[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53535] print with eps driver should use '-tight' bbox by default for Matlab compatibility

[Hugo Raguet]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53535>

                 Summary: print with eps driver should use '-tight' bbox by
default for Matlab compatibility
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: snake
            Submitted on: Sat 31 Mar 2018 06:51:19 PM UTC
                Category: Plotting
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.2.2
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When printing in eps format with 'print',
Matlab
<https://fr.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/print.html?searchHighlight=print&s_tid=doc_srchtitle>
uses tight bounding box by default, which can be changed by setting the
'-loose' option
Octave <https://octave.org/doc/v4.0.1/Printing-and-Saving-Plots.html> uses
loose bounding box by default, which can be changed by setting the '-tight'
option.

Now, any Matlab code can be ported to Octave because the Octave also
understands the '-loose' option, but I am afraid some Octave code cannot be
ported to Matlab because Matlab does not know any '-tight' option.

It would be nice if code I write for Octave could be directly run by potential
Matlab users, without having to test for wether its Matlab or Octave being run
and duplicating code.

As a side note, the _tight_ behavior really should be the default, in most
case the _loose_ bounding box is arbitrary and is not satisfying.

Attached is a very simple patch.



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File Attachments:


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Date: Sat 31 Mar 2018 06:51:19 PM UTC  Name: print_eps_tight.patch  Size: 782B
  By: snake

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=43745>

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