there is another, non-dx way to do the same thing. Open the .eps file in your favorite text editor. One of the first few lines is something like %BoundingBox llx lly urx ury where llx and lly are coordinates of the lower left corner and urx and ury are coordinates of the upper right corner of the graphics space. A postscript viewer, e.g. ghostview, will display the graphics on your screen and provide a cursor showing the current coordinates. Move the cursor to the lower left corner and record the coordinates, same with the upper right. Now edit the BoundingBox line with these new coordinates and save it. when you open the new file with ghostview the large boundary should be gone.
One note- occasionally this method overwrites the other text in the final postscript version generated by dvips. -Randy On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Hans Fangohr wrote: > Hi All, > > thanks everybody for your help so far. While the dx-concept appears to be > quite powerful, it is also hard to get used to it in the beginning. Your > support is greatly appreciated. > > Here is my latest problem (I tried around for quite some time now, and > couldn't find the answer): > > I import scalar data on a 2d grid like this: > > Import->Reduce->RubberSheet->Render->WriteImage > > WriteImage writes an .eps file (although the file format doesn't matter I > guess). > > The problem is that in the written file (also when I display the ouput > from Render using Display) there is a big unused border around the plot. I > want to use the plot in a LaTeX document, so I would like to have the > eps-file containing only the plot, but not the big border. > > How can I scale the plot or choose its rendering position such that it > appears bigger in the Display window and the saved file? In other words > how to a get rid of the unused border? > > Many thanks in advance, > > Hans > >
