| Re: Device driver for framemaker interchange fo [message #1699] |
Thu, 10 February 1994 03:51 |
knipp
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Registered: January 1993
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In article 12618@ll.mit.edu, knight@ll.mit.edu (Fred Knight) writes:
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> 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:
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> device,/preview
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> 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.
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> All this leads to the question: Has anyone written an IDL device
> driver for maker interchange format?
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> Fred
> --
> =Fred Knight (knight@ll.mit.edu) (617) 981-2027
> C-483\\MIT Lincoln Laboratory\\244 Wood Street\\Lexington, MA 02173
A former colleaque has used HPGL instead of PS. If I remember correct,
he has been able to edit all elements in the plot.
Karl
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