New CTAN package: jpgfdraw

[CTAN Announcements]

Through the medium of www.tex.ac.uk uploader, Nicola Talbot writes:

> Name of contribution: jpgfdraw
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: graphics/jpgfdraw
> Summary description: vector graphics application for LaTeX users
> License type: gpl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> Jpgfdraw is a graphics application written in Java.
> 
> You can use Jpgfdraw to:
> 
> * Construct shapes using lines, moves and cubic Bezier segments.
> 
> * Edit shapes by changing the defining control points.
> 
> * Incorporate text and bitmap images (for annotation and
> background effects).
> 
> * Extract the parameters for TeX's \parshape command
> and for \shapepar (defined in the shapepar package).
> 
> * Construct frames for use with the flowfram package.
> 
> * Pictures can be saved in Jpgfdraw's native binary format (JDR)
> or native ascii format (AJR) or can be exported as:
> 
>   - a pgfpicture environment for use in LaTeX documents with the
>     pgf package
> 
>   - a LaTeX2e package based on the flowfram package
> 
>   - an encapsulated postscript file
> 
>   - a PNG image file
> 
>   - SVG image file
> 
> * Alternative text can be specified to use when exporting to a
>  LaTeX file (e.g. if the text contains symbols or if it should
>  be set in maths mode).
> 
> * Mappings can be used to specify what LaTeX font declarations
>  should be used when exporting to a LaTeX file.
> 
> Home page: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/
> HTML manual: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/manual/
> FAQ: http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/jpgfdraw/faq/

i've installed the package as nicola suggests; thanks for the upload.

Users may view the package catalogue entry at
 http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/jpgfdraw.html
or they may browse the package directory at
 http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/jpgfdraw

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team