lim@SPECTRA.ENG.HAWAII.EDU (Lim Kok Kian) (11/22/90)
In article <9011191914.AA06226@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu> you write: > >Hi, I need a little help on finding a utility that can calculate >boundary box of a figure in postscript format! > >I need to include the X dump figure into my LaTeX document >and to do this nicely LaTeX need to know the Boundary Box >of a particular figure !! > >There exist a software called xwd2ps which put the Boundary box >in the header but that only works on color display. >I tried to use it on monochrome display ... It failed !!! > >So please help ! help ! help ! >I will post the responses if many are interested too ! > >aloha >--lim Please post the responses because I have exactly the same problem. Thanks, Here is the solution : ---------------------------------------------- It turns out that my xpr is the old xpr version so it doesn't accept psfig option which suppose to give you the correct boundary box! So get the newer xpr (R4 distribution) from expo.lcs.mit.edu. Thanks for those who response to my problem. I hope it helps! aloha --lim