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compilerbitch) wrote2005-01-18 12:40 pm
compilerbitch) wrote2005-01-18 12:40 pm
Aaaargh.
And, I repeat, Aaaargh.
A few days ago, I thought I'd found a wonderful, pro quality open source vector graphics editor for Linux, namely Inkscape, that would solve all my technical illustration problems.
Boy, was I wrong. Its GUI is pretty good, with some very nice features. Unfortunately, however, its .eps export functionality is completely stuffed. Which means, I just spent several days doing about 30 or 40 illustrations, only to find that when saving them out in a format that can be used by LaTeX, the output is just basically broken. It won't display in ghostview, and actually manages to crash the laser printer in the lab. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh.
Now I need to figure out how I am going to come up with a way to redo all of those illustrations without access to any decent line art software. I am *not* doing it in sodding xfig.
Typically enough, my paper deadline is looming fast. Bugger, bugger, bugger.
Does anyone know of an alternative, reliable, line art package for Linux (in the Adobe Illustrator/Corel Xara mould, I don't have time for the likes of metapost)? Or do I need to go commercial, boot Windoze and install something expensively commercial?
A few days ago, I thought I'd found a wonderful, pro quality open source vector graphics editor for Linux, namely Inkscape, that would solve all my technical illustration problems.
Boy, was I wrong. Its GUI is pretty good, with some very nice features. Unfortunately, however, its .eps export functionality is completely stuffed. Which means, I just spent several days doing about 30 or 40 illustrations, only to find that when saving them out in a format that can be used by LaTeX, the output is just basically broken. It won't display in ghostview, and actually manages to crash the laser printer in the lab. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh. Aaaargh.
Now I need to figure out how I am going to come up with a way to redo all of those illustrations without access to any decent line art software. I am *not* doing it in sodding xfig.
Typically enough, my paper deadline is looming fast. Bugger, bugger, bugger.
Does anyone know of an alternative, reliable, line art package for Linux (in the Adobe Illustrator/Corel Xara mould, I don't have time for the likes of metapost)? Or do I need to go commercial, boot Windoze and install something expensively commercial?
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The best line-art software I've seen so far (and the only one I use in anger) is Corel Xara (http://www.xara.com/) - it works under Windows on VMWare, if you can be arsed setting VMWare up.
OpenOffice Draw isn't all that bad, but I'm not stunningly impressed by it.