---
name: "figurine"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "figurine"
version: "1.0.5-6"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/figurine"
---

# figurine(1)

an interactive vector drawing program

## NAME

figurine - an interactive vector drawing program

## SYNOPSIS

**figurine** \[ *options* \] \[file...\]\

## DESCRIPTION

figurine is an X11 program for the interactive generation of vector graphics in the Fig file format used by  **[xfig(1)](/xfig/1.md)** (version 3.2). The **[transfig(1)](/transfig/1.md)** package is used to generate the final output format, see **[fig2dev(1)](/fig2dev/1.md)** for details of which output formats are available. The Fig files are  compatible with  **[xfig(1)](/xfig/1.md)** and all other programs capable of reading Fig 3.2 format files.

If Fig files are specified on the command line, they are opened in figurine. Non-existent files on the command line will be opened as new Fig files.

## OPTIONS

The options below can be specified as shown on the command line, and are also settable as X resources (see **X(1)** for a description of how to set X resources).

- *-display display*

  Set the X display to be used

- *-geometry geom*

  Set the geometry of the tool window e.g. -geom 400x300

- *-tlcolor color*

  Set the light color used in the toolkit widgets.

- *-background color*

  Set the background color used in the toolkit widgets.

- *-brcolor color*

  Set the dark color used in the toolkit widgets.

- *-handlecolor color*

  Set the color used for the object handles.

- *-font font*

  Set the font used in the toolkit.

- *-rulerfont font*

  Set the font used in the document rulers.

- *-screenppi ppi*

  Set the screen pixels-per-inch value. This is often reported inaccurately by the X server. Experiment with this value until a screen inch is correct (use a ruler !). On my monitor, 97 is an accurate value at 1024x768.

- *-undolevels val*

  Set the number of undo levels. The default is nine; more means more flexibility, but higher memory usage. A value of 0 disables undo/redo.

- *-notooltips*

  Disable the floating tool tips.

- *-nocompoundoutlines*

  Disable the dashed boxes that surround compound objects. This has no effect on the actual file contents.

- *-guidelines*

  Enable cross-guidelines that follow the cursor in the document window.

- *--version*

  Display the version number on the terminal and quit immediately.

## USAGE

The interface has been designed to be considerably more flexible and intuitive than  **[xfig(1)](/xfig/1.md).** Switch between the types of objects you can draw using the main tool window icons (or use the right mouse button on a document window). The first icon, the Edit tool, is where existing objects in a document are resized, rotated, and changed. For further details, refer to the HTML documentation.

## ENVIRONMENT

figurine recognises the following environment variables :

- **FIGURINEDIR**

  The directory containing the HTML documentation, e.g. /usr/share/figurine

- **BROWSER**

  The browser program preferred by the user. This is used to view the HTML documentation when the menu option **Help-\>Contents** has been selected. The value must refer to an X11 program, but if you want you could do BROWSER="xterm -e lynx" or similar.

## FILES

- */usr/share/figurine/index.html*

  HTML documentation describing the use of figurine.

## VERSION

- This man page is current for figurine-1.0.5.

  ## SEE ALSO

**[transfig(1)](/transfig/1.md),** **[xfig(1)](/xfig/1.md),** **[fig2dev(1)](/fig2dev/1.md)**

## COPYRIGHT

figurine is Copyright (C) 1998-2000 University of Manchester, UK.  figurine is released under the GNU General Public License, Version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

## AUTHORS

John Levon \<moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk\>