[CHANGESET] updated print.m

[Ben Abbott]

On May 24, 2009, at 4:12 AM, Benjamin Lindner wrote:

> Ben Abbott wrote:
>> On May 22, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Benjamin Lindner wrote:
>>>> I've pushed this changeset. If anyone has trouble printing let me  
>>>> know (particularly on Windows).
>>>
>>> I did a check using print.m on mingw32 (not printing to hardware)  
>>> using this simple test sequence:
>>>
>>> plot(0:0.1:10, sin(0:0.1:10), "@-;sin;", 0:0.1:10, cos(0:0.1:10),  
>>> "@-;cos;");
>>> print -depsc2 test.eps
>>> print -dpsc2  test.ps
>>> print -dpng   test.png
>>> print -demf   test.emf
>>> print -dpdf   test.pdf
>>>
>>> and all work except the pdf output.
>>>
>>> I suggest the attached two changesets for the windows users:
>>> 1) ensure that gnuplot_binary is quoted when used, because it may  
>>> contain spaces (this sadly happens quite frequently under windows).
>>>
>>> 2.a) in print.m, for the same reason, ensure that  
>>> ghostscript_binary is always quoted when used.
>>> 2.b) use double quotes, since cmd.exe does not seem to understand  
>>> single quotes.
>>> 2.c) the windows binary of ghostscript uses the environment  
>>> variable GSC as location for the console ghostscript binary. I  
>>> added code in print.m to test for %GSC% and use it, and default to  
>>> "gswin32c" otherwise.
>>> 2.d) single-quote the output file name in gnuplot_drawnow.m to  
>>> allow for backslash file separators. Otherwise print("-demf","t:\ 
>>> \temp\\test.emf") will not work, while print("-demf","t:/temp/ 
>>> test.emf") works.
>>>
>>> With this I get working output for all 5 file formats.
>>>
>>> Somethig else I realized: gnuplot's pdfcairo terminal is not  
>>> recognized, so even while gnuplot has a direct pdf output  
>>> terminal, print.m uses the indirect way ps->pdf via ghostscript.
>>>
>> Ben,
>> I tried to import your changesets using "hg import ..." and "patch - 
>> p1 < your.patch", but they do not apply for me.
>> I assume there are some EOL problems ... which might  be introduced  
>> by my email client.
>> Can you resend them as attachements, and if you create them using  
>> "hg import ..." please include the hg header as well. Also John has  
>> committed a patch since you last pulled. That needs to be corrected  
>> as well.
>
> Sorry, I mixed up changesets with mq patches.
>
> I updated my 3.1.x repos and corrected my changes.
> I have now attached the exported changesets.
>
> benjamin

I ran some tests, as wall as all demos. Everything worked. I've pushed  
your changes.

Thanks
Ben