The Handbook
This Handbook describes Version 0.7.1 by Kai-Uwe Sattler.

Introduction
The goal of the project is to create a freely available vector-based drawing program with an interface comprable to that of Corel Draw® or with Adobe Illustrator®.

About the author
The author of is Kai-Uwe Sattler.

History of
From the official home page:
"I have started this project because I am tired of switching to Windows in order to design illustrations for papers or slides with a modern drawing tool. Now, for the Linux operating system and of course for other Unixes the Qt toolkit and the KDE project provide a perfect foundation for this kind of application."
Revision history:
25/03/1998 first preview version released
21/04/1998 second preview version released
23/04/1998 snapshot 0.2.1 (bug fixes only)
02/06/1998 snapshot 0.3 released
10/08/1998 snapshot 0.4 released
28/08/1998 snapshot 0.4.1 released
06/11/1998 snapshot 0.5 released
05/01/1999 snapshot 0.6 released
29/01/1999 snapshot 0.6.1 (bug fixes only)
09/02/1999 snapshot 0.6.2 released
24/02/1999 snapshot 0.6.3 released
06/04/1999 snapshot 0.6.4 released (bug fixes only)
09/04/1999 snapshot 0.6.5 released (bug fixes only)
07/15/1999 snapshot 0.7 released
10/19/1999 snapshot 0.7.1 released

About the handbook
This handbook refers mainly to the "stand-alone version" of . Special information regarding the component of the KOffice package is not considered. However, the information presented here applies in many respects to the KOffice component also.
This documentation is a translation of the original German text by Hagen Höpfner.
The current version can be found on his home page.
Original German version: Hagen Höpfner, Hagen.Hoepfner@gmx.de
English translation: Ben Skelton, skeltobc@elec.canterbury.ac.nz and Winter Laite, winlaite@lobo.net