Great. It's nice to know the units and the lyx option. From the lyx output, it seems like only the last three numbers are relevant. I take it that they are line height, depth and width? So the baseline as a percentage of total height is depth/(height + depth)?
Thanks a lot for the quick reply, David. -Andrew. >> I'm trying to use the preview package for taking latex equations and >> converting them to svg through dvi. There are a lot of drivers that >> produce svg files, but I can't find one that produces baseline >> information. Dvipng, on the other hand, does give baseline >> information. >> >> My understanding is that the tightpage option spits out dvi specials >> and this is how dvipng computes its baseline. Is this right? > > Pretty much. > >> I'm looking at specials like the following: >> >> ps::-32891 -32891 32891 32891 521949 0 945438 >> >> Can anyone tell me how to interpret these numbers? > > They are measured in scaled points (1pt/65536). Basically, they are the > same numbers that are reported on the console if you pass the "lyx" > option to preview. > >> Also, it is best for dvi drivers to read these specials, or could an >> option to preview be made to report baselines? > > A DVI driver might want to rely on the specials. The reporting option > is already there for the sake of LyX if you prefer that. > > -- > David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum > _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex
