|
|
|
|
.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
|
|
|
|
|
.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
|
|
|
|
|
.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
|
|
|
|
|
.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
|
|
|
|
|
.TH KIG 1 "October 16, 2004"
|
|
|
|
|
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
|
|
|
|
|
.\"
|
|
|
|
|
.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .nh disable hyphenation
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .hy enable hyphenation
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .ad l left justify
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .nf disable filling
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .fi enable filling
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .br insert line break
|
|
|
|
|
.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
|
|
|
|
|
.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
|
|
|
|
|
.SH NAME
|
|
|
|
|
kig \- an interactive geometry program for KDE
|
|
|
|
|
.SH SYNOPSIS
|
|
|
|
|
.B kig
|
|
|
|
|
.RI "[ " generic-options " ]"
|
|
|
|
|
[ \fIURL\fP ]
|
|
|
|
|
.br
|
|
|
|
|
.B kig \-c, \-\-convert\-to\-native
|
|
|
|
|
[ \fB\-o, \-\-outfile\fP \fInative-file\fP ]
|
|
|
|
|
\fIfile\fP
|
|
|
|
|
.SH DESCRIPTION
|
|
|
|
|
\fBKig\fP is an application for interactive geometry. It is intended to
|
|
|
|
|
serve two purposes:
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
.RS
|
|
|
|
|
\- to allow students to interactively explore mathematical figures and
|
|
|
|
|
concepts using the computer;
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
\- to serve as a WYSIWYG tool for drawing mathematical figures and
|
|
|
|
|
including them in other documents.
|
|
|
|
|
.RE
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
With this program you can do geometry on a computer just like you would
|
|
|
|
|
on a blackboard in a classroom. However, the program allows you to move
|
|
|
|
|
and change parts of a geometrical drawing so that you can see how the other
|
|
|
|
|
parts change as a result.
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
Kig supports loci and user-defined macros. It also supports imports
|
|
|
|
|
and exports to/from foreign file formats including Cabri, Dr. Geo, KGeo,
|
|
|
|
|
KSeg and XFig.
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
This application is part of the official KDE edutainment module.
|
|
|
|
|
.SH OPTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
Below are the kig-specific options.
|
|
|
|
|
For a full summary of options, run \fIkig \-\-help\fP.
|
|
|
|
|
.TP
|
|
|
|
|
.B \-c, \-\-convert\-to\-native
|
|
|
|
|
Do not show a GUI. Instead, convert the specified file to the native
|
|
|
|
|
Kig format. The native Kig file will be written to standard output
|
|
|
|
|
unless \-\-outfile is passed (see below).
|
|
|
|
|
.TP
|
|
|
|
|
\fB\-o, \-\-outfile\fP \fInative-file\fP
|
|
|
|
|
Used with \-\-convert\-to\-native to specify where to save the newly
|
|
|
|
|
created Kig file. Note that a filename of '\-' means standard
|
|
|
|
|
output (which is also the default).
|
|
|
|
|
.SH SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
|
Full user documentation is available through the KDE Help Centre.
|
|
|
|
|
You can also enter the URL
|
|
|
|
|
\fIhelp:/kig/\fP
|
|
|
|
|
directly into konqueror or you can run
|
|
|
|
|
`\fIkhelpcenter help:/kig/\fP'
|
|
|
|
|
from the command-line.
|
|
|
|
|
.PP
|
|
|
|
|
If the KDE Help Centre is not installed then you can install the package
|
|
|
|
|
\fItdeedu-doc-html\fP and read this documentation in HTML format from
|
|
|
|
|
\fI/opt/trinity/share/doc/tde/HTML/en/kig/\fP.
|
|
|
|
|
.SH AUTHOR
|
|
|
|
|
Kig was written by Dominique Devriese <devriese@kde.org>,
|
|
|
|
|
Maurizio Paolini <paolini@dmf.bs.unicatt.it>,
|
|
|
|
|
Franco Pasquarelli <pasqui@dmf.bs.unicatt.it>,
|
|
|
|
|
Pino Toscano <toscano.pino@tiscali.it> and others.
|
|
|
|
|
.br
|
|
|
|
|
This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org>
|
|
|
|
|
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
|
