Re: drawable regions in TPostScript
Rene Brun (Rene.Brun@cern.ch)
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:21:16 +0100
Yasuhiro SHIRASAKI wrote:
>
> Hi ROOTers,
>
> In the function TStyle::SetPaperSize(), it sets (20, 26) as a
> paper size for kA4. Then these values are referenced in the
> TPostScript::Open() as a size of drawable region.
>
> But it makes inconsistency the other definition which is
> calculated in the function of TPostScript::Initialize() as a
> pair value of width and heigth. For kA4, [width, heigth] (height?)
> = [19.6, 27.72]. Is it a bug?
>
This is not an inconsistency.
The default paper size (20,26) corresponds to what is typically
accepted including reasonable margins by most laser printers
(including American letter format).
The possibility to select A4 is simply academic. Borders will be
plotted just at the limit of the physical paper.
Most users define a plotable region smaller than 20x26
Rene Brun