wanted diagram drawing program i am looking for a program to draw various kinds of diagrams on my linux system it must be free it must run on standard monochrome x with a small screen size x no motif openlook etc it must compile under linux with gcc g most generic unix software works ok it must produce postscript files that i can include into latex documents with dvips or just tell me another free program that converts one of the supported formats to ps it must produce drawings that are larger than the window size scrollable i know of several such programs idraw xfig tgif i have no experience with any of them features i would like in the programs are ability to draw circles arcs straight lines boxes and arrows support for both dashed and solid line styles for all of these objects support for texts in any size ability to move copy resize rotate any part of the drawing ability to turn any part of the drawing into a library component e g a transistor symbol composed of three lines an arrow and a circle any aid numeric coordinates screen grid to align parts of the drawing less essential but in fact very handy preservation of connection if i move one part of the drawing the lines that connect that part to the rest of the drawing stay connected ideally i want the tool so general and flexible that it is comfortable to draw electronic schematics flow charts logic diagrams data flow diagrams and block diagrams with it i just want to know which of the programs offer which of the features on my whishlist and are there any other programs how demanding are the programs with respect to disk space memory and cpu usage are any of the programs known to work on linux with monochrome x lennart
