Editing Postscript Files with 'pstoedit' and 'XFig'

You can use the tool 'pstoedit' to edit a postscript file (e.g. add labels, lines, erase parts of the file, etc.). An alias for pstoedit is defined in the recommended .cshrc. 'pstoedit' serves as a input filter for XFig. You can find the 'pstoedit' manual here.

Here is an example:
First convert your ps file into a native XFig file:

pstoedit -f "fig" file.ps file.fig