ps.select

NAME

ps.select - Selects a PostScript device for GRASS hardcopy output.
(GRASS Hardcopy PostScript Output Program)

SYNOPSIS

ps.select
ps.select help
ps.select [ -lpq] [painter=name]

DESCRIPTION

ps.select allows the user to select the PostScript device for GRASS hardcopy output. If the user has not selected a device before running ps.map , the default device configuration (shown under NOTES below, will be used.

OPTIONS

Flags:

-l: List all available PostScript painters.
-p: Print name of currently selected PostScript painter.
-q: Quietly select PostScript painter.

Parameters:

painter=name: Name of PostScript painter to select.
Options: (this will be a list of available hardcopy output PostScript devices)

INTERACTIVE MODE

If the user runs ps.select without specifying program arguments on the command line, the program will prompt the user for the name of a hardcopy output PostScript device to select.

NOTES

Each PostScript device must have a device description file in the $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps\*.devices directory. The name of the device description file is used as the name of the PostScript painter. A device description file contains the following information (default values are shown):

	level: 2
	page width: 8.5
	page height: 11.0
	top margin: 0.5
	bottom margin: 0.5
	left margin: 0.25
	right margin: 0.25
	resolution: 75

where level is the PostScript level supported by the device (1 or 2); page width and page height are the paper dimensions (in inches); top margin, bottom margin, left margin and right margin are the unprintable edges of the page (in inches); and resolution is the effective resolution (in pixels per inch).

AUTHOR

Paul Carlson, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS