Re: First modification with a .ps file

On Sunday, February 8, 2015 9:42 AM, Perry Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote:
>First, commendation to whomever wrote the PostScript generator
>used in that program.  That PostScript is _much_ more readable
>and malleable than some.
>Second, a small ding to the same author for setting linewidth to 0.
>This is defined as producing the finest line that the output device
>is capable of, but is not generally recommended in practice because
>the result is device-dependent (and, depending on the printing
>technology used, often difficult to see --  as you are finding here).
>All of those "0"-width lines can be changed to width 1 (1/72 of an
>inch) by filtering the PostScript file through "sed":
>
>$ sed -e '/ sw/s/0/1/' < w3w3sefk.ps > LW1.ps
>
>and then printing LW1.ps instead of w3w3sefk.ps.
>
>(That will work on this particular PostScript file, and likely on
>others produced by the same application; but don't expect it to work
>on "just any" PostScript file -- it depends on the way this particular
>PostScript generator sets up its prolog.)
>The result looks decent to me -- the data lines are width 2, so the
>difference between them and the axes is still readily apparent.
>If the "width 1" lines are now too heavy for your purposes, you can
>replace the digit 1 in the sed command with a decimal fraction, such
>as:
>
>$ sed -e '/ sw/s/0/0.75/' ...

>



OK thank you very much. it seems that all "0 sw" 

lines should be replaced with "1 sw" 

Thanks for the sed command.


Regards,Mahmood