Re: Plot size in postscript/epslatex/ps(la)tex terminals

[Harald H. <h.h...@tu...>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Harald Harders wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> >
> > > My expectation for *.eps files is that they will by default be small enough
> > > to use as an inset figure within an normal page.  So I would not like this
> > > to change.
> >
> > Ah, it seems I have not been clear enough. I do not want to change the
> > size of the postscript terminal (neither in ps nor in eps mode). At the
> > moment, the epslatex and ps(la)tex terminals use different sizes than the
> > eps mode of the postscript terminal.
>
> Are you sure of that?  What are the sizes, actually?  I seem to remember
> them to be 5x3 inches for both pslatex and 'post eps'; not sure about
> epslatex though.

epslatex, pslatex, and pstex produce 5 x 3 inches (360 x 216 pt).
post eps produces 5 x 3.5 inches (360 x 252 pt).

And even if the bounding boxes of epslatex and ps(la)tex are equal, the
plot areas are different with the standard settings of the terminals.

Since for my eyes, the proportions of 'post eps' are better than these of
the postscript-tex combinations I prefer to switch to 5 x 3.5 inches for
all postscript derivatives.

BTW: Should'nt somebody delete the file #post.trm# from CVS? Seems that
someone has killed emacs without saving.

Harald

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