jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) (01/04/91)
I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it
really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean
besides the silly bitmap program.
In case there IS something out there, I'd like the ability to draw lines,
put in bitmapped text, simple polygons, etc. And output to g3 fax, pcx, or
any of the pbm formats.
Help!
I'd even consider a commercial package.
Jim Lick
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jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu | Soon: jim@cave.sba.ca.us pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) (01/05/91)
In article <7958@hub.ucsb.edu> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes:
I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it
really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean
besides the silly bitmap program.
In case there IS something out there, I'd like the ability to draw lines,
put in bitmapped text, simple polygons, etc. And output to g3 fax, pcx, or
any of the pbm formats.
Help!
I'd even consider a commercial package.
Do you really mean "paint" program, or will a "draw" type program
suffice. It sounds like it will. The one that I prefer to use is
called tgif (no relation to the Compuserve GIF standard). It is an
object based draw program with Postscript output... if you need PBM
format, just dump the window that contains the document to xwd format
and voila, you've got a paint program..
tgif is available via anonymous ftp from expo.lcs.mit.edu
-Paul
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Paul Nakada | Oracle Corporation | pnakada@oracle.compete@fidata.fi (Petri Helenius) (01/05/91)
In article <adri.663067330@dutncp8> adri@dutncp8.tudelft.nl (A.B. van Woerkom) writes:
What about xfig; available on every decent X archive site.
There also exists a transfig package to translate (x)fig format to pic,
postscript, LaTex, and maybe more.
xfig is not a paint program. It's a DRAW program. I'm also interested. Is there
a good paint program floating around for X11 ?
It doesn't even have to be good. Just usable. bitmap is not for my purposes.
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jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it >really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean >besides the silly bitmap program. >In case there IS something out there, I'd like the ability to draw lines, >put in bitmapped text, simple polygons, etc. And output to g3 fax, pcx, or >any of the pbm formats. What about xfig; available on every decent X archive site. There also exists a transfig package to translate (x)fig format to pic, postscript, LaTex, and maybe more. >Help! Hope this helps. -- A.B. van Woerkom, adri@dutncp6.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Applied Physics, Physics Informatics Group, section Computational Physics, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ DELFT, The Netherlands ________________________________________________________________________ "Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about" (A.S. Tanenbaum)
koblas@mips.COM (David Koblas) (01/06/91)
In article <7958@hub.ucsb.edu> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it >really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean >besides the silly bitmap program. > >In case there IS something out there, I'd like the ability to draw lines, >put in bitmapped text, simple polygons, etc. And output to g3 fax, pcx, or >any of the pbm formats. Long ago I wrote 'xpaint' which is a VERY crude version of MacPaint. It can draw lines, bitmapped text, and a couble of other things. It tends to be a bit slow, and has one or two bugs, but it is free and available in the 'comp.sources.x' archives. For those of you who actually know of this program, I've not yet begun to work on "Version 2", since I've not had any copious free time recently (even though I almost started it over the holidays). -- name : David Koblas domain: koblas@cs.uoregon.edu place: Nowhere, I'm just an AI batch job. domain: koblas@mips.com quote: "Time has little to do with infinity and jelly donuts."
dn@well.sf.ca.us (David Newman) (01/06/91)
In reply to the inquiry about PD X-based raster editors... if you can't
find PD paint programs that fit your needs, you should know about our
products.
Island Graphics is selling two X Windows versions of a sophisticated
paint program; both for OSF/Motif on Suns, Apollos and HP 9000's, and
for OpenWindows (OPEN LOOK). And, if you need a draw program, a complete
illustration package is bundled with it. And, while you're at it, a WYSIWYG
word processor/page layout package is also included. Island Write, Draw
and Paint are intended to be used for general purpose word processing
and desktop publishing - they are not tech-doc packages. They provide output
to PostScript and the HP Laserjet family. They are monochrome applications,
and are intended to work together, letting you cut bitmaps or EPS graphics
from Paint and Draw, respectively, and paste them into Write.
The paint package uses TIFF as its native format, but converts (both in and
out) MacPaint, Sun Rasters, Group 3 Fax, CompuServe GIFs, and others.
Paint has great tools for cropping large scanned rasters, and it has
transparent overlay modes and irregular region selection tools. Paint
doesn't have text, but Draw does; both Draw and Write use Sun's Folio fonts,
outline fonts from 4 to 72 points.
The set costs $995, and is available from Island (800-255-4499 or 415/491-
1000) and from Apollo Direct, and from the HP sales force.
David Newman
Marketing Manager, Island Graphics Corporations' Office Products Division
Reply to {sun,ucbcad,uunet}!island!daverhaar@rcsrlh.GMR.COM (Bob Haar CS50) (01/07/91)
In article <7958@hub.ucsb.edu>, jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: |> I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it |> really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean |> besides the silly bitmap program. |> |> In case there IS something out there, I'd like the ability to draw lines, |> put in bitmapped text, simple polygons, etc. This sounds more like what I think of as a drawing program. There is a pretty good object-oriented draw program called fig ( xfig in its X11 version) that I use frequently. |> And output to g3 fax, pcx, or |> any of the pbm formats. fig uses it's own format for storing drawings, but comes with a conversion utility (f2ps) for producing Postscript files. You should be able to go from this to some bit-mapped representation. Bob Haar CSNET: HAAR@GMR.COM UUCP: uunet!edsews!rphroy!rcsrlh!rhaar Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.
mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond) (01/08/91)
In article <7958@hub.ucsb.edu> jim@ferkel.ucsb.edu (Jim Lick) writes: >I've asked around, and I can't believe what people are telling me! Is it >really true that there aren't any simple X-windows paint programs? I mean >besides the silly bitmap program. I think what you need is 'xfig'. --- Michael R. Almond (Georgia Tech Alumnus) mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) search technology, inc. mra%srchtec@salestech.com 4725 peachtree corners cir., suite 200 emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra norcross, georgia 30092 (404) 441-1457 (office) [search]: Systems Engineering Approaches to Research and Development