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Re: PostScript Dump [message #3132 is a reply to message #637]

Sat, 12 November 1994 06:13

soc
Messages: 12
Registered: October 1994

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Ken Ganga (ganga@physics23) wrote:
: Hello,

: I got such swift and helpful advice last time I posted here that I
: thought I'd try again.

: I am working on a program in which I have a single plot that changes a
: lot. If I like the plot at a certain point, I would like to be able to
: make a postscript file of the plot as it stands. That is, I would like
: to be able to get an initial graph, muck around with it a bit, then
: dump whatever is in the plot at the moment to a postscript file. Just
: a dump to a postscript file. Using SET_PLOT, 'PS' won't work because I
: would like to see what I am doing to the plot. I seem to be able to
: dump the graph in sun rasterfile format with WRITE_SRF (and I can even
: convert it with XV or whatever), but I would like to be able to make a
: postscript file completely within IDL.

: Thanks for any help,

: Ken

Hi, this can easily be done (as a bit map at least!) by loading the
content sof the current graphics window into a variable with the command
a=tvrd()
then open a ps file in the normal way and do a tv,a to print the bit map
into the PS file, then close and print the file in the usual way.

hope this helps,
Rob

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: Ken Ganga | (510)642-3618
: 433 LeConte Hall | (510)643-5204 (Fax)
: Berkeley, CA 94720 | ganga@physics.berkeley.edu

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		Re: PostScript Dump By: soc on Sat, 12 November 1994 06:13
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