Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:34:13 -0400
From: "Peter A. Gustafson" <address@hidden>
Subject: print() and -S option to specify size (revisited)
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It seems that a size option has been added to the print command. The
changelog entry was:
2007-10-06 Francesco Potorti` <address@hidden>
* plot/print.m: Handle svg output type. Accept new -S option to
specify size for PNG and SVG output types.
and the discussion was here in sources:
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-sources/2007-October/000077.html
I'm not on the sources list, so I'm sorry for the late entry here.
There had been prior discussion about -S for size, which had been turned
away due to compatibility issues.
http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2007-August/003637.html
Can we now assume that -S is acceptable? And have we settled on
"-S640,480" vs "-S640x480". Or perhaps this is matlab compatible for
the specific terminal?
If acceptable, this should be expanded for other terminals (latex,
pslatex, etc). If not, should it be curtailed until a compatible method
is established?
I think this is a fairly important issue, as plotting is a critical
feature and desirable hardcopy rather essential. I don't have a strong
opinion as to whether compatibility is important, however a clear
direction on the matter is important. I assume we want to avoid
establishing a backwards compatibility issue for when the final
direction is established.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance,
Pete