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Window options

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