vis/directgraphics/

mg_psbegin.pro

includes main-level program

mg_psbegin [, /image] [, charsize=float] [, thick=float] [, symsize=float] [, xsize=long] [, ysize=long] [, /retina] [, _extra=keywords]

Set IDL direct graphics system to PostScript plotting.

image in optional type=boolean: set to configure PostScript with a few defaults specific to converting the PostScript output to an image format later
charsize in optional type=float default=1.0: default CHARSIZE to use
thick in optional type=float default=1.0: default THICK to use
symsize in optional type=float default=1.0: default SYMSIZE to use
xsize in optional type=long default=IDL_GR_XWIDTH value: width of the PS device
ysize in optional type=long default=IDL_GR_XHEIGHT value: height of the PS device
retina in optional type=boolean: set to double XSIZE, YSIZE (and default !p.charsize and !p.symsize values for images)
_extra in optional type=keywords: keywords to DEVICE to configure the PostScript device

Running the main-level program attached to this program:

 IDL> .run mg_psbegin

Should produce the following image:

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