[xcrysden] Atomic labels in eps printing

[Gabriele Sclauzero]

Dear Tone,

Tone Kokalj wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 18:02 +0200, Gabriele Sclauzero wrote:
>> Tone Kokalj wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 17:40 +0200, Gabriele Sclauzero wrote:
>>>> Has anyone tried to include the atomic labels in an eps format printing? I first enabled 
>>>> atomic labels display (pressing the s key, for instance), then printed to eps. The atomic 
>>>> labels do not appear in the output postscript (while they are present for instance in the 
>>>> corresponding png). Is this a problem of my installation or is a common issue?
>>> It is a general issue. In the "vectorial" EPS atomic labels are ignored
>>> (they are bitmaps). As you figured out, use e.g. PNG format if you want
>> But in principle the gl2ps can use postscript fonts for the text, can't it?
>>  From the website geuz.org/gl2ps I see that there is a function gl2psText which outputs 
>> text. Could it be possible to loop over the positions of atomic labels and call this 
>> function to add the text in the eps file?
> 
> Gabriele, you answered your question. I believe it can be done, but it
> have to be coded.
> 
> You may even try yourself. Start with the
> $XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR/C/gl2psPrintTogl.c file.

Thanks for the advice, I will give a try sooner or later.

Gabriele

> 
> Regards, Tone
> 

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