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- BBFIG(LOCAL) UNIX Programmer's Manual BBFIG(LOCAL)
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- NAME
- bbfig - calculate bounding boxes in PostScript
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- SYNTAX
- bbfig [ file ... ]
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- USAGE
- Bbfig should be piped into psprint or the equivalant.
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- DESCRIPTION
- The concatenation of the list of files, or standard input if
- no file names are supplied, is assumed to be a PostScript
- program for which the bounding box is desired. Bbfig
- prepends code that calculates the bounding box, and places
- the result on standard output. The actual calculation is
- done in the PostScript printer; the output is in the form of
- a dashed line demarcating the bounding box and and the
- corresponding %%BoundingBox header line printed just below
- the box. The %%BoundingBox line should be added to the
- header of the PostScript file.
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- BUGS
- Bbfig is known to be confused by images and clipping paths.
- If the box around the figure clearly is not the minimal one,
- a ruler is the best bet for calculating the correct box.
- Remember that the bounding box values are in PostScript
- points (72 to the inch) relative to an origin at the lower
- left corner of the page, and that (a,b) is the lower left
- hand corner of the bounding box, and (c,d) is the upper
- right corner.
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- Author
- Ned Batchelder, modified by Bernie Cosell [cosell@bbn.com]
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