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Old 09-29-2008
Tools for editing vector graphics in GNU/Linux

09-29-2008 01:00 PM
Over the last decade, vector graphics have gone from being a revolutionary format to a standard method of rendering computer images -- so much so that they are standard in the KDE 4 desktops. This popularity is based on the fact that, because they represent images as mathematical equations -- usually in SVG format -- vector graphics open faster, render better on screen, and can be resized more readily than raster graphics, in which an image is created pixel by pixel. Free software includes a number of options for working with vector graphics, including several simple ones: OpenOffice.org's Draw, KOffice's Karbon14, and Inkscape, which is currently the premier vector graphic editor in free software.



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RLPLOT(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RLPLOT(1)

NAME
rlplot - generate publication quality graphs exprlp - convert rlplot files to vector based graphic files SYNOPSIS
rlplot <file> exprlp [options]<input>[options][<output>] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the rlplot and exprlp commands. rlplot is a GUI based program for displaying scientific data in standard formats. Output is generated on the X display where further changes can be made to the graph using point and click methods. Images can be exported as scalable vector graphics (SVG) as well as EPS, WMF and TIFF formats. exprlp reads RLPlot files and exports various vector based graphic file formats including scalable vector graphics (SVG), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), and Windows Metafile (WMF). OPTIONS
rlplot does not have any command line options but the following options are available for exprlp - use stdin/stdout as input or output file; requires that file format is set by -e | -s | -w option -h help -d delete input file after read -e output Encapsulated PostScript, *.eps -s output Scalable Vector Graphics, *.svg -S like -s, start output with "Content-Type: image/svg+xml" -v print RLPlot version -w output Windows Meta File, *.wmf -q quiet mode: suppress output to the console EXAMPLES
exprlp foo.rlp foo.svg ;exports Scalable Vector Graphics exprlp -q foo.rlp foo.eps ;exports Encapsulated PostScript, no messages exprlp foo.rlp foo.wmf ;exports Windows Meta File exprlp -sq foo.rlp - ;exports SVG to the console, no messages exprlp exprlp -eq - - ;converts inputfile from stdin to EPS on stdout switch character is either '-' or '/' AUTHOR
rlplot and exprlp were written by Reinhard Lackner and are released under the GNU general public license. This manual page was written by James Stone <jamesmstone@gmail.com>. RLPLOT(1)