Finally! latexdraw 2.0.3 is just released and brings a great (in my opinion) feature: the ability to export a drawing as pdf and ps using your latex distribution. To sum up, a latex document, containing your drawing, is created and compiled into a pdf or a ps document. You can then insert it into your main latex document as a picture (pstricks packages are no more needed and the pdflatex command can be used). See here for explanations.
This release also fixes some problems (see here for more information) and the Italian localisation is now available!

I would like to thank Frank Petitjean and Martin Schonger for their donations to the latexdraw project. It is always a motivation to receive messages like 'thank for your editor, it helps me' or donations (even very small donations). Everyone can make a donation using paypal: or by sending a cheque (ask the address by mail) if you are french.

If you speak Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, and so on, you can help to translate latexdraw in your language. Such help can be a correction of a translated string or the translation of untranslated strings. The process is simple: to make translations you just need to create an account on launchpad and to set your language(s). Then you can translate latexdraw (and any program which is on lauchpad such as Ubuntu, Gnome,...). See launchpad. If you find that a translation is not correct, you can modify it too.

2.0 is now released, but certainly the most important release (for me) will be the 2.1. This future version will complete the work began in 2.0, such as the rewrite of the graphical library and of the undo/redo manager. Almost all of the original code has been rewritten in order the have a stout framework to easily implement more PSTricks and graphical stuffs. Because of that, the final user will see only minor changes. But after 2.1, 2.2 will return to provide PSTricks, LaTeX and graphical features such as maybe the pgf export, and some requested features.

The stable release of the 2.0 series is now release. It fixes some problem from the last beta version. Feel free to report any problem you find. Look at the release note for more details. The more important things are certainly the use of the SVG format as the default format, the alignement and distribution of figures.

To facilitate the translation of latexdraw, we test since a month the translation platform of launchpad. Thanks to it, everone can easily translate the program without any pressure of us :p. To make translations you just need to create an account one launchpad and to set your language(s). Then you can translate latexdraw and any program which is on lauchpad (Ubuntu, Gnome, ...). See launchpad. If you find that a translation is not correct, you can modify it too.

The third and last beta version of 2.0 is released. It fixes a lot of bugs but problems with arrows need to be fixed. But this version is not yet stable, so you should make copy of your drawings before using it. And feel free to report any problem you find. Look at the release note for more details. The new strings are ready to be translated and it can be done on launchpad. The next release will be the final 2.0 that will be released in a month.

The second beta version of 2.0 is released. It fixes some bugs but a lot still need to be fixed. Another great stuff is that the German translation is available for test. But this version is not yet stable, so you should make copy of your drawings before using it. And feel free to report any problem you find. Look at the release note for more details. The translations are not yet ready.

Finally! The first test release of latexdraw 2.0.0 is out. This big new version brings a lot of new stuffs:

• SVG import/export in order to remplace the former latexdraw format
• can align a set of shapes
• can distribute a set of shape
• PSTricks import improvement
• better performance
• better plotting of some shapes
• ... and so on ...