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.\"     Title: \fBkig\fR
.\"    Author: Ben Burton <bab@debian.org>
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.\"      Date: 2015-08-27
.\"    Manual: KDE User's Manual
.\"    Source: KDE Applications Kig 1.0 (Applications 15.12)
.\"  Language: English
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.SH "NAME"
kig \- an interactive geometry program by KDE
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBkig\fR\ 'u
\fBkig\fR [\fB\-c, \-\-convert\-to\-native\fR [\fB\-o, \-\-outfile \fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR]] [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Kig
is an application for interactive geometry\&. It is intended to serve two purposes:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
To allow students to interactively explore mathematical figures and concepts using the computer;
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
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 other parts change as a result\&.
.PP
Kig
supports loci and user\-defined macros\&. It also imports and exports both to and 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"
.PP
\fB\-c, \-\-convert\-to\-native\fR
.RS 4
Do not show a
GUI\&. Instead convert the specified file to native
Kig
format\&. The native
Kig
file will be written to standard output unless
\fB\-\-outfile\fR
is passed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o, \-\-outfile \fR\fB\fIfilename\fR\fR
.RS 4
Used with
\fB\-\-convert\-to\-native\fR
to specify where to save the newly created
Kig
file\&. Not specifying this option, or providing a filename of
\-
will output the file to standard output\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
More detailed user documentation is available from
\m[blue]\fBhelp:/kig\fR\m[]
(either enter this
URL
into
Konqueror, or run
\fB\fBkhelpcenter\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIhelp:/kig\fR\fR)\&.
.PP
There is also further information available at the
\m[blue]\fBKDE Edutainment website\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
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>,
David E\&. Narvaez
<david\&.narvaez@computer\&.org>, and others\&.
.PP
This man page based on the one prepared for Debian by
Ben Burton
<bab@debian\&.org>\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBBen Burton\fR <\&bab@debian\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
KDE Edutainment website
.RS 4
\%http://edu.kde.org/kig/
.RE