----------------------------------------------
Original Message
From: "Praedor Tempus"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [expert] postscript editor?
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:22:49 -0600
>I have been trying to find a graphics app that can actually handle
>postscript/eps images WELL. I used gtkgraph to produce a plot and
regression
>curve. Problem is, it doesn't appear to allow one to set the output size
so
>it produces a graph that fills the available print space on a page.
>
>Too big.
>
>I tried the Gimp but, to put it nicely, it sucks. By this, I mean it
doesn't
>do ps very well at all. I open the ps output from gtkgraph in Gimp and it
>really poorly renders (and prints) the postscript file. I was trying to
use
>the Gimp to scale the image down so that instead of an 8" x 8" graph, it
>would be a 4" x 4" graph that can be cut and pasted into a lab notebook.
>It looks like hell. Blocky and with dropped pixels so some numbers and
lines
>are almost nothing but a scattering of dots on the paper.
>
>Is there a graphics app that can do this properly and produce GOOD
postscript
>printable output?
>
What about gv? It often gave me the best results.
=-=
kk1
_____________________________________________
Free email with personality! Over 200 domains!
http://www.MyOwnEmail.com
