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My go-to graphics packages are still Gimp for raster / Inkscape for vector graphics. Started using Inkscape in 2007 to illustrate a math paper, and been using

My go-to graphics packages are still Gimp for raster / Inkscape for vector graphics. Started using Inkscape in 2007 to illustrate a math paper, and been using it ever since whenever I needed to TeX something up.

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acidburnNSA 7y ago
Me too. I only recently came across TikZ which is an even more epic way to TeX up fancy diagrams (you "program" them). Still use inkscape for most stuff though.
- dngray 7y ago
  > Started using Inkscape in 2007 to illustrate a math paper, and been using it ever since whenever I needed to TeX something up. That reminds me of this series of posts I read a while back: • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-3/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-3/ > I only recently came across TikZ which is an even more epic way to TeX up fancy diagrams (you "program" them). Still use inkscape for most stuff though. Check out link 2 in particular there.
- chrisweekly 7y ago
  You and GP wrote "[to] TeX up", is this a common idiom?
  - Steuard 7y ago
    Yes? At least in some mathy/sciencey circles.
- misterdoubt 7y ago
  I learned enough TikZ for a project to create a pretty wide range of generic flowcharts/diagrams. Now I'm no longer using TeX daily and kind of regret boxing myself in. I find that I'm either working with teams that are 100% "TeX all the way" or 0% "please no."
hevsuit 7y ago
The Latex plugins really make things interesting. The LaTeXText package [1] allows formula rendering and editing from within the Inkscape canvas. For tidy circuit diagrams the CircuitSymbols plugin [2] produces exquisite results by hooking into Latex's circuitTikz package and dumping the rendered result on the canvas. Typically I generate a bunch of circuit promitives and then connect them afterwards using snaps and the line tool. [1] https://inkscape.org/~seebk/%E2%98%85latextext-render-latex-in-inkscape https://inkscape.org/~seebk/%E2%98%85latextext-render-latex-... [2] https://inkscape.org/pt-br/~fsmMLK/%E2%98%85circuitsymbols https://inkscape.org/pt-br/~fsmMLK/%E2%98%85circuitsymbols edit: wording

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acidburnNSA 7y ago

Me too. I only recently came across TikZ which is an even more epic way to TeX up fancy diagrams (you "program" them). Still use inkscape for most stuff though.

dngray 7y ago
> Started using Inkscape in 2007 to illustrate a math paper, and been using it ever since whenever I needed to TeX something up. That reminds me of this series of posts I read a while back: • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ • https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-3/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-3/ > I only recently came across TikZ which is an even more epic way to TeX up fancy diagrams (you "program" them). Still use inkscape for most stuff though. Check out link 2 in particular there.
chrisweekly 7y ago
You and GP wrote "[to] TeX up", is this a common idiom?
- Steuard 7y ago
  Yes? At least in some mathy/sciencey circles.
misterdoubt 7y ago
I learned enough TikZ for a project to create a pretty wide range of generic flowcharts/diagrams. Now I'm no longer using TeX daily and kind of regret boxing myself in. I find that I'm either working with teams that are 100% "TeX all the way" or 0% "please no."

hevsuit 7y ago

The Latex plugins really make things interesting. The LaTeXText package [1] allows formula rendering and editing from within the Inkscape canvas. For tidy circuit diagrams the CircuitSymbols plugin [2] produces exquisite results by hooking into Latex's circuitTikz package and dumping the rendered result on the canvas. Typically I generate a bunch of circuit promitives and then connect them afterwards using snaps and the line tool. [1] https://inkscape.org/~seebk/%E2%98%85latextext-render-latex-in-inkscape https://inkscape.org/~seebk/%E2%98%85latextext-render-latex-... [2] https://inkscape.org/pt-br/~fsmMLK/%E2%98%85circuitsymbols https://inkscape.org/pt-br/~fsmMLK/%E2%98%85circuitsymbols edit: wording