> Can someone tell me what to kick to stop the tops of some of
> my figures from being clipped? I've checked the PS files and
> the graphical elements are contained within the BoundingBox lines.
> But for some reason, for the largest portratit-shaped plots, the
> tops are cut off. It seems to be that something along the way
> "decides" how big a page is (even though the concept of "page"
> is completely irrelevant) and crops stuff.
Yes, there is a variable called $PAPERSIZE (or similar name)
which sets the size of the page in which LaTeX typesets the material
for images.
Initially it is set as 'a5', I think.
This small size is chosen mainly so that images of complete math
environments are not too big, pushing the equation-numbers
way off to the right (or left).
Also it was a memory-saver when all images were initially rendered
on a full page, before cropping.
(I used to use 'a6' a lot then.)
This was quite important with HTML 2.0
but not so important now, using HTML 3.2 <TABLE>s and math-parsing.
Also, since the image-generation mechanism is designed to work
with smaller imaging areas, the $PAPERSIZE is largely irrelevant.
So try setting it to 'a4' or 'letter' or something even larger.
It knows the dimensions of all the 'a#' and 'b#' sizes,
as does Ghostscript. You can even try 'b0' if you like
--- or rather, if your system has that much memory. ;-)
> I really do not want to be forced to examine 2,000+ images
> to handfix the offenders. I'd prefer that the software behave.
>
> Suggestions?
Hope the above helps,
Ross
