jPicEdt

jPicEdt is an extensible internationalized vector-based drawing editor for LaTeX and related packages (TikZ, PsTricks,...), written in Java. It is also a library of reusable high-level graphic primitives.

Features

Can be launched with any ASCII superset text encoding (such as latin1 or UTF-8), so it can be used for Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc... (provided that you select the appropriate encoding at installation)
Standalone or includable LaTeX file (with a standalone file you can directly generate a PDF or PS picture)
Extensible with fragments (library of picture fragments)
Extensible with macros (written in Beanshell)
Native LaTeX text support, making it easy to include a math formula within a picture
Pstricks code generation and parsing
TikZ code generation
DXF code generation (simplistic only)
Internationalization of menues (currently English, French, German, Polish, Portugese, Russian, Spanish)
LaTeX picture environnement code generation and parsing
LaTeX epic/eepic code generation and parsing
Shape editing (mirror, rotation, shrinking/dilatation, etc...)
Bezier curve & smooth polygon editing
LaTeX xcolor predefined color support
Shape trimming by convex zone
HTML and PDF manuals in 3 languages (French, English and German)

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Languages

English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Intended Audience

Developers, Education, End Users/Desktop, Engineering

User Interface

Java Swing

Programming Language

Java

Related Categories

Java TeX LaTeX, Java Code Generators, Java Vector Graphics Software

Registered

2002-04-03

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