[OS X TeX] Replacements for xfig?

[Adam Maxwell]

On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 11:50AM, Chris Goedde <cgoedde at condor.depaul.edu> wrote:

>Thanks for the suggestions, all.
>
>I think I'm sold on Omnigraffle, although if people have other 
>suggestions, I'm still interested. The people doing jfig have done too 
>good a job at recreating the xfig interface, which I want to get away 
>from.

I haven't seen a recommendation for Create (non-free, but you can get an academic discount) from Stone Design, but I prefer it to OmniGraffle for drawing and annotating figures, since it has better control over curves/splines and text layout (IMO).  Not to mention free upgrades and excellent support from the developer (for one issue that I had, he fixed the bug and sent me an updated version of the software on a Sunday).  They have a 30-day full featured demo, also, so you can try it out (I have no affiliation with Stone Design except as a satisfied customer).

OmniGraffle is much better for flowcharts and schematic diagrams where you want objects to maintain connections, though, and Omni also has good tech support.

hth,
Adam
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