On Feb 7, 3:57=A0am, nathan12343 <nathan12...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I was wondering if someone could explain to me why the postscript
> device behaves in a certain particularly strange way. =A0I've been
> trying to size and position a plot for print-out using the following
> code, which will leave the offsets incorrectly set as their default
> values:
>
>
device,filename=3D'plot.ps',/inches,xoffset=3D3,yoffset=3D2,xsize=3D5,ysiz=
e=3D5
>
> When I print out the postscript file, the plot sits on the bottom left
> corner of the page, as if I hadn't set the xoffset and yoffset
> keywords at all. =A0However, the following code works fine:
>
>
device,filename=3D'plot.ps',/inches,xsize=3D5,ysize=3D5,xoffset=3D2,yoffse=
t=3D3
>
> What I'm wondering is why on earth the device procedure cares about
> the order of the parameters. =A0I'm not aware of any other IDL
> procedures that behave this way. =A0Is there some reason why it does, or
> is it some kind of bug in IDL 6.3?
>
> Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
>
> -Nathan Goldbaum
If I read it correctly, there two lines have different parameters too:
xoffset=3D3, yoffset=3D2
xoffset=3D2, yoffset=3D3 .
How you set up offsets depends on the layout of your figures. I mean
****trait or landscape. You could find more on manual. I do agree with
you it takes some time to figure these things out and get a nice
figure.
Xia
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