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