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plotout_ps Source code in cafe_plotout_ps.pro

plotout_ps

Name
           plotout_ps
Purpose
           Plot out to postscript file.
Category
           cafe
SUBCATEGORY:
           plotout
PLOT FORMAT:
           Uses current plot settings to print out to postscript
           file. Start color will be set at 0, so foreground color
           will become black, because background usually is white.
Keyword Parameters
             fontsize  - Size of font to use (in pt).
             fonttype  - Which type of font to
                           -1 - vector drawn fonts
                            0 - device (system) fonts
                            1 - truetype fonts.
                         Default is 0 which gives best results
                         except when rotation is required (3d-View)
             xsize     - Size in X-direction in cm.
             ysize     - Size in Y-direction in cm.
             aspect    - ratio of y/x. Default is 0.75.
             scale     - Plots could be scaled up. Default is 1.
             margin    - Margins to add in fractions of xsize. Default: 0.05.
OPTIONS:
             color     - plot out colorized.
             landscape - plot out in landscape instead portrait
                         format.
             a4        - Plot ut in DIN A4 format. Landscape only.
             apj1col   - Plot out for 1 column of ApJ.
             aa1col    - Plot out for 1 column of A&A.
             aa2col    - Plot out for 2 columns of A&A.
             aa14cm    - Plot out for full field of  A&A.
             times     - Use times font. Default is helvetia.
             nolabel   - Do not add time/filename label.
             quiet     - Do not actually plot out but open/store file
                         and parameters only.
SETUP:
           All keywords/options may be set with the "set"
           command. The command prefix is "plotout_eps".
Side Effects
           Plots current view into postscript file.
           If the file is not changed multiple plot images are saved
           into a single file.
Example
               > plotout, view.ps[color]
               -> plots to file "view.ps", using standard postscript
               format, and colors.
Revision History
           $Id: cafe_plotout_ps.pro,v 1.15 2004/03/24 13:50:36 goehler Exp $

Last modified by pro2html on 2005 January 04 at 16:18 UTC

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