API documentation for visualization library

Michael Galloy

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vis_psbegin.pro

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vis_psbegin [, /image] [, charsize=float] [, thick=float] [, symsize=float] [, _extra=keywords]

Set IDL direct graphics system to PostScript plotting.

Keywords

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 or 1.25

default CHARSIZE to use (defaults to 1.25 if IMAGE is set)

thick in optional type=float default=1.0 or 2.0

default THICK to use (defaults to 2.0 if IMAGE is set)

symsize in optional type=float default=1.0 or 1.25

default SYMSIZE to use (defaults to 1.25 if IMAGE is set)

_extra in optional type=keywords

keywords to DEVICE to configure the PostScript device

Examples

Running the main-level program attached to this program:

IDL> .run vis_psbegin
Should produce the following image:

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