Re: Using xfig

[Maximillian Murphy <m@de-minimis.co.uk>]

cum LaTeX

Yes, although I've found that writing straight postscript isn't hard 
either.  Wrote an entire slide show complete with pictures in raw 
postscript in under an hour a couple of months ago.  Not bad!  But where 
raw postscript excels is in making mathematical diagrams - that's how I 
was first introduced to it.  If there is an algorithm or formula that 
defines a picture it can be much quicker to program it up than to draw 
it.  (See my thesis!)

I don't know whether it's possible to start from a pre-existing 
postscript or encapsulated postscript file and modify it using xfig?

Regards, Max