Re: print sombrero in portrait - a hassle? (fltk)

[Ben Abbott]

On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Muhali wrote:

>> Using gnuplot, the example below gives me two plots what are each the
> correct size.
>> 
>> close all
>> graphics_toolkit fltk
>> orient landscape
>> sombrero
>> print foo.png
>> print ("bar.png", sprintf ("-S%d,%d", 6*150, 8*150))
>> 
>> With fltk, the first is correct, but the 2nd is not. Does this example
>> duplicate what you see ?
> 
> Yes, although I'm not quite sure what to make of the 'orient landscape'
> part. I am always confused about octave's use of the portrait/landscape
> language, which to me is just the other way round (that is, you are actually
> aiming at a portrait, not a landscape plot here).
> 
> M.

Orientation refers to the entier page / paper.

Ironically, using portrait results in a png that has a landscape aspect ratio 
(and vice versa)

It looks to me as if the behavior of the backend has been changing in the last 
week. I thought this was working correctly 1-2 weeks ago.

Ben