Re: [Groff] Re: gpic question?

[Larry Kollar]

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> gpic and pic are fine programs, but what if one needs to draw a 
> circuit schematic? xcircuit you say? I find even xcircuit lacking as 
> regards the built-in set of symbols. So what is necessary? A portable 
> gpic frontend to ease some burden of our shoulders, supporting a 
> truck-load of symbols maybe...
> As far as the gpic library is concerned I am all ears. Werner, Larry 
> Kollar, you there? What say you?

Uh-oh, now I'm an expert. :-)

I use xfig for line drawings, even for stuff that ends up in my 
FrameMaker-based documentation at the day job. It provides a small 
library of schematic drawings; I think the xfig.org website provides 
others. For banging out one-off line drawings, it works pretty well, 
and can export to pic format as well as EPS (thereby future-proofing my 
diagrams as I transition away from Frame).

A pic symbol library is a great idea, especially for those of us who 
are *not* pic experts....
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