[comp.graphics] Fig to CGM translation

beck@gefion.cs.cornell.edu (Micah Beck) (06/16/89)

Would anyone out there be interested in writing a CGM driver for fig2dev,
the general Fig code translation program in TransFig. Rel 4a?
The driver is very simple, consisting of routines to draw lines, arcs, text,
etc.  It should be easy to adapt the PostScript driver code for splines
and such.  There is also a reference manual for Fig code, which explains how
is it interpreted.

This should be a very small project for anyone who knows CGM.  It would also
be a good project for someone learning CGM (I think only a small subset of
CGM should be needed).  Of course, I could be wrong, since I don't know CGM
at all.  Translations to other graphics standards would also be welcome.

Fig is a simple graphics editor in the style of MacDraw.  It is one of the
most widely available free graphics tools for Unix.

I'll be waiting to hear from you,

Micah Beck
beck@cs.cornell.edu
Cornell CS Dept.