Skencil for scientific figures

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Skencil is a nice alternative to Xfig for drawing scientific figures as it is the only other program that I know of that is capable of using Latex to render math fragments. Skencil does it slightly better, as you actually see what you get. The latex+skencil configuration should work at least with linux and OS X.

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How to get it working

  • Install skencil
  • Install a NEW version of pstoedit 3.44 should do (distributions often have too old pstoedit)
  • Install sketchlatex.
  • Draw. The user interface has one thing in common with Xfig: non-conventional user interface.

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