LaTeXDraw 2.0 New and Noteworthy

Here are some of the more noteworthy things available in LaTeXDraw 2.0. See the release note for details about bugs fixed and other changes. Here is the roadmap page of LaTeXDraw 2.0.

SVG import/export

SVG is an XML graphical format for 2D drawing made by the W3C. Latexdraw now uses this format to open and save its drawing. The main benefits of this change are notably:

There is no more problem when you change of Java version
You can open an SVG file with any good picture viewer
You can open a latexdraw drawing with an other software such as inkscape (the inverse is not yet adviced)
You can modify an SVG document

The former format is still managed in 2.0 but it is adviced to convert them in SVG since it will no more managed in 2.1.

Shapes aligment

You can align several selected shapes.

alignment

Shapes distribution

You can distribute several selected shapes.

distribution

XML preferences

The preferences are now stored into an XML file in order. It allows:

to have no more problem when you change of Java version
to easily modify your preferences with any text editor