Ipelet FAQ

This is a bunch of questions that I can imagine being asked about the ipelets that I have written and posted to my ipelets page.

What is an ipelet?

An ipelet is a plugin for the drawing editor ipe. An ipelet generally serves as a way to run a computational geometry algorithm interactively.

How do I compile ipelets?

You must have and be able to compile the ipe source in order to compile and use an ipelet. The instructions for how to do that are in the ipe tarball. Once you have done that, unpack the ipelet in the src/ipelets subdirectory of the ipe source directory. Then edit the main.pro file in that directory to add the name of the new directory. Finally, run make install from that directory.

What do I do if I find a bug?

Please report it to me at the email address found on this page.

What license are your ipelets released under?

The same as the ipe license as found in the ipe-6.0pre23 release. This is essentially the GPL, though there is an exception for linking with the CGAL library.

Are there any more questions?

No.