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ivtools drawtool is an extended version of idraw with double-buffered graphics display, a human-readable native format for drawing save/restore, Motif-looking toolbar and pull-down menus, and several extensions to the import/export and multi-viewer mechanisms as well. Here is a picture of the user interface. Here is the drawtool document for the drawing shown in that picture.
Usage
Launch drawtool directly on one of these graphic formats, some by using helper apps:
| FORMAT | HELPER APP |
| PNG | pngtopnm from netpbm |
| JPEG | djpeg from libjpeg |
| GIF | giftopnm from netpbm |
| arbitrary PostScript | pstoedit |
| idraw-formatted PostScript | none (native format) |
| TIFF | none (native format) |
| PBM/PGM/PPM | none (native format) |
| XBM (X bitmap) | none (native format) |
Or use anytopnm (from pbmplus/netpbm) from the import dialog box to convert a wider
variety of raster formats to a format readable by ivtools drawtool:
XBM, TIFF, and 8/16 bit binary/ANSI PBM/PGM/PPM.
Read more about using the import/export capabilities of drawtool here and here
If you're running Linux download an ivtools drawtool binary (or build from source) and add the following to your ~/.mailcap file:
application/ov-idraw; drawtool %s
to test launching drawtool when a drawtool document is clicked.
The web server at www.vectaport.com is set up to send out .ovs or .drs files as MIME type application/ov-idraw. If downloading an ivtools drawtool file from another server, you'd want to add this to your ~/.mime-types file:
application/ov-idraw; ovs
application/ov-idraw; drs
Other stuff
| hyper-collage of anteaters |
| adding Kanji input to drawtool (revised Kanji patch) |
| drawtool redraws Debian logo |
Other free software drawing editors similar to idraw and drawtool:
| ivtools drawing editors | idraw | drawtool | comdraw | flipbook | graphdraw |