fig2mpdf
NAME
fig2mpdf - creation of multilayer pdf or eps figures from fig files using latex for typesetting
SYNOPSIS
fig2mpdf
[OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
This tool can create pdf or eps figures using fig files as source. For beamer
presentations for example you can use the multilayer mode to create
multiple figures who can be overlayed to get a dynamic figure. For
the propper appearance you can use latex for typeseting all or some texts
who probably contain formulas.
The default interpretation of the given fig FILE depends on it's suffix
fig
Normal convertion of a fig file. All texts are interpreted as postscript
texts and all elements of the figure are included in the resulting figure.
lfig
LaTeX interpretation of the file. All texts of the input file who have the
special bit set are typeseted by pdflatex rsp. latex (see: Option -|+l).
mfig
Multilayer file interpretation. Depending on the used depths of the
figure it's splited into multiple parts. For each part an output file is
created (see: section MultiLayerOutput).
mlfig or lmfig
Combination of multilayer and LaTeX interpretation of the intput (see: Suffix
lfig and mfig).
The default interpretation of the input can be changed by using the options below.
OPTIONS
-e
produce an eps output file. Instead creating a pdf file which is default
an eps figure is produced.
-|+l
force calling (pdf)latex (-) or do not using (pdf)latex (+) for
typesetting the text marked with the special flag. With this option you
can change the default behaviour given by the input file suffix.
-|+m
force set (-) or unset (+) the multilayer interpretiation (see:
MultiLayerOutput below) which was previously set by the input
file suffix.
-p ranges
explicitely set the ranges of depths for splitting the input figure in
multilayer mode. ranges is a colon separated list of ranges of
the form upper-lower or depth where upper is the
topmost, lower the downmost depth to the range. If you use the
depth type the range consist of just that depth.
-i
include the the downmost range (that one with the highest depths) into
all output figures. This is for comatibility to older versions of this
tool.
-I
turn on pyramid mode. The figure of a corresponding range in multilayer
mode includes all lower ranges too.
-g gapwidth
set the allowed gapwidth between two used depths to decide if these
depths should be grouped together in one range. With this option you get
more flexibility to insert objects with new depths. The default width is
zero (no gap = consecutively numbered depths are grouped together).
-s style
replace the default style for selecting a font family in LaTeX mode.
If this option is omitted the style `times' is set by default.
-H header
replace the default header sequence for creating temporary
LaTeX documents in LaTeX mode. To get maximum flexibility you can
set the entire document header in the file header (see:
Customized Headers below).
-G
in multilayer mode change the default output file pattern to the PGF
format which is <name>.page<no>.<ext>
-v
be verbose and print out all executed commands
-V
print out the version of fig2mpdf
MultiLayerOutput
In xfig you can assign an individual depth to all objects of the
figure. These depths are normally used to determine the order of
printing the objects. fig2mpdf uses these depths to group the
objects into ranges in automatic mode (if the ranges option is
omitted). Of the list of used depths consecutively numberd depths are
grouped into one range. I.e. all gaps between used depths are splitting
the figure logically. With -g you can set the accepted gapwidth
which doesn't split the figure (default gapwidth is zero).
The obtained list of ranges determine the number output files. In
default mode all objects with depths assigned to one range are
collected and put into the corresponding output file. The contents of
the output files can be changed with the two Options -i and
-I.
The -i option reduces the number of output files by one. The
downmost range, this is the range which consist of the highest depths
of the figure, is included into all output files.
In pyramid mode, activated by the option -I, the output files
are containing additionally all lower ranges. With this mode you can
get stand allone figures who don't have to be overlayed to have
meaningfull content.
Example 1
R 230-233,
R 455-460
and
R 499-500
With no options set you get three output files one per range. But if you
set the -i option you get the following two files where the
downmost range is included in both of the files:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 230-233 and 499-500.
Example 2
The pyramid mode activated by the option -I will produce the
following files of the source file of Example 1:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-2.pdf with ranges 230-233, 455-460 and 499-500.
Example 3
If both options are set you will get just two files of following
contens:
foo-0.pdf with ranges 455-460 and 499-500
foo-1.pdf with ranges 230-233, 455-460 and 499-500.
Customized Headers
For some reason you might want to change the standard latex generation,
e.g. if you want to change the default font family. The following
example represents a valid header file.
The usage of this example file changes the font family to sans serif
and adds an additional search path for includegraphics to the `figures'
subdirectory.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{german,amssymb,amsmath}
\renewcommand{\milydefault}{\sfdefault}
\AtBeginDocument{\graphicspath{{figures/}}}
The following packages are generally used: color, graphicx and epsfig.
Tex errors
Sometimes it may occure that latex generates an error while processing
your special texts. To keep you informed about the occurance of that
error and about what has happened the log file is shown in that cases by invocing
a less command.
Files
In single layer mode for the resulting files the suffix fig is exchanged
In multilayer mode the base name of the source fig files is extendet by '_<range>' and
the suffix is set to pdf (rsp. eps).
if option -G is set).
SEE ALSO
R xfig(1)
R fig2dev(1)
R gawk(1)
R pdflatex(1)
R latex(1)
R dvips(1)
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