July 25, 2000

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.

TransFig 3.2.3c is available from ftp://www-epb.lbl.gov/xfig and usually from any CTAN
(Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) site such as ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/.
See http://math.nmu.edu/Web/TeXArchives/ctansite.html for a long list of CTAN sites.

Be sure to set binary mode when transferring.

There is also an incremental patch file to convert from 3.2.3b to 3.2.3c.  This
is in the file transfig.3.2.3b.to.3.2.3c.gz.  You must use the 'patch' program to
automatically apply the changes to your 3.2.3 release.  It is compressed so you
must uncompress it first or do "zcat transfig.3.2.3b.to.3.2.3c.gz | patch".

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 (fig2dev).  The dev subdirectory contains
a library of output drivers used by fig2dev.

Drivers currently exist for the following graphics langauges:
AutoCad slide, BOX, (E)EPIC macros, LaTeX picture environment, PIC, PiCTeX, PNG,
PostScript, Encapsulated Postscript, GIF, IBM-GL, JPEG, PCX, MF (METAFONT),
TeXtyl, TIFF, TPIC, XBM (X11 Bitmap), XPM (X11 Pixmap), and TK (tcl/tk).

Fig2dev can be configured with a subset of these drivers.

I have taken over the maintenance of TransFig from Micah Beck so please send any
bug notices, fixes, contributions etc to me at xfigmail@epb1.lbl.gov.

- Brian V. Smith
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Changes to Transfig/fig2dev
===============================================================================
Version 3.2 Patchlevel 3c  (July 25, 2000)
===============================================================================

BUGS FIXED
	o TransFig manual Makefile now calls ../../fig2dev/fig2dev preventing
	  the Catch-22 problem of having to install TransFig before you can
	  compile it 
	o fig2dev/dev/genpdf.c needs "#include <signal.h>" for some systems
	o Added -m 644 to "install" directives in Imakefile to make updates
	  easier in future (no read-only files)
	o LaTeX and pstex_t driver produced bogus \unitlength and \dashbox
	  values
	o File ko_KR.ujis.ps removed because it is not needed