NAME
ps.select - Selects a PostScript device for GRASS hardcopy output.
(GRASS Hardcopy PostScript Output Program)
SYNOPSIS
ps.select
ps.select help
ps.select [ -lpq] [painter=name]
DESCRIPTION
ps.select
allows the user to select the PostScript device for GRASS hardcopy output.
If the user has not selected a device
before
running
ps.map
, the default device configuration (shown under
NOTES below, will be used.
OPTIONS
Flags:
- -l
- List all available PostScript painters.
- -p
- Print name of currently selected PostScript painter.
- -q
- Quietly select PostScript painter.
Parameters:
- painter=name
- Name of PostScript painter to select.
Options: (this will be a list of available hardcopy output PostScript devices)
INTERACTIVE MODE
If the user runs ps.select without specifying program arguments on the
command line, the program will prompt the user for the name of a hardcopy output
PostScript device to select.
NOTES
Each PostScript device must have a device description file in the
$GISBASE/etc/paint/ps\*.devices directory. The name of the device description
file is used as the name of the PostScript painter. A device description
file contains the following information (default values are shown):
level: 2
page width: 8.5
page height: 11.0
top margin: 0.5
bottom margin: 0.5
left margin: 0.25
right margin: 0.25
resolution: 75
where
level is the PostScript level supported by the device (1 or 2);
page width and page height are the
paper dimensions (in inches);
top margin,
bottom margin,
left margin and
right margin
are the unprintable edges of the page (in inches);
and resolution is the effective resolution (in pixels per inch).
SEE ALSO
ps.map
AUTHOR
Paul Carlson, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS