Re: [Q] How to include PostScript into a mma notebook
- Subject: [mg3132] Re: [Q] How to include PostScript into a mma notebook
- From: tlm at ameslab.gov (Dr. T. L. Marchioro II)
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 11:35:54 -0600
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Olivier Michel writes > I would like to include some external PostScripts drawings into a mathematica notebook. > That is, Postscript produced from Gnuplot or from the Macintosh world. The problem > is that each time I <open special> a Postsript file, set the cell type to Graphics and > evaluate as Postcript, all I get is an error (No memory) and nothing displayed. > > Any hints ? (I use mma both on Unix stations and Mac). It is unlikely that the notebook is capable of displaying your PS code. Although Mma uses postscript for its graphics, it uses its own special dialect and definitions, and the notebook front end is *not* a full PS interpreter. Hence, graphics generated by outside programs will often not display properly (I've had this experience with Xfig graphics many times). Perhaps someone from WRI can comment on the specific case of Mac Gnuplot. What the notebook usually can do, however, is display bitmapped graphics in a variety of formats. So you will have to convert your graphics to a supported bitmapped form (e.g. with the pbmplus utilities) and then paste them in. I have been told on several occasions that the much heralded "new front end" will resolve these problems, just one more reason why so many of us continue to wait for its appearance. Hope this proves helpful --- Tom -- Dr. Thomas L. Marchioro II Two-wheeled theoretical physicist Applied Mathematical Sciences 515-294-9779 Ames Laboratory 515-432-9142 (home) Ames, Iowa 50011 tlm at ameslab.gov Project Coordinator: Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences http://uces.ameslab.gov/