NAME

vplot2gif - converts vplot to gif


SYNOPSIS

 vplot2gif myplot.v [myplot.gif [xsize=5. ysize= (any vppen options)]]


DESCRIPTION

 Convert vplot format to .gif format at 75 dots/per inch, ideal for
 WWW documents. Default output is input file name with the .v ending
 changed to ".gif".

 vplot2gif finds the smallest bounding box containing the input plot,
 and makes a gif output just big enough to contain that image, plus
 a border of .25 inches all around. (The position of the plot on the
 vplot virtual page is irrelevant!)

 If you do not specify the size on the command line, then the absolute
 size of the original plot in the input vplot file will be used. Thus
 a small plot comes out small, and a big plot comes out big.

 You can override the 75. dots per inch by setting the environment
 variable PPI.

 You can override the .25 inch border by setting the environment
 variable GIFBORDER. (Note, GIFBORDER will only come out in physical
 units if PPI happens to be accurate for your display device.)


PARAMETERS

Any vppen option


BUGS

 Currently, input vplot files are assumed to contain only one frame.
 Old-style rotated plots require "big=n". vplot2gif will refuse to
 rasterize a plot consisting of a single pixel (since its bounding box
 has zero area).


SEE ALSO

the pstogif manpage


COMPILE LEVEL

 DISTR


CATEGORY

converters