Description of problem: It is not possible to negotiate parameters to xfig (or even xfig.bin) in the command shell. Even "xfig -help" will not show the help. On each command xfig is just opened. Beside this it is not possible to open a *.fig file in the command shell. An empty figure is opened in each case. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fc5 Xfig 3.2 patchlevel 4 (Protocol 3.2) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: try to execute one of the following in your command shell 1. xfig -help 2. xfig -pap a4 3. xfig somefigfile.fig Actual results: an empty figure is always opened Expected results: i'd like to change the metric properties, the paper size or just open a file in the command shell Additional info: none
Created attachment 127300 [details] patch to /usr/bin/xfig to pass through command args
(In reply to comment #1) > Created an attachment (id=127300) [edit] > patch to /usr/bin/xfig to pass through command args > Well, this fixes the problem that you could not use the '-help' option or open a *.fig file in the command shell. But it is still not possible to negotiate parameters like '-paper_size a4', '-metric', '-portrait' etc. That means, you can negotiate these parameters but I don't see the result....
it's now fixed in rawhide. Thanks for your report.
(In reply to comment #3) > it's now fixed in rawhide. Thanks for your report. I just installed x-fig 3.2.4-18 on my system. It is still not possible to pass through command arguments. For instance the '-help' option works fine but all the other stuff mentioned above doesn't have any effect....
it's finally fixed in rawhide with 3.2.4-20. Thanks for your report.