Re: [Gnuplot-info] How to set ppi/dpi from wxt output?

[Ethan M. <eam...@gm...>]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Ethan Merritt <eam...@gm...> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:15 PM, theozh <th...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> ... wouldn't there be any possibility with gnuplot to "save" to the
>> clipboard?
>> Kind of a "clipboard" terminal allowing for the setting of dpi (PNG,BMP)
>> or cm (PDF, EMF, SVG)?
>>
>> I don't understand the question.  Isn't that exactly what it does now?
> It is for the wxt and qt terminals anyway.  There is one widget that saves
> to the clipboard
> and another widget that saves to a filetype of your choice.
>
> Can you back up one step and explain why you can about the dpi field?
>

   ^^^^^

   care


> In my experience most if not all programs that read a bitmap file ignore
> this field.
> For instance if you import a bitmap file into Word or LaTeX or PowerPoint
> or
> whatever you can scale it up or down to fit the desired size without
> regard to
> whatever the original dpi was.
> What program are you dealing with where this is an issue?
>
>