NAME
fig2sxd - utility to convert .fig to .sxd
SYNOPSIS
fig2sxd [-w] [-l(ine)w(idth)1 l] figfile sxdfile
DESCRIPTION
The program tries to convert the given file in xfig format into a sxd
file for OpenOffice.org Draw. If figfile ends with .fig or .xfig and
sxdfile is omitted, the output file will be named like figfile ending
with .sxd instead of .(x)fig. Using - for figfile makes the program
read from stdin so that it is possible to use
pstoedit -f fig file.ps - | fig2sxd - file.sxd
to convert ps files. (For files with many objects you might want to use
something like
pstoedit -f ’fig:-startdepth 9999’ file.ps - | fig2sxd -
file.sxd
to get more layers; the output of pstoedit then is no longer a valid
xfig file, but it makes the z ordering of the objects in OpenOffice.org
Draw stay correct.) Using - for sxdfile makes the program write to
stdout. With the -linewidth1 (or -lw1) option, the width of lines with
thickness 1 in xfig can be set, unit is 1 cm. Using 0 here gives fine
lines. Example:
pstoedit -f ’fig:-startdepth 9999’ file.ps - | fig2sxd -lw1 0 -
file.sxd
With the -w option, out-of-specification values are only warnings but
will be sanitized.
DEFICIENCIES
Not all of the .fig objects are converted correctly: splines look quite
similar, but are not exactly the same; text placement might be a little
bit wrong, especially for very small font sizes; hatches look different
in many cases; hollow arrows are not supported and replaced by their
filled counterparts. There are various other things that could be
improved.
It looks like OpenOffice.org cannot read xml attribute values longer
than 64kB as they might appear for very long polygons/-lines. For
unfilled polylines, fig2sxd therefore creates several smaller polylines
of 500 points each and groups them together. Splitting an arbitrary
filled polygon is not trivial and not implemented.
SEE ALSO
pstoedit(1), xfig(1) and http://fig2sxd.sourceforge.net/ (for updates).
AUTHOR
Program and manual page were written by Alexander Bürger
<acfb@users.sourceforge.net>.