstex_t language produces only the LaTeX spe-
cial text and the commands necessary to position
special text, and to overlay the PostScript file
generated using pstex. (see above)
-E num Set encoding for latex text translation (0
no translation, 1 ISO-8859-1, 2 ISO-8859-2)
-F Don't set the font face, series, and style;
only set it's size and the baselineskip. By
default, fig2dev sets all 5 font parameters
when it puts some text. The disadvantage is
that you can't set the font from your LaTeX
document. With this option on, you can set
the font from your LaTeX document (like
"\sfshape \input picture.eepic").
-p file
specifies the name of the PostScript file to
be overlaid. If not set or its value is
null then no PS file will be inserted.
TK and PTK OPTIONS (tcl/tk and Perl/tk)
-l dummy_arg
Generate figure in landscape mode. The
dummy argument is ignored, but must appear
on the command line for reasons of compati-
bility. This option will override the ori-
entation specification in the file (for file
versions 3.0 and higher).
-p dummy_arg
Generate figure in portrait mode. The dummy
argument is ignored, but must appear on the
command line for reasons of compatibility.
This option will override the orientation
specification in the file (for file versions
3.0 and higher). This is the default for
Fig files of version 2.1 or lower.
-P Generate canvas of full page size instead of
using the bounding box of the figure's
objects. The default is to use only the
bounding box.
-z papersize
Sets the papersize. See the POSTSCRIPT
OPTIONS for available paper sizes. This is
only used when the -P option (use full page)
is used.
SEE ALSO
[x]fig(1), pic(1)pic2fig(1), transfig(1)BUGS and RESTRICTIONS
Please send bug reports, fixes, new features etc.
to:
xfig-bugs@epb1.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Arc-boxes are not supported for the tk output
language, and only X bitmap pictures are supported
because of the canvas limitation in tk.
Picture objects are not scaled with the magnifica-
tion factor for tk output.
Because tk scales canvas items according to the X
display resolution, polygons, lines, etc. may be
scaled differently than imported pictures (bitmaps)
which aren't scaled at all.
Rotated text is only supported in the IBM-GL
(HP/GL) and PostScript (including eps) languages.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Micah Beck
Parts Copyright (c) 1985 Supoj Sutantavibul
Parts Copyright (c) 1989-1999 Brian V. Smith
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and
sell this software and its documentation for any
purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in supporting documenta-
tion. The authors make no representations about the
suitability of this software for any purpose. It
is provided "as is" without express or implied war-
ranty.
THE AUTHORS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CON-
SEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNEC-
TION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
AUTHORS
Micah Beck
Cornell University
Sept 28 1990
and Frank Schmuck (then of Cornell University)
and Conrad Kwok (then of U.C. Davis).
drivers contributed by
Jose Alberto Fernandez R. (U. of Maryland)
and Gary Beihl (MCC)
Color support, ISO-character encoding and poster
support by
Herbert Bauer (heb@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
Modified from f2p (fig to PIC), by the author of
Fig
Supoj Sutanthavibul (supoj@sally.utexas.edu)
University of Texas at Austin.
MetaFont driver by
Anthony Starks (ajs@merck.com)
X-splines code by
Carole Blanc (blanc@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
Christophe Schlick (schlick@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
The initial implementation was done by C. Feuille,
S. Grobois, L. Maziere and L. Minihot as a student
practice (Universite Bordeaux, France).
Japanese text support for LaTeX output written by
T. Sato (VEF00200@niftyserve.or.jp)
The tk driver was written by
Mike Markowski (mm@udel.edu) with a little touch-up
by Brian Smith
The CGM driver (Computer Graphics Metafile) was
written by
Philippe Bekaert (Philippe.Bekaert@cs.kuleu-
ven.ac.be)
The EMF driver (Enhanced Metafile) was written by
Michael Schrick (m_schrick@hotmail.com)
Version 3.2.4 Oct 2002 FIG2DEV(1)
