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From: prp@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Place)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Drawing tool for TeX/LaTeX under X
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Date: 1 Mar 91 14:17:48 GMT
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In article <9102281956.AA19895(a)zeus-dm1.inf.ethz.ch> INFO-TeX@SHSU.BITNET writ
es:
>Does anybody know a public domain drawing tool running under X that
>produces TeX or LaTeX output?

While xfig does precisely that job, I found it hard to use to get
good pictures.  Lately I have started using idraw comes with X11R4
which produces PostScript files that can be included using epsf
macros and dvips.

If this is close enough to your needs, then try it out.

Pat Place   prp@sei.cmu.edu