Re: [ferret_users] Generating nice PS file, problem with margins

["William S. Kessler" <william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

After the plot is drawn, did you do:

ppl clsplt
can mode meta

If not, then the metafile may be incomplete. Typically in this case it will omit the last few items of the plot. That could explain why you don't get the scale bar.

Billy

On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Szymon Roziewski wrote:

> Hello Ferreters,
> 
> I have a problem with generating ps files.
> 
> I do it as follows
> 
> ferret -batch polycstline.ps -script polycstline.jnl
> 
> What is also weird is that I obtain no metafile.plt file at all.
> Although, I have in my script phrases
> 
> set windows/size=10.0/aspect=`.67`
> SET WINDOW/LOCATION=0.5,.0
> SET VIEWPORT FULL
> CANCEL MODE LOGO
> SET MODE METAFILE
> 
> I'm getting a ps file which I attach.
> 
> The problem is that the bar with scale is dropped.
> How could I set margins, I've found nothing about it in email list.
> But maybe there is somewhere there.
> 
> I also attach what it should look like.
> 
> Another question is why I obtain narrow bluish stripes while converting a ps file to gif file?
> It could be seen in conv.gif.
> 
> Convertion was done by this
> 
> gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pnmraw -r300x300 -dTextAlphaBits=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits=4 -sOutputFile=- conv.ps | pnmflip -r270 | convert - conv.gif
> 
> I appreciate your help and time spent for that.
> 
> With best wishes,
> Szymon Roziewski
> <polycstline.ps><ex.gif><conv.gif>