On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
the problem is, that you cannot set width to 0 scale% and then adjust the
height option. the height option is locked as long as the width is set to
scale%.
My apologies, I meant 0 sp, or in fact any other option that lets you into
the height box
martin
On 12/12/05, Geoffrey Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
i am still confused.
page% -> that is the width of the page from paper edge to paper edge?
line% -> that is the width from from margin to margin? or is that text%
and which of these settings include footer and header - that would be
pheight% as opposed to theight%?
actually, these abbreviations are not very logic - i can choose width =
theight and hight=text - i find that confusing.
my current problem is a narrow, figure that is quite high. i would like
it
to be rescaled maintaining aspect ratio, but the height should be fitted
to
the height of the text-body - so it doesnt go over the edge of the
paper, or
interferes with the footer or header.
Simply set Width to 0 scale% and height to 100 theight% and select
'maintain aspect ratio'
Tell me if this works
random things to get there. first of all, since the determining factor
is
the height, i need to adjust the height option - and to do that - i have
to
alter the width option from "scale%" to something else. but in doing
that -
i may be setting the determining factor to something width related???
but i
must set the width option to something before i am allowed to set the
height
option....
so with widht=theight% height=theight% and aspect ratio selected. that
results in the figure overshooting the right margin - but the bottom
margin
is ok.
- and with width=line% and height=theight% and aspect ratio selected -
and
the result overshoots the bottom margin - but the right margin is ok.
now, i am pretty sure that it should be possible in a reasonable amount
of
time to get these settings set so that both the right and bottom margin
overshoots - but how to get it right?
You dont have to set every setting. Just choose the ones that make snese
and set the others to 0
martin
On 12/12/05, Geoffrey Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
i have been trying to figure out how the different settings in
graphic-output works.
what are the meaning of these ( this is not mentioned in the docs?!? )
?
text%
col%
page%
line%
theight%
pheight%
THese allow you to scale the image as you want it to be on the page. So
say your original graphic is A4 sized but you want it to be much
smaller
in print then the following are useful
text% - this is percentage of text width
col% - column width
page% - page width
line% - line width
theight% - text height
pheight% - page height
So you can set either the width or height of the image. Using the
'maintain aspect ratio' box locks the figure so that if you halve the
width you also halve the height. It stops the figure getting distorted.
However you can set the height and width thus forcing the image to
distort.
In general i set the width of my figures so they look how i want
(taking
in to account the aspect ratio) and use the text% option.
Just play about and see what suits.
Geoff
when to use which?
moreover, when to set height and width?
and when to use the "maintain aspect ratio" button?
martin
