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>.

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