Re: fltk printing [changest]

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 24, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:

> On 07/24/2010 08:56 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> Ok. I start by committing some new functions.
>> 
>>      scripts/plot/__ghostscript_binary__.m : returns the name of the gs 
>> binary.
>>      scripts/plot/__get_eps_bbox__.m : extract the eps-file's bbox.
>>      scripts/plot/__fix_eps_bbox__.m : replace bbox with a tight version.
>>      scripts/plot/psfrag.m : uses psfrag to substitute latex text into eps 
>> files.
> Do you really mean latex converted to eps?  What do you use to do this?
> Remember to do both tex and latex...
>> I'll leave __ghostscript__.m to Michael.
>> 
>> I'm considering a new approach to the print options. They are in a bit of a 
>> mess presently. I'll make a proposal once I have something functioning and 
>> tested. Essentially, I'm planning to have the options apply more uniformly 
>> to all device types.
>> 
>> I don't plan to modify __gnuplot_print__, until after an acceptable solution 
>> for __fltk_print__ is finished.  At that point, the gnuplot version can be 
>> modified to behave in consistent manner. Presently, I don't expect this will 
>> limit printing for the gnuplot backend.
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> 
> This sounds really good.  If the fltk code is made into functions, keeping 
> the backend
> dependent parts in separate functions then is should be pretty easy to change 
> __gnuplot__print__
> to call the common functions.
> 
> Michael

I've got an initial changeset prepared. I did some testing, but hope to do 
more. I'm running short of free time, so I'd appreciate if others can take a 
look.

The gl2ps functionality needs to be extended to allow for ps/pdf/pgf/svg/latex 
output. Until then those device won't work.

However, the other device types should work with this changeset (i.e. bitmaps, 
dxf, metafont, etc).

I've made a few changes to __gnuplot_print__, but much more needs to be done 
after these changes are committed.

I've not pushed this yet, but if it is preferred that I do that, let me know.

Ben

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