Re: postscript monochrome and specified color

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

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 11:05 pm, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> > 
> > You ask for blue, you get blue.  
> > If you don't want blue, don't ask for blue.
> 
> But I asked for monochrome too.  Why can't I have that instead?

If you ask for default dashed lines via "set term post dashed"
that doesn't stop you from explicitly drawing a solid line.

If you ask for a small default font via "set term post font 'Times' 4"
that doesn't stop you from explicitly writing labels in a larger font.

If you ask for default thick lines via 'set term post lw 5'
that doesn't stop you from explicitly drawing a thin line.

So if you ask for default black lines via 'set term post mono',
why should it stop you from explicitly drawing a blue line?

The terminal options are defaults, not restrictions.

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