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Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 07:03:48 +0200
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] pic
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On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:56:28PM +0100, Steve Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to try to get something  running which
> would allow me to draw pic documents in a WYSIWYG style
> I have a load of rather complex drawings to do.

MetaPost.

I found finally easier to program than to try to get exactly what I want
with a graphical interface.

To see it with kerTeX :

tex mproof <fig>.[1-9]*

and then dvips to have a "book" with all the figures. (mproof is part of
John Hobby's MetaPost.)

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