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Re: Multiple PS-files? [message #31152 is a reply to message #31151]

Sun, 09 June 2002 19:24

Craig Markwardt
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"Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz> writes:

> "Big Bird" <condor@biosys.net> wrote in message
> news:df160b8f.0206071414.77388278@posting.google.com...
>> Imagine you're working on some big, honking GB-sized file with some
>> equally big, honking IDL-process. You want to produce four PS-files
>> in the end, each will contain about a hundred pages worth of stuff.
>> ...
>> I.e. is there something that is morally equivalent to
>>
>> device,/number-one
>> plot,such-n-such
>> device,/number-two
>> plot,something-else
>> devive,/number-one ; first one again
>> plot,another-such-n-such
>
> How about plotting each page to a separate PS file (with a name that
> indicates which series it belongs to and its position in that series)
> then assembling each series afterwards?

Or, how about using DEVICE, OUTPUT='%% unique comment' to identify
each page uniquely in the large, and then post-process to split them
up.

Craig

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