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By default,
the output appears within a 6.75x6 inch (171x152 mm) window, the lower left
corner of which is positioned 1 inch (25.4 mm) from the left edge and 3.5
inches (89 mm) from the bottom edge of the page. The following options
may be used to modify the size, location, and orientation of the output:
- -landscape
- Use landscape mode (rotate plot 90 degrees counterclockwise).
- -sq
- Plot in a 6x6 inch (152x152 mm) square window, 1.25 inches (32 mm) from
the left edge and 3.5 inches (89 mm) from the bottom edge of the page.
- -t
- Plot in a 6.25x6.25 inch (159x159 mm) square window, positioned as for -sq.
- -t2
- Plot in a 6.25x4 inch (159x102 mm) window, positioned as for -sq.
- -CinC
- Plot in a 4.75x3.15 inch (121x80 mm) window, positioned as for -sq.
- -sq2
- Plot
in a 4.5x5.5 inch (114x140 mm) window, 2.5 inches (63 mm) from the left and
bottom edges of the page.
- -v
- Plot in a 7x9.5 inch (178x241 mm) window, 0.75
inches (19 mm) from the left and bottom edges of the page (centered on
a US letter sheet).
- -v2
- Plot in a 7x8.5 inch (178x216 mm) window, positioned
as for -v.
- -va4
- Plot in a 190x275 mm window, centered on an A4 sheet.
- -full
- Plot in a 7.5x10 inch (191x254 mm) window, centered on a US letter sheet.
- -slide
- Plot in a 7.5x5 inch (191x127 mm) window, 0.5 inches (12.7 mm) from
the left edge and 3 inches (76 mm) from the bottom edge of the page (3:2
aspect ratio, as for 35 mm slides).
- -screen
- Plot in a 7.5x5.625 inch (191x143
mm) window, 0.5 inches (12.7 mm) from the left edge and 2.375 inches (60 mm)
from the bottom edge of the page (4:3 screen aspect ratio).
- -golden
- Plot
in a 7.5x4.635 inch (191x118 mm) window, 0.5 inches (12.7 mm) from the left
edge and 3.365 inches (85 mm) from the bottom edge of the page (the aspect
ratio is approximately the "golden ratio", (1+sqrt(5))/2 = 1.61803
Other
window options can be easily added; see the source for lwcat for details.
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George B. Moody (george@mit.edu)
2005-04-26