Texmaker and TeXstudio ⇒ Inclusion of XFig Files

[Alaza]

Hi guys.

Is there any way that I can directly include .fig files from XFig in Texmaker?

I tried the figlatex package as a part of the latex-make bundle. However, when I do this it seems that Texmaker looks for a PDF version of my figure.

Thank you

Tore.

[mas]

Do you have transfig installed on your system? Generally, installing xfig does not pull in transfig. You have to install it separately.

My suggestion: Shift to TikZ or Inkscape for drawings.

Regards.

[Alaza]

Do you have transfig installed on your system? Generally, installing xfig does not pull in transfig. You have to install it separately.

My suggestion: Shift to TikZ or Inkscape for drawings.

Regards.

I'm not sure whether I have transfig, as I'm using XFig on my work Ubuntu desktop and Texmaker on my own laptop Windows laptop.

But what would transfig gain me? Export options? I can already export to .eps and so forth, however I have experienced some weird issues in that regard, which would be helped by not having the conversion step.

[mas]

But what would transfig gain me? Export options? I can already export to .eps and so forth,

Transfig is the program which does the conversion. From the README of the latex-make,

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* figlatex.sty: a LaTeX package to easily insert xfig figures (with
  \includegraphics{file.fig}). It can interact with LaTeX.mk so that the
  latter automatically invokes transfig if needed.

Transfig is needed if Xfig files need to be included directly.

however I have experienced some weird issues in that regard, which would be helped by not having the conversion step.

Can you elaborate?

Regards.

[Alaza]

Aha, but would that mean that I have to install the whole latex-make package?

The experienced having lines in my drawings in my printout of my PDF document, which wasn't in my xfig or eps drawing. To specify:

Draw in Xfig. Save as .fig -> Convert to eps. Both the .fig file and .eps are identical. Then export to .eps and display using Evince and in compiled PDF document using Texmaker. Everything is fine, and the drawings are identical. But when printing the PDF document to a physical paper, I suddenly had a three sided square, which was four sided.

I did as my boss about it, and he said that it's actually a known bug for many years back in the .eps conversion.

That's why I wanted to include .fig directly.

[mas]

Draw in Xfig. Save as .fig -> Convert to eps. Both the .fig file and .eps are identical. Then export to .eps and display using Evince and in compiled PDF document using Texmaker. Everything is fine, and the drawings are identical. But when printing the PDF document to a physical paper, I suddenly had a three sided square, which was four sided.

Can you post the fig file which is giving you the problem on conversion?