Re: [chat] Diagrams

[Alan L Tyree <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:40:58 +1100
Mike Lake <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun Oct 30, Alan L Tyree wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I want to do some simple diagrams that would then be incorporated
> > into a LaTeX document. What do people use for this? I'm running
> > Ubuntu Breezy.
> 
> I often use xfig. Its a simple vector based drawing program. Export as
> ps or pdf and include that.
> 
> Alternatively if the diagram is really simple I sometimes use the
> picture environment and do circles, boxes, lines and text in that
> environment.

Thanks Mike. I've never used the picture environment, but it sounds as
though I should have a look at it. Very simple stuff that I am trying
to do.

Cheers,
Alan

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