From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Fri Dec  5 08:37:01 1997
Subject: Re: Making postscript files of the plots 
From: Mario Storti <mstorti at minerva dot unl dot edu dot ar>
To: help-octave at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu
cc: mstorti at minerva dot unl dot edu dot ar
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 11:29:49 -0300


> Hello,
> 
> How can I make postscript files of the plots I make in Octave?
> I thought the command:
> "gset terminal postscript"
> would be enough, but it is not.
> This command only puts the postscript-file to my terminal.
> How can I 'catch' this output into a file.
> The command
> "plot(x,y) > file.ps"
> gives no satisfation.
> 
> Johan Jacobs

I find handy this script "print.m". If you give an argument like in 

> print("myfigure")

then it  writes to file "myfigure.ps". With  no argument  it prints to
the printer  (assume is "|lpr"). Afterwards  it resets the terminal to
X11.

Cheers,

Mario

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function print(file);
%         PRINT("filename")
%                sends a copy of the current plot to a PostScript file
%         just PRINT sends a copy of the current plot to the printer

%$Id: print.m,v 1.3 1997/02/08 09:50:30 mstorti Exp mstorti $ 

gset term postscript
if nargin==1
    eval(["gset output \"" file ".ps\""])
    disp(["sending to file " file])
else
    gset output "|lpr"
    disp("sending to printer");
endif
replot
gset output 
gset term X