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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Command Line Options and Resources</title>
</head>

<body>
<a href="contents.html"><img src="images/xfig-title.png"
  alt="XFIG Users Manual" border=0></a>

<hr>

<h1>Command Line Options and Resources</h1>

<h2><a href="#options"><FONT color="#0000AA">Command-line Options</FONT></a></h2>

<dl>
<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#com-modes">Mode Settings</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#com-print">PRINT and EXPORT</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#com-fonts">Fonts or Colors, etc.</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#com-sizes">Size of Windows, etc.</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#com-other">Other Settings</a>
</dl>

<h2><a href="#resources"><FONT color="#0000AA">X Resources</FONT></a></h2>

<dl>
<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-modes">Mode Resources</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-print">PRINT and EXPORT</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-fonts">Fonts or Colors, etc.</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-sizes">Size of Windows, etc.</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-other">Other Resources</a>

<dd><img src="images/redballdot.png" alt="-">
<a href="#res-i18n">Resources for Internationalization</a>

<img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">

</dl>

<h2><a href="#env-variable"><FONT color="#0000AA">Environment Variables</FONT></a></h2>

<hr>

<h2><a name="options"><FONT color="#AA00AA">Command-line Options</FONT></a></h2>

<b>xfig</b> will accept the following command-line options.
They may be specified such as `<kbd>xfig -portrait -metric</kbd>'
when starting <b>xfig</b>.  A short form of the option name is shown
in parentheses.  This is the miminum number of letters needed to distinguish
it from another option.
<p>
It is also possible to use <a href="#resource">X resources</a> 
instead of, or in addition to command-line options.
There are also some <b>xfig</b>-related
<a href="#env-variable">environment variables</a>.

<h3><a name="com-modes"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Mode Settings
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>-allownegcoords </kbd> (<kbd>-allow</kbd>)
<dd>Allow panning the canvas into the negative region.
This is the default.
Also, in this mode the user is <b>not</b> asked if he/she wants to shift the figure
when reading in a file with objects that have negative coordinates.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-dontallownegcoords </kbd> (<kbd>-dontallow</kbd>)
<dd>Don't allow panning the canvas into the negative region.  
Also, when in this mode the user <b>is</b> asked if he/she wants to 
shift the figure when reading
in a file with objects that have negative coordinates.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-dontshowaxislines </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshowa</kbd>)
<dd>Don't draw the axis lines crossing through 0,0 on the canvas. The
page border may still be drawn unless 
<a href="#showpageborder">-dontshowpageborder</a> is selected.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-freehand_resolution <i>resolution</i> </kbd> (<kbd>-free</kbd>)
<dd>Set the resolution of the freehand drawing mode to <i>resolution</i>
pixels.  This is the number of pixels the mouse must move before <b>xfig</b> 
adds another point to the object being drawn.
<p>
<dt><kbd>-grid_unit </kbd> <i>unit</i> (<kbd>-grid_u</kbd>)
<dd>Set the <i>unit</i> of the grid and rulers when in inches mode.
If <i>unit</i> is &quot;1/10&quot;, &quot;ten&quot;, &quot;tenth&quot;,
&quot;1/10&quot; or &quot;10&quot;, (e.g. -grid_unit ten)
then the grid and point positioning is in decimal inches.  Otherwise
they are in 1/16 inch units (as before).  When in this mode, the grid
step sizes are 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 1 inch and the positioning steps are
0.05, 0.10, 0.2, 0.5, and 1.0 inch.
The default is <i>1/16 inch</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-hiddentext </kbd> (<kbd>-hi</kbd>)
<dd>Set the <i>Hidden</i> flag of
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a> to <i>ON</i>.
The default is <i>off</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-inches </kbd> (<kbd>-inc</kbd>, <kbd>-imperial</kbd>)
<dd>Make <i>inches</i> the unit of choice.
This is the default.
See also the <tt>-metric</tt> option
and <a href="panning.html#set-unit">Set Units</a>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-landscape </kbd> (<kbd>-lan</kbd>)
<dd>Start <b>xfig</b> in <i>landscape</i> (11inch x 8.5inch) mode.
This is the default.
See also the <tt>-portrait</tt> option.
<br>
It is also possible to change the orientation using the
<a href="main_menus.html#port-land">View/Portrait/Landscape</a> menu entry
after starting <b>xfig</b>.
Fig files of version 3.0 and later contain the orientation information,
and the mode will be changed as those files are loaded.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-latexfonts </kbd> (<kbd>-lat</kbd>)
<dd>Select LaTeX fonts to start.
Normally, PostScript fonts are selected.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-metric </kbd> (<kbd>-me</kbd>, <kbd>-centimeters</kbd>)
<dd>Make <i>centimeters</i> the unit of choice.
The default is <i>inches</i>.
See also the <tt>-inches</tt> option
and <a href="panning.html#set-unit">Set Units</a>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-portrait </kbd> (<kbd>-po</kbd>)
<dd>Start <b>xfig</b> in <i>portrait</i> (8.5inch x 9inch) mode.
The default is <i>landscape</i> mode.
See also the <tt>-landscape</tt> option.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-rigidtext </kbd> (<kbd>-rigi</kbd>)
<dd>Set the <i>Rigid</i> flag of
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a> to <i>ON</i>.
The default is <i>off</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-rulerthick <i>thick</i></kbd> (<kbd>-ru</kbd>)
<dd>Set the thickness of top and side rulers in pixels.
The default (and minimum) is <i>24</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-scale_factor <i>scale</i></kbd> (<kbd>-scale_factor</kbd>)
<dd>Scale all drawings read in by <i>scale</i> factor.  This is useful in
conjunction with the update <a href="#update">-update</a> option to do a batch scaling of
figures.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-showaxislines </kbd> (<kbd>-showa</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the axis lines crossing through 0,0 on the canvas.
See also <a href="#axislines">axislines</a> option for the color of the zero lines.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-smallicons</kbd> (<kbd>-sma</kbd>)
<dd>Use small button icons on mode panel.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-specialtext </kbd> (<kbd>-spec</kbd>)
<dd>Set the <i>Special</i> flag of
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a> to <i>ON</i>.
The default is <i>off</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startfontsize </kbd> <i>pointsize</i> (<kbd>-startfo</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#text-size">TEXT SIZE</a>.
The default is 12pt.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startpsFont </kbd> <i>font</i> (<kbd>-startps</kbd>)
<dd>Select the initial PostScript font as
<a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
The default is <i>Times-Roman</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startlatexFont </kbd> <i>font</i> (<kbd>-startla</kbd>)
<dd>Select the initial LaTeX font as
<a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
This is effective only if <tt>-latexfonts</tt> option is given.
The default is <i>Default</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-starttextstep </kbd> <i>stepsize</i> (<kbd>-startt</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#text-step">TEXT STEP</a>.
The default is 1.2.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startfillstyle </kbd> <i>stylenumber</i> (<kbd>-startfi</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial setting (-1 to 21) of
<a href="attributes.html#fill-style">FILL STYLE</a>.
The default is -1 (<i>No fill</i>).

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startgridmode </kbd> <i>modenumber</i> (<kbd>-startg</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial
<a href="attributes.html#grid-mode">GRID MODE</a>.
Mode 0 is <i>None</i>.
When <i>unit</i> is inches,
mode 1 1/8 inch, mode 2 is 1/4 inch, mode 3 is 1/2 inch, and mode 4 is 1 inch.
When <i>unit</i> is centimeters,
mode 1 2mm, mode 2 is 5mm, mode 3 is 1cm, and mode 4 is 2cm.
The default is mode 0 (<i>no grid</i>).

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startposnmode </kbd> <i>modenumber</i> (<kbd>-startpo</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial
<a href="attributes.html#point-position">POINT POSITION</a>.
Mode 0 is <i>Any</i>.
When <i>unit</i> is inches, mode 1 is 1/16 inch, mode 2 is 1/8 inch, mode 3 is 1/4 inch,
mode 4 is 1/2 inch, and mode 5 is 1 inch.
When <i>unit</i> is centimeters, mode 1 is 1mm, mode 2 is 2mm, mode 3 is 5mm,
mode 4 is 1cm, and mode 5 is 2cm.
The default is mode 1 (1/16inch or 1mm).

<p>
<dt><kbd>-startlinewidth </kbd> <i>width</i> (<kbd>-startli</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#line-width">LINE WIDTH</a>.
The default is 1.

<p>
<a name="update"></a>
<dt><kbd>-update </kbd> <i>file [ file ... ]</i> (<kbd>-up</kbd>)
<dd>
Run <b>xfig</b> in an &quot;update&quot; mode, where it will read each Fig file specified
on the command line and write it out to the original file,
in the current file format for the version of <b>xfig</b> being run.
The original Fig file will be preserved with
the suffix <i>.bak</i> attached to the name.
<br>
In this mode, <b>xfig</b> doesn't connect the X server, so no window is opened,
and it exits when finished.
<p>

<p>
<dt><kbd>-userscale </kbd> <i>scale</i> (<kbd>-users</kbd>)
<dd>Set the multiplier used when displaying dimensions.
See also <a href="panning.html#set-unit">Set Units</a>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-userunit </kbd> <i>units</i> (<kbd>-useru</kbd>)
<dd>Set the unit name used when displaying dimensions.
See also <a href="panning.html#set-unit">Set Units</a>.

<p>
<a name="axislines"></a>
<dt><kbd>-axislines </kbd> <i>color</i> (<kbd>-axisl</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the axis lines crossing through 0,0 on the canvas in this color.
The <kbd>-showaxislines</kbd> option must be on.
The page border lines will overwrite the zero lines in the positive 
quadrant unless it is turned off.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-zoom </kbd> <i>zoomscale</i>
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#zoom-scale">ZOOM SCALE</a>.
The default is 1.0.
</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="com-print"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
PRINT and EXPORT Settings
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>

<dt><kbd>-center </kbd> (<kbd>-cente</kbd>)
<dd>Select <i>Center</i> as <i>Justification</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
This the the default.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-exportLanguage </kbd> <i>language</i> (<kbd>-exportL</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial export language when
<a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a>.
<i>Language</i> may be one of the following:
<br>
<pre>
<b>Vector formats:</b>
     box        LaTeX box (figure boundary)
     latex      LaTeX picture
     epic       LaTeX picture + epic macros
     eepic      LaTeX picture + eepic macros
     eepicemu   LaTeX picture + eepicemu macros
     pictex     PiCTeX macros
     ibmgl      IBMGL (or HPGL)
     eps        Encapsulated PostScript
     ps         PostScript
     pdf        Portable Document Format
     pstex      Combined PS/LaTeX (both PS and LaTeX parts)
     textyl     Textyl \special commands
     tpic       TPIC
     pic        PIC
     html       HTML Image map
     mf         MF (MetaFont)
     mp         MP (MetaPost)
     mmp        MMP (Multi-MetaPost)
     cgm        CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
     binary cgm
     emf        EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)
     tk         Tk (ala Tcl/Tk)
<b>Bitmap formats:</b>
     gif        GIF
     jpg        JPEG (JFIF)
     pcx        PCX
     png        PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
     ppm        PPM (Portable Pixmap)
     sld        AutoCAD Slide format
     tiff       TIFF (no compression)
     xbm        X11 Bitmap
     xpm        X11 Pixmap (XPM3 package)
</pre>
The default is <b>eps</b>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-export_margin </kbd> (<kbd>-export_m</kbd>)
<dd>Set the size of the border margin around the figure for exporting
to bitmap, PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript, or HTML MAP formats.
This is in units of pixels (1/80th inch).
The default is 0.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-flushleft </kbd> (<kbd>-flu</kbd>)
<dd>Select <i>Flush Left</i> as <i>Justification</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
The default is <i>Centered</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-jpeg_quality </kbd> <i>quality</i> (<kbd>-j</kbd>)
<dd>Set the quality used 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
to the JPEG (JFIF) image format.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-magnification </kbd> <i>mag</i> (<kbd>-mag</kbd>)
<dd>Set <i>Magnification</i> when
<a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
<i>mag</i> is magnification in %.
The default is 100%.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-multiple </kbd> (<kbd>-mu</kbd>)
<dd>Set <i>Pages</i> to <i>Multiple</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
The default is <i>Single</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-paper_size </kbd> <i>size</i> (<kbd>-pap</kbd>)
<dd>Set the paper size
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
<i>size</i> can be one of follows:
<a name="paper_sizes"></a>
<p>
<table border=1 cellspacing=0>
<tr><th>Paper</th><th>Size</th><th>Option name</th>
<tr>
<tr><td>Letter</td><td>8.5in x  11in</td><td>Letter</td></tr>
<tr><td>Legal</td><td>8.5in x  14in</td><td>Legal</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tabloid</td><td>17in x 11in</td><td>Tabloid</td></tr>
<tr><td>ANSI A</td><td>8.5in x  11in</td><td>A</td></tr>
<tr><td>ANSI B</td><td>11in x 17in</td><td>B</td></tr>
<tr><td>ANSI C</td><td>17in x 22in</td><td>C</td></tr>
<tr><td>ANSI D</td><td>22in x 34in</td><td>D</td></tr>
<tr><td>ANSI E</td><td>34in x 44in</td><td>E</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A9</td><td>37mm x 52mm</td><td>A9</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A8</td><td>52mm x 74mm</td><td>A8</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A7</td><td>74mm x  105mm</td><td>A7</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A6</td><td>105mm x  148mm</td><td>A6</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A5</td><td>148mm x  210mm</td><td>A5</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A4</td><td>210mm x  297mm</td><td>A4</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A3</td><td>297mm x  420mm</td><td>A3</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A2</td><td>420mm x  594mm</td><td>A2</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A1</td><td>594mm x  841mm</td><td>A1</td></tr>
<tr><td>ISO A0</td><td>841mm x 1189mm</td><td>A0</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B10</td><td>32mm x 45mm</td><td>B10</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B9</td><td>45mm x 64mm</td><td>B9</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B8</td><td>64mm x 91mm</td><td>B8</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B7</td><td>91mm x  128mm</td><td>B7</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B6</td><td>128mm x  182mm</td><td>B6</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B5</td><td>182mm x  257mm</td><td>B5</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B4</td><td>257mm x  364mm</td><td>B4</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B3</td><td>364mm x  515mm</td><td>B3</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B2</td><td>515mm x  728mm</td><td>B2</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B1</td><td>728mm x 1030mm</td><td>B1</td></tr>
<tr><td>JIS B0</td><td>1030mm x 1456mm</td><td>B0</td></tr>
</table>

<p>
<dt><kbd>-single </kbd> (<kbd>-si</kbd>)
<dd>Set <i>Pages</i> to <i>Single</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
This is the default.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-transparent_color </kbd> <i>xfig color number</i> (<kbd>-tran</kbd>)
<dd>Set the &quot;transparent&quot; color 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
to the GIF image format.  This is one of the <b>xfig</b> colors, which are numbered
from -3 (Background), -2 (None), -1 (Default), 0 (Black), 1 (Blue) etc.
See <a href="fig-format.html#colors">Colors</a>.
</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="com-fonts"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Setting of Fonts or Colors, etc.
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>-boldFont </kbd> <i>font</i> (<kbd>-bol</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font used to display file names or confirmation messages, etc.
The default is <tt>8x13bold</tt>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-buttonFont </kbd> <i>font</i> (<kbd>-butt</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font used to display labels of most buttons.
The default is <tt>6x13</tt>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-cbg </kbd> <i>color</i>
<dd>Set the background color of the canvas.
If you want to set the background color of everything in <b>xfig</b> 
(menus, etc), use the general <tt>-bg</tt> option.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-cfg </kbd> <i>color</i>
<dd>Set the default color of objects.
If you want to set the foreground color of everything in <b>xfig</b> 
(menus, etc), use the general <tt>-fg</tt> option.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-correct_font_size
<dd>Normally, <i>fig2dev</i>
uses 1/80 inch for font size increments (for historical reasons),
instead of the more proper ``points'' (1/72 inch) that <i>xfig</i>
uses.  This option makes xfig call fig2dev with the 
<tt>-F</tt> option to make it use points (1/72 inch).

<p>
<dt><kbd>-depth </kbd> (<kbd>-dep</kbd>)
<dd>Choose depth of visual desired.
<br>
Use <tt>xdpyinfo</tt> to see what visuals and depths are supported.
See also <tt>-visual</tt> option.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-dontswitchcmap </kbd> (<kbd>-dontsw</kbd>)
<dd>Normaly, <b>xfig</b> will switch to a private colormap
when not enough colors are available in the default colormap,
but this option will inhibit the switch.
See also <tt>-max_image_colors</tt>.

<p>
<dt><a name="max_image_colors"><kbd>-max_image_colors </kbd> <i>numcols</i>
(<kbd>-max</kbd>)</a> 
<dd>Limit the number of colors used for imported images
to <i>numcols</i>.  The default is 64.
<b>Xfig</b> uses a 
<A href="http://www.acm.org/~dekker/NEUQUANT.HTML">The Kohonen neural network</a>
to map the colors in imported pictures to the limited set available to it.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-monochrome </kbd> (<kbd>-mo</kbd>)
<dd>Use black and white only for display.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-normalFont </kbd> <i>font</i> (<kbd>-nor</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font used in message windows, etc.
This font will also be used on the canvas
when the desired font is not available.
The default is <tt>6x13</tt>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-noscalablefonts </kbd> (<kbd>-nos</kbd>)
<dd>Disable use of the X11R5 or OpenWindows scalable fonts.
You might want to use this for debugging.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-scalablefonts </kbd> (<kbd>-sc</kbd>)
<dd>Allows use of the X11R5 or OpenWindows scalable fonts.
This is the default.
If the scalable fonts aren't available,
<b>xfig</b> will automatically switch to non-scaling fonts.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-visual </kbd> <i>visualname</i>
<dd>Use <i>visualname</i> as the visual.
<i>visualname</i> is one of
TrueColor, StaticColor, DirectColor, StaticGray, GrayScale, 
and PseudoColor.
<b>xfig</b> uses the default visual unless this is specified.
<br>
Use the <tt>xdpyinfo</tt> command to see which visuals and depths are supported.
See also <tt>-depth</tt> option.

</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="com-sizes"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Settings for the Size of Windows, etc.
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>

<p>
<dt><kbd>-but_per_row </kbd> <i>number</i> (<kbd>-but_</kbd>)
<dd>Specify how many buttons wide the mode panel should be.
This option is not usually needed since <b>xfig</b> automatically adjusts
the number of buttons per row in the mode panel to fit the canvas size
chosen (see <a href="#pheight">-pheight</a>).
The default is 2, but <b>xfig</b> will automatically increase this
if necessary to fit on the user's screen, if this option is not explicitly specified.
Also, <b>xfig</b> may be compiled to use 
<a href="installation.html#smallicons">smaller icons</a> for the mode panel.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-geometry </kbd>
[<i>W</i><kbd>x</kbd><i>H</i><kbd>]+</kbd><i>x</i><kbd>+</kbd><i>y</i> (<kbd>-geom</kbd>)
<dd>Set the <b>size</b> and/or <b>position</b> of the <b>xfig</b> window.
You may use this to set the <b>size</b> of the main <b>xfig</b> window,
or you may instead set the size of the drawing canvas in inches or cm using the 
<tt>-pwidth</tt> and <tt>-pheight</tt> options.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-iconGeometry </kbd> <kbd>+</kbd><i>x</i><kbd>+</kbd><i>y</i> (<kbd>-iconG</kbd>)
<dd>Set the position for the <b>xfig</b> icon on the display.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-internalBW </kbd> <i>width</i>
<dd>Set the width of lines between all buttons and panels.
The default is 2.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-left </kbd> (<kbd>-le</kbd>)
<dd>Put the drawing and editing mode panel on the left side of the canvas.
This is the default.

<p>
<a name="pheight"></a>
<dt><kbd>-pheight </kbd> <i>height</i> (<kbd>-ph</kbd>)
<dd>Set the height of the <b>xfig</b> canvas to <i>height</i>.
<i>height</i> is either cm or inches, depending on the selected unit.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-pwidth </kbd> <i>width</i> (<kbd>-pw</kbd>)
<dd>Set the width of <b>xfig</b> canvas to <i>width</i>.
<i>width</i> is either cm or inches, depending on the selected unit.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-right </kbd> (<kbd>-righ</kbd>)
<dd>Put the drawing and editing mode panel on the right of the canvas.
The default is left.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-showallbuttons </kbd> (<kbd>-showa</kbd>)
<dd>Always show all the attribute buttons
instead of only those relevant to the current drawing or editing mode.
This takes up more screen real estate,
but allows the user to see all settable parameters.
Normally, each attribute button will only appear
when it is relevant to the current drawing mode.

</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="com-other"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Other Settings
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>-help</kbd> (<kbd>-h</kbd>)
<dd>Print all command-line options for <b>xfig</b> and quit.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-balloon_delay </kbd> <i>msec</i> (<kbd>-bal</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the delay time in milliseconds before the information balloons popup.
The default is 500 milliseconds.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-debug </kbd> (<kbd>-deb</kbd>)
<dd>Turn on debugging mode.
Print various debugging messages such as font names, etc.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-flipvisualhints </kbd> (<kbd>-fli</kbd>)
<dd>Flip left/right 
<a href="miscellaneous.html#mouse-indicator">mouse indicator messages</a> 
for mice whose buttons have been switched.
The default is to <i>not</i> flip the messages.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-grid_color </kbd> <i>color</i> (<kbd>-grid</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the grid on the canvas in this color (default light red).

<p>
<a name="icon_view"></a>
<dt><kbd>-icon_view </kbd> (<kbd>-icon_</kbd>)
<dd>Show the icon view of the <a href="drawing.html#library">library objects</a>.
This is the default.  See also <a href="#list_view">-list_view</a>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-image_editor </kbd> (<kbd>-ima</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the program to be invoked when the
<i>Edit Image</i> button on the 
<a href="editing.html#edit-pict-panel">Edit Panel</a> 
for PICTURE object is clicked.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-inputStyle </kbd> <i>style</i>
  <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">
<dd>Set the input style when
<a href="i18n.html#input-text">entering international text</a> 
with <i>input method</i>.
The style may be selected from <tt>OffTheSpot</tt>,
<tt>OverTheSpot</tt> and <tt>Root</tt>.
If this is set to <tt>None</tt>, input method will not used.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-international</kbd>
  <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">
<dd>Turn on internationalization facility.
<b>Xfig</b> must be compiled with the
<a href="i18n.html">internationalization facility</a>.
Languages such as Japanese or Korean can't be used in international-<b>xfig</b> 
unless this option is specified when invoking <b>xfig</b> 
or the <tt>international</tt> resource is set to <i>ON</i>.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-keyFile </kbd> <i>compose-key-file</i> (<kbd>-k</kbd>)
<dd>Use <i>compose-key-file</i> instead of <tt>CompKeyDB</tt> 
for compose key database.
If there are no `<tt>/</tt>'s in the name,
the file must reside in the <b>xfig</b> library directory <i>$XFIGLIBDIR</i> 
(normally <tt>/usr/local/lib/X11/xfig</tt>).
If there are any `<tt>/</tt>'s in the name
it is taken as is (not relative to <i>$XFIGLIBDIR</i>).
If the name is start with `<tt>~/</tt>',
it will replaced to the user's home directory.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-library_dir </kbd> (<kbd>-li</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the directory where <b>Fig</b> object (drawing) directories are stored.
See <a href="drawing.html#availablelibraries">available libraries</a>. 

<p>
<dt><kbd>-library_icon_size </kbd> <i>size</i> (<kbd>-library_i</kbd>)
<dd>Set the size of the library icons to <i>size</i> pixels square.
See also <a href="#icon_view">-icon_view</a>.

<p>
<a name="list_view"></a>
<dt><kbd>-list_view </kbd> (<kbd>-list_</kbd>)
<dd>Show the list view of the <a href="drawing.html#library">library objects</a>.
The default is to show the icon view.  See also <a href="#icon_view">-icon_view</a>.

<p>
<a name="nosplash"></a>
<dt><kbd>-nosplash</kbd>
<dd>Don't show the startup screen on startup. 
The default is to show the splash screen

<p>
<dt><kbd>-nowrite_bak</kbd>
<dt><kbd>-write_bak</kbd>
<dd>When saving a drawing into an existing .fig file <b>xfig</b> will first rename that file by
appending ".bak" to the name. These options turn on and off that feature.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-pageborder </kbd> <i>color</i> (<kbd>-pag</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the page border on the canvas in this color (default light blue).
The page border is turned on by the 
<a href="#showpageborder"><kbd>-showpageborder</kbd></a>
(resource Fig.showpageborder) option,
and shows the edges of the current <i>export</i> paper size.

<p>
<img src="images/balloons-example.png" align=right alt="[ Ballons message ]">
<dt><kbd>-showballoons </kbd> (<kbd>-showb</kbd>)
<dt><kbd>-dontshowballoons </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshowb</kbd>)
<dd>Popup/don't popup  balloon messages when the cursor passes over buttons etc.
The default is to show the balloons.

<p>
<dt><kbd>-showdepthmanager </kbd> (<kbd>-showd</kbd>)
<dt><kbd>-dontshowdepthmanager </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshowd</kbd>)
<dd>Show or hide the 
<a href="layers.html#depth_panel">depth manager</a>
This will allow more room for the canvas.
The default is to <i>show</i> the depth manager.

<p>
<img src="images/show-lengths.png" align=right alt="[ Show length ]">
<dt><a name="showlengths"><kbd>-showlengths </kbd> (<kbd>-showl</kbd>)</a>
<dt><kbd>-dontshowlengths </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshowl</kbd>)
<dd>
Makes <b>xfig</b> show the lengths of lines being drawn, in red text near the
line itself.  Also, when points are moved or added.  In addition, imagine
a triangle formed with the line segment being drawn as the hypotenuse,
and a vertical and horizontal line forming the other two sides.  These
lines and their lengths are also drawn in red as the point is moved or added.

<p>
<img src="images/show-vertex.png" align=right alt="[ Show vertex ]">
<dt><a name="showvertex"><kbd>-shownums </kbd> (<kbd>-shown</kbd>)</a>
<dt><kbd>-dontshownums </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshown</kbd>)
<dd>
Makes <b>xfig</b> show the number of each vertex of objects on the canvas.
For arcs, it also shows the center point.
This is probably only useful for debugging of Fig files.

<p>
<a name="showpageborder"></a>
<dt><kbd>-showpageborder </kbd> (<kbd>-showp</kbd>)
<dt><kbd>-dontshowpageborder </kbd> (<kbd>-dontshowp</kbd>)
<dd>Show or don't show the border of the current paper size in the 
color specified by the <a href="#pageborder"><kbd>-pageborder</kbd></a>
option (default light blue).

<p>
<dt><kbd>-spellcheckcommand </kbd> <i>spell-check-command</i> (<kbd>-spel</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the external spell check program to use when checking spelling
of text objects.  The default is `spell'.

<p>
<dt><a name="spinner_delay"><kbd>-spinner_delay </kbd> <i>msec</i> (<kbd>-spinner_d</kbd>)</a>
<dd>Specify the delay time in milliseconds before a spinner counts automatically,
while the up- or down-arrow is being pressed.
The default is 500 milliseconds.

<p>
<dt><a name="spinner_rate"><kbd>-spinner_rate </kbd> <i>msec</i> (<kbd>-spinner_r</kbd>)</a>
<dd>Specify the rate in milliseconds at which a spinner counts automatically.
The default is 100 milliseconds.
<p>

<dt><kbd>-tablet </kbd> (<kbd>-ta</kbd>)
<dd>Specifies that <b>xfig</b> should use the input tablet
instead of the mouse for drawing.
You must have the XInputExtension in your X server
and an input tablet for this to work,
and <b>xfig</b> must be compiled with the <tt>TABLIB</tt> and <tt>USETAB</tt> 
variables set in the <tt>Imakefile</tt> for it to use the tablet.
<br>
Use <tt>xdpyinfo</tt> to see if your server supports the XInputExtension.

<p>
<img src="images/ruler.png" align=right alt="[ Ruler ]">
<dt><kbd>-track </kbd> (<kbd>-trac</kbd>)
<dt><kbd>-notrack </kbd> (<kbd>-not</kbd>)
<dd>Turn on or off cursor (mouse) tracking arrows.
The default is to track the cursor position by displaying 
arrows on the top and side ruler.

</dl>

<img src="images/blueramp.png" alt="==============================">

<h2><a name="resources"><FONT color="#AA00AA">X Resources</FONT></a></h2>

Here are X resources which may be used to customize <b>xfig</b>.
They are usually specified by putting lines
into the resource database file of <b>xfig</b>,
such as <tt>/usr/X11/lib/app-defaults/Fig</tt> or the user's
own resource file which must be read by <tt>xrdb</tt>.

<hr>

<h3><a name="res-modes"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Mode Resources
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>allownegcoords </kbd> (<kbd>NegativeCoordinates</kbd>)
<dd>Allow panning the canvas into the negative region.
This is the default.
If this is <b>false</b> the user is asked if he/she wants to shift the figure
when reading in a file with objects that have negative coordinates.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-allownegcoords</tt>, <tt>-dontallownegcoords</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> on

<p>
<dt><kbd>hiddentext</kbd> (<kbd>HiddenText</kbd>)
<dd>Set initial value of the <i>Hidden</i> flag of the
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-hiddentext</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>inches </kbd> (<kbd>Inches</kbd>)
<dd><i>inches</i> will be selected as the unit if this is set <i>ON</i>,
<i>cm</i> otherwise.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-inches</tt> (<tt>-imperial</tt>),
  <tt>-metric</tt> (<tt>-centimeters</tt>)
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on (inches)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>landscape </kbd> (<kbd>Orientation</kbd>)
<dd><i>landscape</i> orientation will be selected if this is set <i>ON</i>,
<i>portrait</i> mode otherwise.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-landscape</tt>, <tt>-portrait</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on (landscape)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>latexfonts </kbd> (<kbd>Latexfonts</kbd>)
<dd>LaTeX fonts will be used initially if this is set <i>ON</i>.  Otherwise
PostScript fonts will be used.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-latexfonts</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>rigidtext </kbd> (<kbd>RigidText</kbd>)
<dd>Set initial value of the <i>Rigid</i> flag of the
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-rigidtext</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>specialtext </kbd> (<kbd>SpecialText</kbd>)
<dd>Set initial value of the <i>Special</i> flag of the
<a href="attributes.html#text-flags">TEXT FLAGS</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-specialtext</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startpsFont </kbd> (<kbd>StartpsFont</kbd>)
<dd>Select the specified PostScript font as the initial
<a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startpsFont</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>Times-Roman</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startlatexFont </kbd> (<kbd>StartlatexFont</kbd>)
<dd>Select the specified LaTeX font as the initial
<a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startlatexFont</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>Default</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startfontsize </kbd> (<kbd>StartFontSize</kbd>)
<dd>Set initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#text-size">TEXT SIZE</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startfontsize</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">12</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>starttextstep </kbd> (<kbd>StartTextStep</kbd>)
<dd>Set initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#text-step">TEXT STEP</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-starttextstep</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">1.2</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startfillstyle </kbd> (<kbd>StartFillStyle</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value (-1 to 21) of
<a href="attributes.html#fill-style">FILL STYLE</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startfillstyle</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">-1 (None)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startgridmode </kbd> (<kbd>StartGridMode</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value (0 to 4) of
<a href="attributes.html#grid-mode">GRID MODE</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startgridmode</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">0 (None)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startposnmode </kbd> (<kbd>StartPosnMode</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value (0 to 5) of
<a href="attributes.html#point-position">POINT POSITION</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startposnmode</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">1 (1/16inch, or 1mm)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>startlinewidth </kbd> (<kbd>StartLineWidth</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#line-width">LINE WIDTH</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-startlinewidth</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">1</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>userscale </kbd> (<kbd>UserScale</kbd>)
<dd>Set the multiplier used when displaying dimensions.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-userscale</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">1.0</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>userunit </kbd> (<kbd>UserUnit</kbd>)
<dd>Set the unit name used when displaying dimensions.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-userunit</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>in</tt> (or <tt>cm</tt>)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>zoom </kbd> (<kbd>Zoom</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial value of
<a href="attributes.html#zoom-scale">ZOOM SCALE</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-zoom</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">1.0</font>
</dl>

<hr>

<h3><FONT color="#AA00AA"><a name="res-print">
PRINT and EXPORT Resources
</a></FONT></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>export_margin </kbd> (<kbd>Width</kbd>)
<dd>Set the size of the border margin around the figure for exporting
to bitmap, PostScript, Encapsulated PostScript, or HTML MAP formats.
This is in units of pixels (1/80th inch).
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-export_margin</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>0</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>exportLanguage </kbd> (<kbd>ExportLanguage</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial export <i>Language</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-exportLanguage</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>eps</tt></font> (Encapsulated PostScript)

<p>
<dt><kbd>flushleft </kbd> (<kbd>FlushLeft</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial <i>Justification</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-flushleft</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off (Centered)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>jpeg_quality </kbd> <i>quality</i> (<kbd>Quality</kbd>)
<dd>Set the quality used 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
to the JPEG (JFIF) image format.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>jpeg_quality</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">75</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>magnification </kbd> (<kbd>Magnification</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial <i>Magnification</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-magnification</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">100</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>multiple </kbd> (<kbd>Multiple</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial selection of <i>Pages</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-multiple</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>paper_size </kbd> (<kbd>Papersize</kbd>)
<dd>Set the initial <i>Paper Size</i> 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
or <a href="printing.html#print">Printing</a>.
See <a href="#paper_sizes">paper sizes</a>.
<dd>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-paper_size</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">Letter</font> (when unit is inches), or 
<font color="#AA00AA">A4</font> (when unit is cm)

<p>
<dt><kbd>transparent </kbd> <i>xfig color number</i> (<kbd>Transparent</kbd>)
<dd>Set the &quot;transparent&quot; color 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
to the GIF image format.  This is one of the <b>xfig</b> colors, which are numbered
from -3 (Background), -2 (None), -1 (Default), 0 (Black), 1 (Blue) etc.
See <a href="fig-format.html#colors">Colors</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-transparent_color</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">-2 (None)</font>

</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="res-fonts"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Resources for Fonts or Colors, etc.
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>boldFont </kbd> (<kbd>Font</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font to use for file names or confirmation messages, etc.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-bold</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>8x13bold</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>buttonFont </kbd> (<kbd>Font</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font to use for the labels of most buttons.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-button</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>6x13</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>normalFont </kbd> (<kbd>Font</kbd>)
<dd>Set the font used in message windows, etc.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-normal</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>6x13</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>canvasbackground </kbd> (<kbd>Background</kbd>)
<dd>Set the background color of the canvas.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-cbg</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>ivory</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>canvasforeground </kbd> (<kbd>Foreground</kbd>)
<dd>Set the default color of objects.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-cfg</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>black</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>depth </kbd> (<kbd>Depth</kbd>)
<dd>Set depth of the visual.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-depth</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">default screen depth</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>dontswitchcmap </kbd> (<kbd>Dontswitchcmap</kbd>)
<dd>Setting this <i>ON</i> will inhibit switching to a private colormap
even if not enough colors are available in the default colormap.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-dontswitchcmap</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>jpeg_quality </kbd> <i>quality</i> (<kbd>Quality</kbd>)
<dd>Set the quality used 
when <a href="printing.html#export">Exporting</a> 
to the JPEG (JFIF) image format.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>jpeg_quality</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">75</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>monochrome </kbd> (<kbd>Monochrome</kbd>)
<dd>Setting this <i>ON</i> will make
<b>xfig</b> use black and white only for display.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-monochrome</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>visual </kbd> (<kbd>Visual</kbd>)
<dd>Use <i>visualname</i> as visual.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-visual</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">default screen visual</font>

</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="res-sizes"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Resources for the Size of Windows, etc.
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>

<dt><kbd>but_per_row </kbd> (<kbd>But_per_row</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the number of buttons wide the mode panel should be.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-but_per_row</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">2</font>


<p>
<dt><kbd>internalborderwidth </kbd> (<kbd>InternalBorderWidth</kbd>)
<dd>Set the width of lines between all buttons and panels.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-internalBW</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">2</font> (pixels)

<p>
<dt><kbd>justify </kbd> (<kbd>Justify</kbd>)
<dd>If this is <i>ON</i>,
drawing and editing mode panel will put to the right of the canvas.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-left</tt>, <tt>-right</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off (left)</font>

<dt><kbd>pheight </kbd> (<kbd>Height</kbd>)
<dd>Set the height of the canvas.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-pheight</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">8.5 (inches) (9 inches in portrait mode)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>pwidth </kbd> (<kbd>Width</kbd>)
<dd>Set the width of the canvas.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-pwidth</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">11 (inches) (8.5 inches in portrait mode)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>showallbuttons </kbd> (<kbd>ShowAllButtons</kbd>)
<dd>If this is <i>ON</i>,
<b>xfig</b> will always show all the attribute buttons
instead of only those relevant to the current drawing mode.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-showallbuttons</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>smallicons  </kbd> (<kbd>Icons</kbd>)
<dd>Show the small icons in the mode panel.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-smallicons</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>rulerthick </kbd> (<kbd>RulerThick</kbd>)
<dd>Set the thickness of top and side rulers.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-rulerthick</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">24</font> (pixels)
<br>
<b>Minimum:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>24</tt></font>
</dl>

<hr>

<h3><a name="res-other"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Other Resources
</FONT></a></h3>

<dl>
<dt><kbd>balloon_delay </kbd> (<kbd>Balloon_Delay</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the delay time in milliseconds before the information balloons popup.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-balloon_delay</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">500 milliseconds</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>browser </kbd> (<kbd>Browser</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the web browser to use to view the HTML help files.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>netscape -remote 'openFile(%f)' || netscape %f</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>debug </kbd> (<kbd>Debug</kbd>)
<dd>Setting this <i>ON</i> will turn on debugging mode.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-debug</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>ghostscript </kbd> <i>name</i> (<kbd>Ghostscript</kbd>)
<dd>The name of the ghostscript program (default gs).
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-ghostscript</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">gs</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>flipvisualhints </kbd> (<kbd>Hints</kbd>)
<dd>Setting this <i>ON</i> will flip the left/right mouse indicator 
messages for mice whose buttons have been switched.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-flipvisualhints</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>grid_color </kbd> <i>color</i> (<kbd>Color</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the grid on the canvas in this color (default light red).
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-grid_color</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">#FFCCCC</font>

<p>
<a name="res-icon_view"></a>
<dt><kbd>icon_view </kbd> (<kbd>View</kbd>)
<dd>Show the icon view of the library objects.
See also <a href="#res-library_icon_size">library_icon_size</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b>  <kbd>-icon_view</kbd>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">True</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>image_editor </kbd> (<kbd>ImageEditor</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the program to be invoked when the
<i>Edit Image</i> button on the 
<a href="editing.html#edit-pict-panel">Edit Panel</a> 
for PICTURE object is clicked.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-image_editor</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>xv</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>keyFile </kbd> (<kbd>KeyFile</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the file to be used as the compose key (international characters)
database.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-keyFile</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>$XFIGLIBDIR/CompKeyDB</tt></font>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp
(where $XFIGLIBDIR is the variable in the Imakefile for <b>xfig</b>)

<p>
<dt><kbd>library_dir </kbd> (<kbd>libraryDirectory</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the directory where <b>Fig</b> object directories are stored.
When the <a href="drawing.html#library">Library</a> button
is pressed this path will be parsed for <b>Fig</b> files and sub-directories.
Each sub-directory found will be used as an object library and will
appear in the pull-down menu in the library popup panel.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-library_dir</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>~/xfiglib</tt></font>

<p>
<a name="res-library_icon_size"></a>
<dt><kbd>library_icon_size </kbd> (<kbd>Dimension</kbd>)
<dd>Set the size of the library icons in pixels.
See also <a href="#res-icon_view">icon_view</a>.
<br>
<b>Option:</b>  (<kbd>-library_icon_size</kbd>)
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">60</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>max_image_colors </kbd> (<kbd>Max_image_colors</kbd>)
<dd>Limit the number of colors used for imported images.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-max_image_colors</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">64</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>pageborder </kbd> <i>color</i> (<kbd>Color</kbd>)
<dd>Draw the page border on the canvas in this color.
The page border is turned on by the 
<kbd>-showpageborder</kbd> option (resource Fig.showpageborder),
and shows the edges of the current <i>export</i> paper size.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-pageborder</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">light blue</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>pdfviewer </kbd> (<kbd>Viewer</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the external program to use to view the PDF help files.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>acroread %f</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>showballoons </kbd> (<kbd>showBalloons</kbd>)
<dd>Popup popup balloon messages when the cursor passes over buttons etc.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-showballoons / -dontshowballoons</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on (show balloons)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>showdepthmanager </kbd> (<kbd>Hints</kbd>)
<dd>Show the depth manager to the right of the side ruler.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-showdepthmanager / -dontshowdepthmanager</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on (show depth manager)</font>


<p>
<dt><kbd>showlengths </kbd> (<kbd>Debug</kbd>)
<dd>Makes <b>xfig</b> show the lengths of lines being drawn, in red text near the
line itself.  Also, when points are moved or added.  In addition, imagine
a triangle formed with the line segment as the hypotenuse,
and a vertical and horizontal line forming the other two sides.  These
lines and their lengths are also drawn in red as the point is moved or added.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-showlengths / -dontshowlengths</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>shownums</kbd> (<kbd>Debug</kbd>)
<dd>
Makes <b>xfig</b> show the number of each vertex of objects on the canvas.
This is probably only useful for debugging of Fig files.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-shownums</tt>, <kbd>-dontshownums</kbd>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off (don't show numbers)</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>showpageborder </kbd> (<kbd>Debug</kbd>)
<dd>Makes <b>xfig</b> show the border of the current <i>export</i> 
paper size in the color specified by the <kbd>-pageborder</kbd> option 
(resource Fig.pageborder).
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-showpageborder</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>spellcheckcommand</kbd> (<kbd>spellCheckCommand</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the external spell check program to use when checking spelling
of text objects.  
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-spellcheckcommand</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">spell</font>

<p>
<a name="splash_resource"></a>
<dt><kbd>splash </kbd> (<kbd>View</kbd>)
<dd>Show or don't show the startup screen on startup. 
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-nosplash</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">True</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>spinner_delay </kbd> (<kbd>spinnerDelay</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the delay time in milliseconds before a spinner counts automatically,
while the up- or down-arrow is being pressed.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-spinner_delay</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">500 milliseconds</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>spinner_rate </kbd> (<kbd>spinnerRate</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the rate in milliseconds at which a spinner counts automatically.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-spinner_rate</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">100 milliseconds</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>trackCursor </kbd> (<kbd>Track</kbd>)
<dd>Setting this <i>ON</i> will turn on cursor (mouse) tracking arrows.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-track</tt> and <tt>-notrack</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>Fig*browse_panel*mask*string</kbd>
<dd>Set the initial value of <i>Filename Mask</i> of
<a href="editing.html#browse-panel">Browse Panel</a>. 
There may be multiple wildcard strings separated by blanks or tabs
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>
*.gif* *.jpg* *.pcx* *.png* *.xpm* *.xbm* *.ps* *.eps*</tt></font>
<br>

<p>
<dt><kbd>Fig*file_panel*mask*string</kbd>
<dd>Set the initial value of <i>Filename Mask</i> of
<a href="main_menus.html#file-panels">File Panel</a>. 
There may be multiple wildcard strings separated by blanks or tabs
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>*.fig *.fig.gz *.fig.[Zz]</tt></font>
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(this will match compressed, gzipped and normal .fig files)

<p>
<dt><kbd>Fig*job_params*string</kbd>
<dd>Set the initial value of <i>Print Job Params</i> of
<a href="printing.html#print">Print Panel</a>.
This resource may be used to set any options
which should given to <tt>lpr</tt> (<tt>lp</tt> on System V system)
when printing.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">&quot;&quot;</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>Fig*printer*string</kbd>
<dd>Set the initial value of <i>PostScript Printer</i> of
<a href="printing.html#print">Print Panel</a>.
If this resource is not set
and the environment variable <tt>$PRINTER</tt> is set,
it is used as the initial value.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">&quot;&quot;</font>
</dl>

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<h3><a name="res-i18n"><FONT color="#AA00AA">
Resources for Internationalization
  <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" align="top" alt="[I18N]">
</FONT></a></h3>

These resources are effective
only for <b>xfig</b> with <a href="i18n.html">internationalization facility</a>
(I18N Imakefile variable enabled).

<dl>

<dt><kbd>international</kbd> (<kbd>International</kbd>)
<dd>Set if the internationalization facility should be enabled.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-international</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">off</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>boldFontSet</kbd> (<kbd>BoldFontSet</kbd>)
<dd>Set the fontset used for drawing international text
when <i>Times-Bold</i> is selected.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
See also <tt>normalFontSet</tt>.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <tt><FONT color="#AA00AA">-*-times-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-bold-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</font></tt>

<p>
<dt><kbd>eucEncoding</kbd>
<dd>If this is <i>ON</i>,
it is assumed that EUC encoding is used for international text.
Normally, EUC should be used.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA">on</font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>fig2devLocalizeOption</kbd>
<dd>Specify the option to be added when invoking
<a href="installation.html#related-software"><b>fig2dev</b></a>.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled,
and the string will added as an option
when invoking <b>fig2dev</b>.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>-j</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>fixedFontSet</kbd> (<kbd>FontSet</kbd>)
<dd>Set the fontset used for displaying text in conversion or status
when entering text with <i>Off the Spot</i> or <i>Over the Spot</i>.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <tt><FONT color="#AA00AA">-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</font></tt>

<p>
<dt><kbd>fontMenuLanguage</kbd> (<kbd>Language</kbd>)
<dd>Specify the language to be used for label of
<a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
<tt>japanese</tt> and <tt>korean</tt> are supported in the current release,
and label of <i>Times-Roman</i> and <i>Times-Bold</i> will be replaced
by those for the language.
Normally, you don't have to set this because <b>xfig</b> will choose it
from the locale if this is not explicitly specified.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> &quot;&quot;

<p>
<dt><kbd>inputStyle</kbd>
<dd>Set the input style when
<a href="i18n.html#input-text">entering international text</a> 
with <i>input method</i>.
The style may be selected from <tt>OffTheSpot</tt>,
<tt>OverTheSpot</tt> and <tt>Root</tt>.
If this is set to <tt>None</tt>, input method will not used.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
<br>
<b>Option:</b> <tt>-inputStyle</tt>
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <FONT color="#AA00AA"><tt>OffTheSpot</tt></font>

<p>
<dt><kbd>latinKeyboard</kbd> (<kbd>LatinKeyboard</kbd>)
<dd>If this is set ON, <b>xfig</b> will accept input via input-method
even if a font other than <i>Times-Roman</i> and <i>Times-Bold</i> 
is selected in <a href="attributes.html#text-font">TEXT FONT</a>.
This may be useful when European keyboard
which can enter Latin-1 characters is used, for example.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> off

<p>
<dt><kbd>normalFontSet</kbd> (<kbd>NormalFontSet</kbd>)
<dd>Set the fontset used for drawing international text
when <i>Times-Roman</i> is selected.
This is effective only if internationalization facility is enabled.
See also <tt>boldFontSet</tt>.
<br>
<b>Default:</b> <tt><FONT color="#AA00AA">-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,
    -*-*-*-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</font></tt>

</dl>


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<h2><FONT color="#AA00AA"><a name="env-variable">Environment Variables</a></FONT></h2>

<dl>
<dt><tt>XFIGTMPDIR</tt>
<dd>Specify the directory where temporary files should stored.
If this is not set, the <tt>/tmp</tt> directory will be used.

<p>
<dt><tt>FIG2DEV_DIR</tt>
<dd>Specify the path where the <b>fig2dev</b> executable resides.
If this is not set, <b>xfig</b> relies on the user's normal
command search path to run <b>fig2dev</b>.

<p>
<dt><tt>PRINTER</tt>
<dd>Specify the default printer when printing figures
with <a href="printing.html#print">Print</a>.
If the <tt>Fig*printer*string</tt> resource is set,
this variable will ignored.

<p>
<dt><tt>LANG</tt> <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">
<dd>Set the language to be used.
For Japanese, a locale name like
<tt>japanese</tt> or <tt>ja_JP.eucJP</tt> may be used.

<p>
<dt><tt>XMODIFIERS</tt> <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">
<dd>Specify the <i>input method</i> to be used for entering text.
If this is not set, the default input method will be used.

<p>
<dt><tt>FIG2DEV_LIBDIR</tt> <img src="images/pict-i18n.png" alt="[I18N]">
<dd>Specify the directory where the files
needed by <a href="i18n.html">international-<b>fig2dev</b></a> 
(<tt>japanese.ps</tt>, etc.) are placed.
If this is not set,
the setting when compiling <b>fig2dev</b> will be used.
</dl>

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