


TRANSFIG(1)					      TRANSFIG(1)


NAME
       transfig - creates a makefile for portable LaTeX figures

SYNOPSIS
       transfig	 [ -L language ] [ -M makefile ] [ -T texfile ] [
       -I macrofile ] [ -V ] [ control_specs figfile ... ] ...]

DESCRIPTION
       Transfig creates a makefile to translate figures described
       in  Fig	code  or PIC into a specified LaTeX graphics lan_
       guage.  PIC files are identified by the suffix ".pic"; Fig
       files  can  be specified either with or without the suffix
       ".fig" .	 Transfig also creates a TeX macro file appropri
       ate to the target language.

OPTIONS
       The  language  specifier	 must be either epic, eepic, eep
       icemu, latex, pictex, ps, psfig, pstex, textyl,	tpic,  or
       null.   The  specifier  psfig  is  like	the ps specifier,
       except that it make use of the psfig macro  package.   The
       specifier  pstex	 is like psfig, except that it uses LaTeX
       to process formatted (special) text.  The  specifier  null
       results	in  the	 figures being replaced by empty boxes of
       the appropriate size.  If no language is	 specified,  epic
       is the default.

       The  names  of  the makefile and TeX macro file can be set
       with the -M and -T options.  The default names are  "Make
       file"  and "transfig.tex", respectively.	 If the -I option
       is specified, then a  command  to  read	in  macrofile  is
	    inserted  into  the TeX macro file.	 If the -V option
       is specified, the program version number is printed  only.

       Control specifiers are

       -m mag set  the	magnification at which the figure is ren
	      dered (default 1.0).

       -f font
	      set the default font family used for  text  objects
	      (default "rm").

       -s fontsize
	      set  the	default	 font  size  (in points) for text
	      objects (default 11*mag).

       -o option
	      pass  the	 specified  option  string   through   to
	      fig2dev.

       If  there  is  no  scaling,  the default font is an eleven
       point roman font.  Language  and	 control  specifiers  may
       occur more than once; they affect the translation of files
       which appear to their right in the argument list.   If  no



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       files are specified, then "*.fig" is assumed.

SEE ALSO
       fig(1), fig2dev(1), pic(1), pic2fig(1),

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1985 Supoj Sutantavibul
       Copyright (c) 1991 Micah Beck

       THE  AUTHORS  DISCLAIM  ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
       SOFTWARE,  INCLUDING  ALL  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES	OF   MER
       CHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE
       LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL  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 CONNECTION
       WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

       The X Consortium, and any party obtaining a copy of  these
       files  from  the	 X Consortium, directly or indirectly, is
       granted, free of charge, a full and unrestricted irrevoca
       ble, world-wide, paid up, royalty-free, nonexclusive right
       and license to deal in  this  software  and  documentation
       files  (the  "Software"), including without limitation the
       rights to use, copy, modify, merge,  publish,  distribute,
       sublicense,  and/or  sell  copies  of the Software, and to
       permit persons who receive copies from any such	party  to
       do so, with the only requirement being that this copyright
       notice remain intact.  This license includes without limi
       tation  a  license  to  do the foregoing actions under any
       patents of the party supplying this software to the X Con
       sortium.

AUTHOR
       Micah Beck






















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