dia xfig inkscape
In a semi-order-of-preference.
I figure you are asking this because you want to draw diagrams in technical papers/presentations.
Yep. I'd hoped that people would have found something new since I last asked you. Unfortunately not.
I think the answer is "there is nothing good". I am, and have been, doing the same and have made do with the tools above, but I really feel like this is an area that is lacking in Linux.
Agree.
Dia is very good if what you want actually fits within its bounds; what it does it does well, but what it does is quite limited.
I used this in the end as I had a very simple diagram.
inkscape is newer and pretty, and I've just been using it myself now with a reasonable amount of success. It aims to be something like Corel Draw or similar. It is far behind its commercial counterparts in the Windows world, but is at a stage now where it is quite usable.
Didn't like this so much as I couldn't immediately see stencil support and moving objects around with keeping links.
All of these programs export to EPS.
Worked great in dia.
Never used kivio (not a KDE person), so I can't comment on that. There are a few other programs you might look at:
KDE programs work fine in Gnome... tried this as well in my hunt and it looked OK but I found the picture I liked in dia so just used that..
I always idly hope that there is some great diagramming and vector drawing program in Linux that I have somehow missed all this time, but so far I have been disappointed.
Me too.
I will update the Wiki with what I find.
I'd be interested in your findings!
Not much I am afraid! Ian -- Ian McDonald http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 WAND Network Research Group University of Waikato New Zealand