Hi I sent this a while ago but I think it got lost in the moderation process as I sent it before signing up to the list...
If using "latex mode" the final latex-rendered string can be considerably shorter than the space it takes up in the diagram. If the latex string extends beyond the drawn part of a diagram there can often be too much white space if the bounding box is created automatically. Instead, I have set a manual bounding box (options->elements->border->bounding box) in order to constrain the EPS bounding box to the area I know that the diagram occupies. The manual bounding box does not seem to work quite as I expect it to. The manual bounding box works in either dimension where it is larger than the automatically calculated bounding box. If I make the manual bounding box smaller than the automatic one, the eps ends up with a larger bounding box including all the white space I am trying to get rid of. I could edit the ps bounding box by hand, but then I have to go through and edit the co-ordinates of the tex file too, which is very time consuming. I have had a brief grep through the source code to try to work out how the bounding boxes are calculated but am not entirely sure where the manual bounding box is handled. Is it feasible to force the use of the manual bounding box if it exists? After all, if I wanted the automatic bounding box in this case I wouldn't have put in the manual one! Alternatively, is the behaviour that I am experiencing by design or is it a bug? Thanks for any help. John This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Xcircuit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.opencircuitdesign.com/mailman/listinfo/xcircuit-dev
