Xfig replacement on Mac OS X.

[kenn]

Is there a native Mac OS X drawing program that can work as replacement for Xfig? Xfig is a bitch to install under Mac OS X 10.5.6.

 

[Cromulent]

Looks pretty easy to me:

http://www.xfig.org/art16.html

 

[kenn]

Looks pretty easy to me:

http://www.xfig.org/art16.html

I would like to avoid installing yet another program (Darwin) in order to install the one I want, if you get my drift.

 

[Cromulent]

I would like to avoid installing yet another program (Darwin) in order to install the one I want, if you get my drift.

MacPorts is pretty small in comparison and offers an easy way to install a whole host of Linux / Unix software. It is highly recommended.

You'll need to install the Apple Developer Tools whatever you do anyway and that is a few GB's of stuff so I wouldn't worry too much about MacPorts.

 

[alnashif]

There is one other solution

You can use JPicEdt, it has similar functionalities
http://jpicedt.sourceforge.net/site/index.php?section=overview&page=snapshots

 

[aksuresh]

Problem installing xfig (actually, darwinports)

As a preliminary to installing xfig on my mac, I downloaded and installed Darwinports 1.7, but while running

sudo port -d selfupdate

I get stuck with the error message:

>>
rsync: failed to connect to rsync.macports.org: Operation timed out (60)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-35.2/rsync/clientserver.c(105) [receiver=2.6.9]
Error: Synchronization of the local ports tree failed doing rsync
DEBUG: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
while executing
"macports::selfupdate [array get global_options]"
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the ports tree: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
<<

and I cannot proceed since the local tree is not sync_ed with the server.

Can anyone help??

 

[LPZ]

Is there a native Mac OS X drawing program that can work as replacement for Xfig? Xfig is a bitch to install under Mac OS X 10.5.6.

After using xfig for a long time, I switched to Inkscape. No regrets.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

After using xfig for a long time, I switched to Inkscape. No regrets.

I second Inkscape. The only thing it requires is X11, but that's easy to install if you don't have it.

 

[eric.albin]

xfig + Inkscape

Hi,
I wouldn't say that people should replace xfig by Inkscape. Both programs have advantages and disdvantages. I find xfig better to make schematic diagrams without color gradients... You can also directly write .fig files from gnuplot to make nice curves you can easily customize...
Xfig can also be installed via "Fink Commander". It is really easy to install.

One of the problem to use xfig is that it requires the middle click on mac OS. You can however simulate a middle click by pressing the "alt" key when left-clicking. This should works fine if you selected "Emulate three button mouse" in the preference of "X11".
Have fun!

 

[Julius Smith]

MacPorts is pretty small in comparison and offers an easy way to install a whole host of Linux / Unix software. It is highly recommended.

You'll need to install the Apple Developer Tools whatever you do anyway and that is a few GB's of stuff so I wouldn't worry too much about MacPorts.

xfig presently has no maintainer on MacPorts, and there is presently a pretty bad bug making Text Fields uneditable (although you can delete and create a new one, or edit the .fig file directly).