Re: fltk printing

[Michael D Godfrey]

 On 07/24/2010 08:56 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> Ok. I start by committing some new functions.
>
>         scripts/plot/__ghostscript_binary__.m : returns the name of the gs 
> binary.
>         scripts/plot/__get_eps_bbox__.m : extract the eps-file's bbox.
>         scripts/plot/__fix_eps_bbox__.m : replace bbox with a tight version.
>         scripts/plot/psfrag.m : uses psfrag to substitute latex text into eps 
> files.
Do you really mean latex converted to eps?  What do you use to do this?
Remember to do both tex and latex...
> I'll leave __ghostscript__.m to Michael.
>
> I'm considering a new approach to the print options. They are in a bit of a 
> mess presently. I'll make a proposal once I have something functioning and 
> tested. Essentially, I'm planning to have the options apply more uniformly to 
> all device types.
>
> I don't plan to modify __gnuplot_print__, until after an acceptable solution 
> for __fltk_print__ is finished.  At that point, the gnuplot version can be 
> modified to behave in consistent manner. Presently, I don't expect this will 
> limit printing for the gnuplot backend.
>
> Ben
This sounds really good.  If the fltk code is made into functions, 
keeping the backend
dependent parts in separate functions then is should be pretty easy to 
change __gnuplot__print__
to call the common functions.

Michael