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Re: printing figures with development version
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Ivan Sutoris |
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Re: printing figures with development version |
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Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:00:38 +0100 |
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Much (not all) of the gnuplot backend is written assuming that property
> lisenters are in place. In thie instance it is assumed that the value for the
> papesize/position will be automatically changed when the paperunits are
> changed.
>
> Thus, the backend temporarily sets the paperunits to "inches", assumes the
> listener handles the conversion, and then sets the paperunits back when print
> command is done. This would work nicely, except there is not listener in
> place :-(
>
> I have an m-file implementation that can handle this, but it should be done
> at a lower level ... and the listener should be activated when the figure is
> created/initialized, which I understand is done in the c++ sources as well.
> As my c++ skills are embarassingly weak I'm not confident I know *where* to
> do this, but am confident I don't know how :-(
>
> ... in any event, the short explanation is that you have to use inches at the
> moment.
>
> Ben
>
> p.s. How are your c++ skills? If you are interested in fixing this, I can
> provide you with the m-file that handles units conversion for all properties
> as well as the handling other details related to the paper properties.
>
Ben, thanks for reply, I'll use inches for the time being.
Unfortunately, my knowledge of C++ (and gnuplot) is also quite
limited, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help with this...
Regards
Ivan Sutoris
Re: printing figures with development version, Ben Abbott, 2009/03/27
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