CIP(9.1) CIP(9.1)
NAME
cip - draw pictures for typesetting
SYNOPSIS
cip
DESCRIPTION
Cip prepares or modifies pic(1) descriptions, which may sub-
sequently be typeset. It provides a palette of shapes: box,
circle, ellipse, line, arc, spline, and text. Button 1
selects shapes from the palette or the screen. Button 2
places or redraws (`edit', `move') shapes. Button 3 con-
trols menus.
File names and text strings are entered from the keyboard.
Keyboard input always ends with a newline. A current file
name is remembered and offered for file operations; back-
space over it to substitute a new name, or type newline to
accept it.
The `define macro' menu item allows a box to be swept, col-
lecting all contained shapes into a group. Groups are
selected as whole. When a group is selected, a special menu
appears. Item `separate' dissolves the group; `reflect x'
reflects about a horizontal midline; after `copy' button 2
places copies at the cursor. Item `edit' confines activity
to the group. Changes are reflected in all copies of the
group. To leave the group, click button 1 at `edit depth'.
SEE ALSO
pic(1), ped(9.1)
Sally A. Browning, `Cip User's Manual: One Picture is Worth
a Thousand Words', this manual, Volume 2
BUGS
Cip cannot handle arbitrary pic programs, just programs in
the style that it produces.