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Postscript/

openps.pro

switch to postcript mode and define it

topopenps

openps[, namepsin], FILENAME=FILENAME, INFOWIDGET=INFOWIDGET, KEEPPFONT=KEEPPFONT, KEEP_PFONT=KEEP_PFONT, PORTRAIT=PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE=LANDSCAPE, LIGHTNESS=LIGHTNESS, _extra=_extra

Parameters

namepsin        in optional

name of the postscript file. Extension '.ps' is added if missing. It will be stored in the psdir directory.

Keywords

FILENAME       

to define the name of the postcript file through a keyword rather than with nameps inut argument (in this case the keyword can be pass through different routines via _extra keyword).

INFOWIDGET       

If INFOWIDGET is present, it specifies a named variable into which the id of the widget giving informations about the postscript creation is stored as a long integer. This id is needed by close ps to kill the information widget.

KEEPPFONT       

same as keep_pfont

KEEP_PFONT       

activate to suppress the modification of !p.font (by defaut we force !p.font = 0 to make smaller postscripts)

PORTRAIT       

LANDSCAPE       

LIGHTNESS       

a scalar used to change the Lightness of the color palette to be abble to adjust according to the printer we use, the media (paper or slide)... lightness < 1 to get lighter colors > 1 to get darker colors

_extra       

: used to pass any keyword to device procedure. uses cm_4ps

Version history

History

Sebastien Masson (smasson@lodyc.jussieu.fr) 21/12/98 1/2/98: ajout de nameps en input 1/9/1999: ajout du mot cle FILENAME et du widget June 2005: Sebastien Masson, cleaning, english version with new commons
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