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- function meta(a,b)
- %META PostScript hardcopy.
- % The command is obsolete but grandfathered for users of
- % earlier versions of MATLAB. Use PRINT instead.
- %
- % Under MS-Windows(tm), META does nothing.
- % If you wish to print to a file, choose the FILE: option
- % on the ports list box in the printer driver installation
- % dialog box. The system will then prompt you for a filename
- % when to make a print request.
- %
- % META <filename> opens the file named 'filename.ps' and saves
- % the current Figure to it in PostScript form. Subsequent
- % META commands may omit the filename, in which case the
- % plots are appended to the previously named file.
- %
- % By default, META uses the PostScript driver '-dps'.
- % META <filename> -ddevice specifies a different device driver.
- % Available device options are:
- %
- % -dps - PostScript
- % -dpsc - Color PostScript
- % -dps2 - Level 2 PostScript
- % -dpsc2 - Level 2 Color PostScript
- %
- % Note, some devices are not supported with META because
- % they do not support multiple page file formats. For example
- % Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Use PRINT instead.
- %
- % See also PRINT.
-
- % Copyright (c) 1984-93 by The MathWorks, Inc.
-
-
- disp('META is obsolete and will be eliminated in future')
- disp('versions. Please use PRINT instead.')
- c = computer;
- if c(1:2) == 'PC'
- return
- end
- % Emulate MATLAB 3.5 behavior.
- global MetaFileName
- global MetaDevice
-
- % list of all devices that don't support '-append', for input validation
- devices = [
- 'eps '
- 'epsc '
- 'eps2 '
- 'eps2c'
- 'epsc2'
- ];
-
- % Use globals to remember metafile name and device in-between
- % invocations
- if nargin > 0
- MetaFileName = a;
- end
-
- if nargin == 2
- % -append needed for print.m, but not all devices or file formats
- % support multiple pages, error out if user specified one of them
- bwidth = size(b,2);
- for r = 1:size(b,1)
- if strcmp( deblank(b(3:bwidth)), deblank(devices(r,:)) )
- error( [ 'Can not use device ''' b ''' with META. ' ...
- 'Please use PRINT instead.' ] );
- end
- end
- MetaDevice = b;
- end
-
- if isempty(MetaDevice)
- MetaDevice = '-dps';
- end
-
- if isempty(MetaFileName)
- MetaFileName = 'untitled.ps';
- end
-
- % Append .ps to filename if not there already
- if ~any(MetaFileName == '.')
- MetaFileName = [MetaFileName '.ps'];
- end
-
- print(MetaFileName,MetaDevice,'-append')
-