pltdev (CCP4: Supported Program)
NAME
pltdev - convert Plot84 meta-files to PostScript, Tektronix or HPGL.SYNOPSIS
pltdev [-log] [-del] [-lan] [-por] [-aut] [-abs] [-hea] [-pri] [-i file] [-o file] [-xp value] [-yp value] [-lnw value] [-lni value] [-pen line/dash/grey/col] [-sca value] [-n value] [-pnt value] [-P printer_id] [-sta value] [-pwd string] [-hel value] [-sh value] [-xs value] [-ys value] [-sep value] [-ste] [-dev ps/hp7550/hp7470/tex] filenameDESCRIPTION
pltdev converts a Plot84 meta-file to a format that is appropriate for certain devices. By default the output is directed to a PostScript file, but it can be directed to a Tektronix screen or HPGL Plotter.pltdev produces output in various sizes and orientations much of which can be selected by default. It will also produce stereo pairs of pictures.
OPTIONS
Note that the VMS version uses `/' and `=' rather than `-' and space to delimit options.- -log
- produce log information (defaults to off)
- -del
- delete file after processing (defaults to off i.e. do not delete file)
- -lan
- select landscape format (defaults to undefined). Chooses most appropriate orientation if the -lan or -por flags are not explicitly given
- -por
- select portrait format (defaults to undefined). Chooses most appropriate orientation if the -lan or -por flags are not explicitly given
- -aut
- select automatic scaling (defaults to on). Used to prevent the interactive enquiry to re-scale if appropriate so should be used for background jobs.
- -abs
- select absolute scaling (defaults to off)
- -hea
- produce header line/picture (defaults to off)
- -pri
- print the result (defaults to off). This will send the file to a printing device otherwise the output will be left in the output file
- -i file
- input file name (defaults to plot84.plt)
- -o file
- output file name (defaults to plot84.ps)
- -xp num
- start x position (defaults to 0.7). Measured in cm.
- -yp num
- start y position (defaults to 0.7). Measured in cm.
- -lnw num
- line thickness (defaults to 0.8). Initial thickness of lines.
- -lni num
- line increment (defaults to 0.1). Used to simulate colour on single pen devices.
- -pen l/d/g/c
- set shade by line/dash/grey/col (defaults to line)
- -sca num
- select scale (defaults to 1.0)
- -n num
- number of pictures (defaults to 500)
- -pnt num
- point thickness (defaults to 1.0)
- -P string
- select printer name (defaults to psp)
- -sta num
- start picture number (defaults to 1)
- -pwd string
- password in meta-file (defaults to PLOT%%84)
- -hel num
- print help information and exit (defaults to 0)
- -sh num
- print colour information and exit; use -1 for all colours (defaults to -1)
- -xs num
- overall size in x direction (defaults to 6.5). Measured in cm.
- -ys num
- overall size in y direction (defaults to 6.5). Measured in cm.
- -sep num
- gap between stereo pair in cm (defaults to 0.3). Measured in cm.
- -ste
- select stereo picture mode (defaults to off)
- -dev ps/hp7550/hp7470/tek
- set device ps/hp7550/hp7470/tek (defaults to postscript)
SEE ALSO
p842asc (1), asc2p84 (1)AUTHOR
P.J. Daly, SERC, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD.daly@fr.esrf
D. Parry-Jones, Astbury Department of Biophysics, University of Leeds, England.
BUGS
May need to change the orientation values to initially set up for your devices and may have to edit the initialisation string for your HPGL Plotter.The output files can be huge. The PostScript %%BoundingBox comment will be wrong if not all the pictures fit into the bounding box of the first one.