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-XCircuit is a program for drawing publishable-quality electrical circuit
-schematic diagrams and related figures, and produce circuit netlists through
-schematic capture. XCircuit regards circuits as inherently hierarchical, and
-writes both hierarchical PostScript output and hierarchical SPICE netlists.
-Circuit components are saved in and retrieved from libraries which are fully
-editable. XCircuit does not separate artistic expression from circuit
-drawing; it maintains flexiblity in style without compromising the power
-of schematic capture.
-
-XCircuit is flexible enough to be used as a generic program for drawing just
-about anything, and is competitive with powerful programs such as xfig.
-It is especially good for any task requiring repeated use of a standard set
-of graphical objects, including architectural drawing, printed circuit board
-(PCB) layouts, and music typography.
+XCircuit is a UNIX/X11 (and Windows, if you have an X-Server running,
+or Windows API, if not) program for drawing publishable-quality
+electrical circuit schematic diagrams and related figures, and produce
+circuit netlists through schematic capture. XCircuit regards circuits
+as inherently hierarchical, and writes both hierarchical PostScript
+output and hierarchical SPICE netlists. Circuit components are saved
+in and retrieved from libraries which are fully editable. XCircuit
+does not separate artistic expression from circuit drawing; it
+maintains flexiblity in style without compromising the power of
+schematic capture.