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From: rbnsn@rruxd.UUCP (K Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Getting the Bounding Box coords
Keywords: Bounding Box
Message-ID: <427@rruxd.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 89 14:05:29 GMT
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Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Is it possible to get the true BoundingBox coordinates of a picture
in a file generated on a MAC using command-f. In particular, we are
generating a MACdraw picture that only takes up part of the page.
When the postscript file is generated the BoundingBox line contains
four question marks (?).  We then transfer this file to UN*X to be
included in a TROFF document. The psfig preprocessor seems to want
the BoundingBox info filled in. Currently we are using a filter
that fills in the default coordinates for a 8.5 x 11 inch figure,
which produces a very small image on the page.

What we need is a filter that gives us the correct size of the
figure in the BoundingBox line.

Thanks

Ken Robinson
Bellcore
...rbnsn@cc.bellcore.com
(201)699-8796