plot2 module <output>

This module allows the output of the display to a file, in one of several formats (currently PS, EPS, and HPGL).

The picture looks the same as the display on the screen except that the ruler numbers appear outside the nominal bounding box and the negative contours for black and white output appear dashed.

In general, the HPGL output is not expected to be reliable (it has been tailored to look good in Microsoft Word v7, but this has a quirky interpreter).

{file name} <output_file>
The file name where the output is to be written.

{title} <output_title>
The (optional) title for the output. The title does not appear for EPS output.

{size} <output_size>
The size (width and height) for the output.

{picture : margins} <size_mode>
This determines whether the size given is for the picture itself or for the margins of the picture.

{inches : cm} <size_units>
This determines whether the size is in inches or cms.

{2D display : 1D display} <display_mode>
This determines whether the 2-dimensional or 1-dimensional display is the one for which the output is made.

{time & date} <time_date>
This determines whether the time and date appears in the output. For EPS they do not appear.

{file name} <show_name>
This determines whether the file name appears in the output. For EPS they do not appear.

{inside : outside} <tick_place>
This determines whether the ticks appear inside or outside the box.

{top : bottom : left : right} <tick_show>
This determines which of the four borders the ticks appear on.

{A4 : A3 : A : B : other} <paper_size> <other_size>
This determines the size of paper that will be used. The 'other' text field uses the same units as chosen above. Be warned: the left side of the text field for 'other' will become hidden if the module is sized too narrowly.

{portrait : landscape} <paper_dirn>
This determines the orientation of the picture on paper. Portrait means height > width, landscape the opposite.

{black and white : color or grayscale} <output_color>
This determines whether the colors of the display are converted to black or left as they are defined. Note, PS black and white printers convert color to grayscale. For HPGL plotters, black and white means pen 1, otherwise pens 1-8 are used, the colors being mapped in some order. Currently, Black = 1, Red = 2, Green = 3, Blue = 4, Yellow = 5, Purple = 6, Cyan = 7.

{Postscript (PS) : Encapsulated PS (EPS) : HPGL : XPM} <output_gl>
This determines the graphical language for the output. The difference between PS and EPS output is miniscule: the EPS option ignores the title for the output, and the header lines in the two cases are different. XPM is a raster format which various third party software can import, this creates a raster exactly the size of the display, and ignores all the other options except for the display mode (1D or 2D).

{save} <save>
Calculate the contours and save the result in the file that is named. The current parameters (e.g. the region and contour levels) as defined are the ones used.

{dismiss}
Close the module (the parameters are remembered).

{help}
Display this message.

Azara help: plot2/output / W. Boucher / azara@bioc.cam.ac.uk