Re: Problem with PostScript output of surface plot

[Mike Miller]

On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 19:42:36 +0000, David M. Cook wrote:
> 4 May 2016
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Executing the script
> 
> graphics_toolkit(  'gnuplot' )
> [x,y] = meshgrid( [0.0:0.02:1.0], [0.0:0.02:1.0] );
> z = sin(2.0*pi*x) .* sin(3.0*pi*y);
> surf(x,y,z)
> colormap( 'gray' )
> shading( 'interp' )
> 
> produces a very satisfactory surface plot of the 2-3 mode of a vibrating 
> square membrane. (I am running on a Windows 7 computer with Version 4.0.0 of 
> OCTAVE.)
> 
> I have attached the PostScript file created by the statement
> 
> print  -deps2  trial.eps
> 
> executed after the above code has been executed.  This display is not quite 
> an accurate transcription of the on-screen display produced by OCTAVE.
> 
> Have I discovered a bug, a feature, or an oversight on my part of some 
> additional command I should execute?  The on-screen display is correct; the 
> PostScript file is not.
> 
> Thank you for your help.

I don't see any problems on my system or with the attached file.

People don't always see the same things, it would be helpful if you
would attach a screenshot of what you see in the figure that looks
correct, and also a screenshot of what you see when you open the eps
file on your system.

I'm attaching a screenshot of what the eps file you attached looks like
when I view it.

-- 
mike

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