Re: Argh: Why are arrows clipped to the graph?

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Sunday 13 November 2005 10:29 am, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> I don't think one escapes the PLENTY_OF_OPTIONS problem with
> png/gif/jpeg because there too there is no information about image
> position, pixel spacing, and so on.  I think the primary reason for a
> person to put an image into gnuplot is to provide axes, annotation and
> that sort of thing, requiring more details than just the image.

I don't think we'll get very far on choosing a solution until we
agree on what the problem is.  Why, indeed, would anyone want to
read in a jpeg image into gnuplot?  I'd like to have a real application
in mind before trying to guess the best way to support it.

> So, those familiar with png/gif/jpeg, are there issues of convenience
> here for annotation?

Not sure I understand the question.  You mean the application would
be to use gnuplot to overlay a plot onto an existing image?
That would be totaly backwards.  Surely the straightforward path
is to create a gnuplot plot, then read both the plot and the
image into ImageMagick/GIMP/Photoshop  to align, scale, and composite?

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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742