From 55863d6ea0315cd1a35c857231350768d4c61620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Joachim Wuttke (l)" <j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 19:51:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sect. 2.2 on workflow ready
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doc/ps/GraphicPostprocessing.tex | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ps/GraphicPostprocessing.tex b/doc/ps/GraphicPostprocessing.tex
index bcbae986..32c3ac98 100644
--- a/doc/ps/GraphicPostprocessing.tex
+++ b/doc/ps/GraphicPostprocessing.tex
@@ -137,21 +137,47 @@ that is lacking all macro definitions.
Such a file is useful when when several Frida-generated plots shall be
combined into one figure (\cref{Sconcat}).
-The workflow for generating
- \bitem
- \I rename file, move to appropriate folder
- \I open with viewer (e.~g.\ \texttt{evince})
- \I in parallel, open with editor and modify
- \I \texttt{bboxx -insert <filename>.ps}
- \I \texttt{ps2pdf -dEPSCrop <filename>.ps <filename>.pdf}
- \eitem
-
-Rasterization should be postponed to the latest possible moment,
-which usually is screen display or printing.
-For screen display, use a PostScript or PDF viewer like
-\E{Evince} (under Linux) or the Adobe Acrobat reader.
-For printing, let the printer or the printer driver
-deal with the PostScript or PDF file.
+I have found it advantageous for my concentration and productivity
+to do keep data analysis and graphics postprocessing separated.
+So during a data analysis session, I would generate a number
+of numbered PostScript files in \url{~/gnew/},
+and take brief notes about graphics that are candidates for
+later refinement and ultimately for a presentation or/and a publication.
+Once the analysis is concluded with satisfactory, consistent results,
+I would leave the Frida session open,
+narrow down the graphics selection,
+move the selected figures to an appropriate directory,
+give them more explicit file names,
+and then postprocess them.
+At any moment,
+I may need to go back to the Frida session to produce new, improved raw figures.
+
+To postprocess graphics,
+it is advisable to open a text editor side-by-side with a postscript viewer.
+Under Linux, \E{Evince} is currently a good choice.
+I will update the displayed image as soon as the image file has changed.
+So a simple ``save'' command in the editor suffices to see a modfied graphic.
+As a fall-back solution, \E{ghostview}
+is available for all platforms (Linux, MacOS, MS Windows).
+When files are to modified in non-standard ways,
+getting into the realm of PostScript \E{programming},
+it is helpful, if not mandatory,
+to use ghostview because besides the graphic window it has a console window
+where error messages appear, and debug messages can be printed.
+
+The so obtained embellished Frida graphics
+should be preserved in PostScript format
+so that they remain editable.
+Secondary files in other image formats can be obtained by conversion programs,
+as discussed in the next subsection.
+
+%==============================================================================
+\subsection{Embedding graphics in documents and presentations}\label{Sembed}
+%==============================================================================
+
+\texttt{bboxx -insert <filename>.ps}
+
+\texttt{ps2pdf -dEPSCrop <filename>.ps <filename>.pdf}
Vector graphics can also be included in other documents.
Different LaTeX flavors (legacy, pdflatex, xelatex) are all able to
@@ -462,7 +488,8 @@ according to this syntax:
\begin{quote}
\texttt{\{$X*$ (string)\}}
\end{quote}
-where \texttt{$X*$} stands for 0,1,\ldots\ repeats of any of the following
+where \texttt{$X*$} stands for 0,1,\ldots\ repeats of $X$.
+The following lines show the two different forms of~$X$:
\begin{quote}
\texttt{(string) (string) operator}\\
\texttt{(string) macro}
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