Left-Right Mirroring of a graph in SciLab 5.1.1 ?
Walking Through
This is the odder things I've ever seen and I can't believe a quick
search through archives didn't turn it up. Of course it appeared when I
needed to email a graphic...
If a 2D or 3D graph is shown in a graphics pane then everything is fine.
Left is left, right is right, top is top, and bottom is bottom.
Print the graph.. and it's mirrored left-to-right. Doesn't matter how
the graph is generated or if its a 2D or 3D display. It's flipped
left-right. It's also chopped slightly on the left.
The display card is an old Radeon 7500 with the last set of drivers
produced by ATI. Java 6 Update 17. The computer: Pentium 4 running
Windows XP SP3. SciLab 5.1.1 compiled April 4, 2009 .
I would have opened a bug at Scilab.org but I can't be the only one
that's seen this. Anyone know of a fix or a workaround?
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays.
Jean-Pierre Vial
first look at all the options in your printer-driver.
may be some mirror option stays checked by default
even though it should not.
walking through
> Walking Through wrote :
I did. And did some other checks as well.
All other printing programs (Word, Firefox, Internet Explorer, long
list) print right-side up and correct left-to-right.
After digging for a bit, I see others have had this problem albeit with
an earlier version of Scilab (ref:
http://bugzilla.scilab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3596) but I'm already running
at 32-bit color on the display. Changing to 16-bit color still produces
an image that is flipped left-right. (Why changing the color depth
should affect the left-right of an image is mystifying).
This is awkward to use. Anyone else know of a fix? (I could open a bug
complaint on the SciLab bugzilla... but if this has already been
solved then why bother the maintainers?
If there is a missing Java for proper print direction then, please,
would someone post a comment? Sure doesn't seem to be a problem with
print orientation.
Your time IS appreciated. Happy Holidays
SG
Hello Walking Through,
You certainly might install and try with the 5.2 nightly built release
available here:
http://www.scilab.org/download/index_download.php?page=nightly_builds_5.2
It is much better than the 5.1.1, and even more stable than some
previous official
5.0.x releases.
No problem for keeping the 5.1.1 on the disk if you are disappointed
by the 5.2.
(you won't be so). Enjoy 5.2 instead of struggling against problems
fixed in the meantime.
Regards
Samuel
walking through
SG wrote:
> On 16 d�c, 16:49, walking through
> <walkingthro...@yahoo.no.spam.please.com> wrote:
>> Jean-Pierre Vial wrote:
>>> Walking Through wrote :
>>>> Hello -
>>>> This is the odder things I've ever seen and I can't believe a quick
>>>> search through archives didn't turn it up. Of course it appeared
>>>> when I needed to email a graphic... If a 2D or 3D graph is shown in
[Pardon.. where is the trim point? ]
SciLab-branches-5.2-1260812541 was downloaded, installed, and an attempt
made to print the graph from the graphics pane.
The print is *still* flipped left-right.
Next was to copy the image to the clipboard then paste into Microsoft
Paint. A print from Paint came up correctly. Well, that worked under
5.1.1, too.
It seems few are seeing this problem. What is the dependency? Is there
a graphics option that must be set to get left-right to operate properly?
SG
<walkingthro...@yahoo.no.spam.please.com> wrote:
> It seems few are seeing this problem.
It was very spread with the 5.0 release. I did not succeed in finding
back
threads related to this bug on Scilab bugzilla.
> What is the dependency? Is there a graphics option that must be set to
>get left-right to operate properly?
May you try two more simple things, related to your graphic card:
* Desactivate some advanced graphics Scilab features, by setting
usecanvas(%T). (see help usecanvas). Then try to export
* Update the driver of your graphic card (help usecanvas)
Regards
Samuel
walking through
SG wrote:
> May you try two more simple things, related to your graphic card:
> * Deactivate some advanced graphics Scilab features, by setting
> usecanvas(%T). (see help usecanvas). Then try to export
> * Update the driver of your graphic card (help usecanvas)
>
> Regards
> Samuel
Caught the release announcement of 5.2.0 and downloaded that. Then
tried plotting/printing again.
usecanvas(%T) seems to have solved the problem.. my graphic comes out
left-is-left, right-is-right.
Now, if automatic scale-to-page-size was available...
Thanks.
SG
<walkingthro...@yahoo.no.spam.please.com> wrote:
> Caught the release announcement of 5.2.0 and downloaded that. Then
> tried plotting/printing again.
>
> usecanvas(%T) seems to have solved the problem.. my graphic comes out
> left-is-left, right-is-right.
Is it still flipped when using the 5.2.0 release and usecanvas(%F)?
> Now, if automatic scale-to-page-size was available...
This is usually a feature of the printer's driver, whatever is the
software
generating the picture.