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# Introduction

Jpgfdraw is a
application written in
, with a
. In order to run the application you must have the
installed (at least version 1.5). Jpgfdraw is based in part on Acorn's `!Draw` application, but was tailored specifically to produce files containing `pgfpicture` environments for use with Till Tantau's `pgf` LaTeX package. In Jpgfdraw, you can:

- |
  | using line, move and cubic Bézier segments.

- |
  | by modifying the defining
  .

- Incorporate |
  | and |
  | (for annotating and background effects).

- Text and paths can be |
  | to form a text along path effect.

- Extract the parameters for TeX's |`
  `| command and for the |`
  `| command defined in Donald Arseneau's `shapepar` package.

- |
  | for use with the `flowfram` package.

- Pictures can be |
  | as or |
  | from Jpgfdraw's native
  (binary) or
  (ascii) file formats.

- Pictures can be |
  | as:
  - a LaTeX file containing a `pgfpicture` environment for inclusion in a LaTeX document;

  - a single-paged LaTeX document containing the image;

  - a LaTeX2e package based on the `flowfram` package;

  - an Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) file;

  - a PNG file;

  - a
    file.

Subsections

- Installation
  - Windows Installation
  - Unix-Like Installation

Contents | Installation