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<entry id="shapepatch" 
       datestamp="2003/01/27" 
       modifier="Graham.Williams@csiro.au">
  <about>
    <name>shapepatch</name>
    <caption>Transfig patch supporting <xref refid="shapepar">shapepar</xref>.</caption>
    <author>
      <name>Christian Gollwitzer</name>
      <email>auriocus@gmx.de</email>
    </author>
    <license type="bsd"/>
    <version>
      <number>1.1</number>
    </version>
  </about>
  <description>
    <abstract>
      ShapePatch is a patch against <xref
      refid="transfig">Transfig</xref>, which adds the capability to
      export <xref refid="xfig">XFig</xref> figures to shape
      definitions for <xref refid="shapepar">shapepar</xref>.  <xref
      refid="shapepar">Shapepar</xref> itself is a TeX-Macro by Donald
      Arsenau that allows to form a paragraph into a given shape,
      where the size of the shape is automatically adjusted so that
      the given paragraph completely fills the shape. There are some
      predefined shapes, like e.g., a heart.  So you can form any
      paragraph into the form of a heart by putting
      \heartpar{sometext...}  inside your document. It is of course
      possible to define your own shapes but it involves specifying
      polygon coordinates. This is where ShapePatch helps - it allows
      you to simply draw the shape you want with XFig and then convert
      it to a shape definition either by calling fig2dev manually or
      by choosing "Export/Shape" in XFig (if you install the
      additional XFig patch).
    </abstract>
  </description>
  <distribution>
    <ctan>graphics/transfig-shapepatch</ctan>
  </distribution>
</entry>
