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lwcat - postprocess output of plt to make PostScript, EPS, PDF or PNG

Synopsis

plt -T lw ... | lwcat [ options ... ]

Description

lwcat collects the PostScript output of plt(1) and adds a prolog and epilog to create a complete PostScript document (or another format, if appropriate options have been selected). It is possible to concatenate the outputs of two or more plt runs to be processed as a single job by lwcat; see the plt Tutorial and Cookbook for details.

Output format

By default, lwcat sends its output directly to the default printer via lpr. These options may be used to modify this behavior:

-no
Send the output to the printer, but don’t eject the page (use this option if you wish to overlay the output with additional material to be produced by another program).
-ps
Write PostScript to the standard output (not to the printer).
-psv
Write PostScript to a temporary file and view it with gv (ghostscript).
-gv
Same as -psv.
-eps
Write EPSF (encapsulated PostScript format) to the standard output. Note that this is only a close approximation to EPSF; it is acceptable to LaTeX’s epsfig package, at least.
-pdf
Write PDF (portable document format) to the standard output.
-png
Write PNG (portable network graphics) format to the standard output.

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 ...).
-strip
Plot in an 8x0.8 inch (203x20 mm) window.
-custom width height left-margin bottom-margin font_scale
Plot in a custom window. The -custom option reads up to 5 arguments that follow it. If one of the 5 arguments immediately following -custom begins with ’-’, it and any remaining arguments are treated as ordinary options, and default values are used for any missing options. The units of width, height, and margins are inches, and the font scale is a dimensionless factor with a default value of 1 that can be used to enlarge or shrink any text in the plot. The defaults for width and left-margin are 5 and 0 respectively, and the defaults for height and bottom-margin are the values assigned to width and left-margin (whether explicitly or by default).

Other window options can be easily added; see the source for lwcat for details.

Copies

By default, lwcat prints a single copy. Multiple copies can be produced using the options -c2, -c3, -c4, -c5, and -c6; when using a PostScript printer, this will almost always be much faster than rerunning lwcat, since the document is downloaded and rasterized only once when using these options. To print more than 6 copies, repeat or combine these options as needed.

Files

/usr/lib/ps/plt.pro
PostScript prolog

See Also

plt(1)

Availability

lwcat is available as part of the plt package in PhysioToolkit (see SOURCE below) under the GPL.

Authors

Paul Albrecht and George B. Moody (george@mit.edu)

Source

http://www.physionet.org/physiotools/plt/src/lwcat


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