cepscrop : crop eps figures to their minimal size¶
Remove empty margins, i.e. extra white space, of an input EPS figure. The resulting output figure has the minimal size needed for the content and is therefore suitable for inclusion as a graphic.
References :
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man1/epstopdf.1.html ;
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/pdfcrop.1.html ;
- http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/pdftops.1.html
Provider / contact : climaf at meteo dot fr
Inputs : any figure object (but only one)
Mandatory arguments: none
- Optional arguments:
- none
Output : the EPS cropped figure
Climaf call example:
>>> cdef("frequency","monthly")
>>> cdef("period","198001")
>>> tas=ds(project="example", simulation="AMIPV6ALB2G", variable="tas")
>>> fig=plot(tas,title="title",format="eps")
>>> cshow(fig)
>>> cropped_fig=cepscrop(fig) # some figure object
>>> cshow(cropped_fig)
Side effects : none
Implementation : This script first converts ‘eps’ figure in ‘pdf’ figure using ‘epstopdf’, then crops extra white space using ‘pdfcrop’ and finally converts this cropped ‘pdf’ figure in ‘eps’ file using ‘pdftops’