Re: [Preview-latex-devel] rel-0-5-8-2; picture environment

[Jan-Ake L. <ja...@im...>]

David Kastrup wrote:
> >>>>> "H=E5kan" =3D=3D H=E5kan Granath <gr...@ma...> write=
s:
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>  H=E5kan> When I preview picture environments, I often see only a part
>  H=E5kan> of the picture. In the example file below, it seems like it i=
s
>  H=E5kan> the 'put'-commands that determines the size of the preview,
>  H=E5kan> and neither the 'path'-commands nor the geometry argument of
>  H=E5kan> the picture environment has any effect.
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> Preview has no influence on the Bonuding Box calculations: those are
> done by dvips -E.  dvips -E, however, can consider only stuff that
> actually finds its way to the page.  One possible hack would be to
> place rules of width and height 0 in the corners of your graphics.

I frequently use PStricks to generate graphics, making figures via dvips =
-E
and inserting it into latex later. I have found that dvips -E only
determines the boundingbox from output characters (\rput in pstricks), no=
t
lines and curves and stuff. I have had to resort to putting

\rput(1,2){\white.}

(a white 'period' at certain coordinates) to avoid having to figure out t=
he
proper boundingbox manually. Perhaps I could \rput(0,0){the whole thing},
come to think of it. I'll have to test that.

/Jan-=C5ke


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