Vector graphics application that can be used with flowfram.sty LaTeX package

Home page: https://www.dickimaw-books.com/software/flowframtk

The latest release can be obtained from CTAN.

Under construction (in the process of moving over from a local non-git repository and changing structure).

FlowframTk is a vector graphics application written in Java. You can use FlowframTk to:

• Construct shapes using lines, moves and cubic Bézier segments.
• Edit shapes by changing the defining control points.
• Add symmetry to shapes.
• Convert shapes into rotational, scaled or spiral patterns
• Incorporate text and bitmap images (for annotation and background effects).
• Display text along a shape.
• Extract the parameters for TeX's \parshape command and for \shapepar.
• Construct frames for use with the flowfram package and export as a class or package.
• Pictures can be saved in FlowframTk's native open binary format or native open ascii format or can be exported as:
  • a pgfpicture environment for use in LaTeX documents with the pgf package;
  • a complete single-paged LaTeX document that contains the pgf image code;
  • a LaTeX package or class based on the flowfram package;
  • a PNG image file;
  • a PostScript file;
  • a PDF image file;
  • a scalable vector graphics (SVG) image file. (Export functions for PS, PDF and SVG all require a TeX distribution.)
• Alternative text can be specified to use when exporting to a LaTeX file.
• Mappings can be used to specify what LaTeX font declarations should be used when exporting to a LaTeX file.
• Accompanying Applications:
  • jdrview: A lightweight jdr/ajr image viewer
  • jdrutils: A suite of command line converters

To build from the source code you will need to add javahelp2.jar to the lib directory. For example:

cd src/lib
ln -s /usr/share/java/javahelp2.jar

The JavaHelp files are created from the XML file in the src/doc/manual directory by the createflowframtkdocs Perl script. This also creates the LaTeX source for the PDF manual (with arara directives at the start). Locale-specific text is obtained from the corresponding property file src/lib/resources/dictionaries. For example:

createflowframtkdocs FlowframTk en GB

This fetches the application version details from FlowframTkInvoker.java, the locale text from flowframtk-en-GB.prop, and the locale-sensitive images from images-en-GB. (Non-locale images are in shared-images.) The helpset files are written to src/lib/resources/helpsets/flowframtk/en-GB and the LaTeX file flowframtk-en-GB.tex is written in the src/doc/manual directory. The PDF can be then be created with:

arara flowframtk-en-GB

The createflowframtkdocs Perl script was developed on Linux. There's no guarantee that it will work with other platforms.

License GPLv3 : GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.