eps - Encapsulated PostScript canvas item.
canvas create eps x y ?option
value?...
The eps canvas item lets you place encapulated PostScript
(EPS) on a canvas, controlling its size and placement. The EPS item is
displayed either as a solid rectangle or a preview image. The preview image
is designated in one of two ways: 1) the EPS file contains an ASCII
hexidecimal preview, or 2) a Tk photo image. When the canvas generates
PostScript output, the EPS will be inserted with the proper translation and
scaling to match that of the EPS item. So can use the canvas widget as a
page layout tool.
Let's say you have for PostScript files of four graphs which you
want to tile two-by-two on a single page. Maybe you'd like to annotate the
graphs by putting a caption at the bottom of each graph.
Normally, you would have to resort to an external tool or write
your own PostScript program. The eps canvas item lets you do this
through Tk's canvas widget. An eps item displays an image (or
rectangle) representing the encapsulated PostScript file. It also scales and
translates the EPS file when the canvas is printed.
canvas create eps x y ?option value?...
The eps item creates a new canvas item. Canvas is
the name of a canvas widget. You must supply the X-Y coordinate of
the new eps item. How the coordinate is exactly interpreted is controlled by
the -anchor option (see below).
Additional options may be specified on the command line to
configure aspects of the eps item such as its color, stipple, and font. The
following option and value pairs are valid.
- -anchor
anchor
- Tells how to position the EPS item relative to its X-Y coordinate. The
default is center.
- -background
color
- Sets the background color of the EPS rectangle.
- -borderwidth
pixels
- Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge of the item. The
-relief option determines if the border is to be drawn. The default
is 0.
- -file
fileName
- Specifies the name of the EPS file. The first line of an EPS file must
start with "%!PS" and contain a "EPS" version
specification. The other requirement is that there be a
"%%BoundingBox:" entry which contains four integers representing
the lower-left and upper-right coordinates of the area bounding the EPS.
The default is "".
- -font
fontName
- Specifies the font of the title. The default is
*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-18-180-*.
- -foreground
color
- Specifies the foreground color of the EPS rectangle. The option matters
only when the -stipple option is set. The default is
white.
- -height
pixels
- Specifies the height EPS item. If pixels is 0, then the
height is determined from the PostScript "BoundingBox:" entry in
the EPS file. The default is 0.
- -image
photo
- Specifies the name of a Tk photo image to be displayed as in the item as a
preview image. This option overrides any preview specification found in
the EPS file. The default is "".
- -justify
justify
- Specifies how the title should be justified. This matters only when the
title contains more than one line of text. Justify must be
left, right, or center. The default is
center.
- -relief
relief
- Specifies the 3-D effect for the EPS item. Relief specifies how the
item should appear relative to canvas; for example, raised means
the item should appear to protrude. The default is flat.
- -shadowcolor
color
- Specifies the color of the drop shadow used for the title. The option with
the -shadowoffset option control how the title's drop shadow
appears. The default is grey.
- -shadowoffset
pixels
- Specifies the offset of the drop shadow from the title's text. If
pixels is 0, no shadow will be seen. The default is
0.
- -showimage
boolean
- Indicates whether to display the image preview (if one exists), or a
simple rectangle. The default is yes.
- -stipple
bitmap
- Specifies a bitmap to used to stipple the rectangle representing the EPS
item. The default is "".
- -title
string
- Sets the title of the EPS item. If string is "",
then the title specified by the PostScript "Title:" entry is
used. You can set the string a single space to display no title. The
default is "".
- -titleanchor
anchor
- Tells how to position the title within EPS item. The default is
n.
- -titlecolor
color
- Specifies the color of the title. The default is white.
- -titlerotate
degrees
- Sets the rotation of the title. Degrees is a real number
representing the angle of rotation. The title is first rotated in space
and then placed according to the -titleanchor position. The default
rotation is 0.0.
- -width
pixels
- Specifies the width EPS item. If pixels is 0, then the width
is determined from the PostScript "BoundingBox:" entry in the
EPS file. The default is 0. 5i.