Re: fltk printing [changest]

[Ben Abbott]

On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:
>> 
>>> On 07/26/2010 06:22 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>> Ben,
>>> 
>>> I am in favor of committing this.  The current __fltk__print does hardly 
>>> anything,
>>> so not much could be lost there.  And, this looks like a good start on 
>>> getting
>>> things working.  So, the more exposure it gets the better.
>>> 
>>> Unless others object, please commit it.
>>> 
>>> Michael
>> 
>> If there are no objections, I'll push the change when I get home this 
>> evening.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> 
> I spoke to soon. I'm now having trouble building. I've made a few minor 
> changes to the changeset. It is attached. I hesitate to push it since I'm no 
> longer able to run octave.
> 
> Ben
> 
> <changeset.patch>

I've pushed a changeset.

        http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/05ba991794d4

I've assumed that support for each of the formats, GL2PS_PS / PDF / TEX / SVG / 
PGF, will be included in the backend. Presently, only GL2PS_EPS is available.

The output for PS/PDF should respect the figure's papersize, paperorientation, 
and paperposition properties. The output for the EPS/SVG/TEX/PGF is limited to 
the box associated with the paperposition property.

Since eps is output is available, the changeset enables several other formats 
as well. Those include all aifm, dxf, emf, fig, gif, hpgl, jpeg, mf, png, pbm, 
and pstex. These output formats are obtained by converting eps using 
ghostscript, pstoedit, and fig2dev.

While pdf output will produce a full page of output, a figure proper for 
inclusion via pdflatex may be produced by ....

        print -dpdfwrite figure1.pdf

The gnuplot printing may be impacted. I'll begin looking at cleaning up 
__gnuplot_print__ so that is works in a manner consistent with 
__fltk_print__.m, but if someone finds a problem, please report it.

Ben