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Device driver for framemaker interchange format
Many people here use framemaker to produce pretty documents. Currently, in order to incorporate IDL plots, we write PostScript files and import them into framemaker. Using the IDL command: device,/preview gives framemaker a low-resolution rendition of the IDL plot to view on the screen before the document is printed. However, we are unable to alter the plot within framemaker; all we can do is embellish it. A better method of incorporating the IDL plots would be to use the "make interchange format." If IDL would produce a plot in make interchange format, then, in framemaker, we could alter the plot, making it easier to produce annotations. All this leads to the question: Has anyone written an IDL device driver for maker interchange format? Fred -- =Fred Knight (knight@ll.mit.edu) (617) 981-2027 C-483\\MIT Lincoln Laboratory\\244 Wood Street\\Lexington, MA 02173