Ann: TeXCAD 4.3

Ann: TeXCAD 4.3

[gautier_niouzes]

Hello, 

After a long time of inactivity, here is the 4.3 version of TeXCAD, a 100% Ada software. 

  http://texcad.sf.net 

TeXCAD is a picture editor for pure LaTeX or, at will, some extensions. 

No support yet for fancy packages like PSTricks or TikZ, but perhaps, one day... 
On the other hand, TeXCAD allows to make very portable vectorial pictures, and even to rework pictures made with some no more supported extensions like emlines and save them without those extensions. The TeXCAD underlying library is OS-independent and can be used to make batch converters to various mix of LaTeX graphics packages, or to apply various graphics user interface layers.

Cheers 
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Re: Ann: TeXCAD 4.3

[Ada novice]

On Friday, July 6, 2012 2:55:54 PM UTC+1, (unknown) wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
> After a long time of inactivity, here is the 4.3 version of TeXCAD, a 100% Ada software. 
> 
>   http://texcad.sf.net 
> 

Nice Software. However I stumbled across this link via http://texcad.sf.net:

http://www.gelbes-rechenbuch.de/Texcad32/index_e.html

It says: Version 4.4.2 Aug 01, 2004
Freeware Drawing Program for LaTeX and Windows

So if I use Windows should I go for the older version TexCad32 version 4.4.3 of Aug. 2004 rather than the new TexCad but of version 4.3? Both seem to work on Windows.

Thanks.
YC 

Re: Ann: TeXCAD 4.3

[gautier_niouzes]

Ada novice:
> Nice Software.

Thanks!
> However I stumbled across this link via http://texcad.sf.net:
> 
> http://www.gelbes-rechenbuch.de/Texcad32/index_e.html
> 
> It says: Version 4.4.2 Aug 01, 2004
> Freeware Drawing Program for LaTeX and Windows
> 
> So if I use Windows should I go for the older version TexCad32 version 4.4.3 of Aug. 2004 rather than the new TexCad but of version 4.3?

Lol - yeah, you just need a time machine ;-).
Seriously, these are two different programs, with only a common ancestor (TeXCAD for DOS), hence the same name and a similar purpose.
I admit it is confusing, so I put a schema below to explain the various texcad's hanging around :-) .

> Both seem to work on Windows.

Yep. Try both to have an idea...
Have fun!
Gautier
--
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% File name: [texcads.tcp].
% Version of TeXCAD: 4.3
% Reference / build: 30-Jun-2012 (rev. 105)
% For new versions, check: http://texcad.sf.net/
% Options on the following lines.
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Re: Ann: TeXCAD 4.3

[Ada novice]

Ok I shall stick to TeXCad 4.3 then.

YC