| Re: Postscript plots squished and a plot tick problem. [message #15947] |
Sat, 26 June 1999 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Grady Daub (gadZOOKS8371@garnet.acns.fsuMMER.edu) writes:
> When I make a postscript file with IDL, it thinks that the middle of the
> page is the bottom of the page. Is this a common problem?
No. It's the default. :-)
Better read those Creating Perfect PostScript Output articles
on my web page:
http://www.dfanning.com/tips#PostScript
> Also, there's another problem.
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> Making line plots seems to have gone wrong. Even if I specify
> XTICKV,XTICKS,XTICKNAME,XRANGE, all that stuff, the first number is
> ALWAYS zero.
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> I can't get any plot without the first value being zero. So, if I want a
> plot of (value) zero to whatever, it's ok, except if I want the first
> tick value to be, say, 10. What I get is a number 10 superimposed
> on-top-of a number zero ("0"). Kinda looks like a squished "100".
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> If I set the first value to, say, 200 to 220, the 200-220 tickmarks are
> way over on the right of the plot and a zero is on the left end, like it
> thinks the plot should start at zero (which it's doing.). >:-<
>
> This is a new thing that JUST popped up and I've been doing nothin
> different.
> The only way to get rid of the zero is to set XTICKFORMAT not to display
> numbers, although, the plot still starts at zero.
Weird. I've seen a lot of strange things in my time. But
never anything like this. Better show us some code. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
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