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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 Open-
       Office.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 Burger <acfb@users.sourceforge.net>.

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