Like so much in life! Thanks again.
Guy Stalnaker jimmyg...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 12:28 -0500, Guy Stalnaker wrote: > > Richard, > > > > Fixed -- sent to lily list. Also, I mistyped -- one must know "points" > > and not pixels to use embedded postscript like this. I did some > > exploration last night on how that works trying to setup boxes that > > work on left/right margins at .75" (.75 * 72 points = 54 points), and > > top/bottom margins at 1.25" (1.25 * 72 points = 90 points) and though > > I did get a box, its right/top edges are not correct. So, still > > working on it. I do now understand your postscript code and what it > > does. I found a very nice introduction > > (http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/postscript/) that gave me the > > information I needed. > > > > Q: how did you determine the point values you used? > > Trial and error I suspect :( > > Richard > > > > > Regards, > > > > Guy > > > > On 4/7/2017 3:55 AM, Richard Shann wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 16:11 -0500, Guy Stalnaker wrote: > > > > I thank you because you answered by question. > > > It seems this didn't get posted to the mailing list, which would be a > > > shame as this reply seems to be the one that solved your problem. > > > > > > > This might be > > > > worth an LSR, because it can be used to "draw" a box around anything > > > > as > > > > long as one knows page dimensions by pixels. > > > It could be that there is nothing like this in the LSR - I *think* the > > > gsave ... grestore thing was something I devised when customizing > > > Nicholas Sceaux's title page work, so it could be a trick that is not > > > widely known... > > > > > > Richard > > > > -- > > "Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and > > end of human existence." ― Aristotle > > >
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