LATEXDRAW(1)

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💖 LATEXDRAW — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay so bestie, you opened LATEXDRAW(1) from the General Commands Manual and I'm about to make it make sense. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

latexdraw — a vector drawing program for LaTeX, using PSTricks. that's the whole vibe. you draw, it speaks PSTricks, LaTeX understands. iconic behavior fr fr 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

latexdraw file

like. that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

latexdraw is a vector drawing program for LaTeX using PSTricks. yes queen, you get actual vector graphics that play nice with your LaTeX docs. no cap.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

ngl, this is the shortest options section I've ever seen and honestly? respect.

At present, latexdraw accepts no command line options other than (optionally) the name of a file to open.

so like — you can hand it a file, or you can hand it nothing. those are the options. literally two of them. 🫶

🌈 FILES 🌈

here's where it keeps all its stuff, bestie. memorize these paths, iykyk:

  • /usr/share/latexdraw/templates/ — the system-wide template repository. shared stash, belongs to everybody 💜
  • $HOME/.latexdraw/templates/ — your template repository. your personal little collection, main character energy only 👑
  • $HOME/.latexdraw/.preferences.xml — your user settings. your choices, your rules ✨
  • $HOME/.latexdraw/.cacheShared — cached jpeg images of the system templates. it pre-grabs the thumbnails so things feel snappy 🧚
  • $HOME/.latexdraw/.cache — cached jpeg images of your templates. same deal, but for your stuff 💖

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

latexdraw was written by Arnaud BLOUIN. absolute legend, ate and left no crumbs 🔥

More details can be found at http://latexdraw.sourceforge.net/ — go peek, it's giving sourceforge era and we love her for it.

This manual page was written by Stuart Prescott <stuart+debian@nanonanonano.net>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). ty for your service, Stuart 🫡💐

and that's the whole page, bestie. no hidden options, no secret flags, no plot twist. just vibes, PSTricks, and a very tidy set of cache files. 💀✨

this page is from July 7, 2007 — yes, 2007, she's vintage, she's a classic, and she's still slaying. mwah 💋 bye babes!! 🌈💅

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