August 22, 1997

TransFig 3.2 Final is available on ftp.x.org in 
/contrib/applications/drawing_tools/transfig.  Be sure to set binary mode when
transferring.
You also need a JPEG library, which can be found in /contrib/libraries.

TransFig is a set of tools for creating TeX documents with graphics
which are portable, in the sense that they can be printed in a wide
variety of environments.

The transfig directory contains the source for the transfig command
which generates a Makefile which translates Fig code to various graphics
description languages using the fig2dev program.  In previous releases,
this command was implemented as a shell script.

The fig2dev directory contains a general program for translating from
Fig code to other graphics desciption languages.  The dev subdirectory
contains a library of output drivers used by fig2dev.

Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges:
(E)EPIC macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PostScript, and TeXtyl.
Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers

- Brian V. Smith
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

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Following is a description of the CHANGES for 3.2

===============================================================================
Version 3.2 Final (August 22, 1997)
===============================================================================

NEW FEATURES
	o flag in transfig/Imakefile to use "\usepackage" for LaTeX2e instead of
	  "\documentstyle" for LaTeX209.  See README file.
	o fig2dev now handles the bitmap formats (GIF, JPEG etc) instead of xfig,
	  so there is more consistent output. Requires the (free) netpbm package.
	  See the README file.
	o tiff (no compression) and AutoCad (acad) output languages added
	o image quality (0-100) is selectable for JPEG export (-q option)

BUGS FIXED
	o changed XPM variables to default X include/library in fig2dev/Imakefile
	o remove PageSize comment if EPS (no showpage)
	o bug in colormap for imported grayscale JPEG files
	o "rs gr" sequence after imported eps file changed to "restore grestore"
	  in case imported eps file had defined either "rs" or "gr"
	o There was a bug in the EPIC driver when drawing backward arrows - in
	  several places in genepic.c draw_arrow_head is called with unconverted
	  coordinates, which leads to totally displaced arrows.
	  from Heiko Schroeder (heiko@linux.local.de)
	o cleanup of dictionary wrapped around imported EPS files 
	  from Franz Koch (franz.koch@zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)
	o pic output didn't produce dashed or dotted arc
	o metric flag incorrectly parsed
	o strcasecmp and strncasecmp bugs (s2 != '\0' and s2 == '\0' should
	  be *s2 ...)
	o error in JPEGINCDIR in fig2dev/Imakefile
	o rec_array wasn't being freed in gendev_objects (fig2dev.c)
	o thicklines not being set properly for LaTeX output
	o two-point splines looped infinitely on some machines
	  fixed by Jeff Dairiki <dairiki@kalman.apl.washington.edu>
	o arrowheads weren't correct on tight arcs in eepic output
	  fixed by Wolfgang Reissenberger <reissenb@veilchen.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
	o TransFig now uses \usepackage instead of \documentstyle, which is old
	  From Klaus Georg Barthelmann (barthel@Informatik.Uni-Mainz.DE)
	o fill pattern of rotated ellipses was rotated itself
	o Ledger/Tabloid sizes reversed (Tabloid is 11x17", Ledger is 17x11")
	o bounding box of text more accurate for text with/without descenders
	o added USEINLINE variable in Imakefile to use compiler inline functions
	o removed ANSI prototypes from spline routines in trans_spline.c

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Version 3.2 Beta (Jan 9, 1997)
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NEW FEATURES

o multi-page, paper size, magnification and transparent color stored in Fig
	file now.  (transparent color is only used by xfig when exporting 
	to GIF format)
o comment that Redhat Linux users may have to change DBMLIB to -ldb in
	fig2dev/Imakefile
o figures in landscape are only rotated when showpage command is NOT used 
	(-P).  This is because it doesn't need to be rotated for EPS,
o previous spline models (interpolated splines and approximated splines) are
  replaced by one single model (x-splines) which allows the user to mix
  interpolated and approximated control points (see the "FORMAT3.2" file
  from the "xfig" package for details).

BUGS FIXED

o added second % to %%BeginDocument and %%EndDocument
o garbage values for arrowhead produced when last two points in line were at
	same coordinate
o bug in reading multi-line text object
o showpage now follows restore as per standard
	from Christopher R. Wren (chris@wren.cambridge.ma.us)