function fix_lines(fname, fname2) %FIX_LINES Improves the line style of eps files generated by print % % Examples: % fix_lines fname % fix_lines fname fname2 % % This function improves the style of lines in eps files generated by % MATLAB's print function, making them more similar to those seen on % screen. Grid lines are also changed from a dashed style to a dotted % style, for greater differentiation from dashed lines. % % The function also places embedded fonts after the postscript header, in % versions of MATLAB which place the fonts first (R2006b and earlier), in % order to allow programs such as Ghostscript to find the bounding box % information. % % IN: % fname - Name or path of source eps file. % fname2 - Name or path of destination eps file. Default: same as fname. % Copyright: (C) Oliver Woodford, 2008-2010 % The idea of editing the EPS file to change line styles comes from Jiro % Doke's FIXPSLINESTYLE (fex id: 17928) % The idea of changing dash length with line width came from comments on % fex id: 5743, but the implementation is mine :) % Thank you to Sylvain Favrot for bringing the embedded font/bounding box % interaction in older versions of MATLAB to my attention. % Thank you to D Ko for bringing an error with eps files with tiff previews % to my attention. % Thank you to Laurence K for suggesting the check to see if the file was % opened. % Read in the file fh = fopen(fname, 'r'); if fh == -1 error('File %s not found.', fname); end try fstrm = fread(fh, '*char')'; catch ex fclose(fh); rethrow(ex); end fclose(fh); % Move any embedded fonts after the postscript header if strcmp(fstrm(1:15), '%!PS-AdobeFont-') % Find the start and end of the header ind = regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]%!PS-Adobe-'); [ind2 ind2] = regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]%%EndComments[\n\r]+'); % Put the header first if ~isempty(ind) && ~isempty(ind2) && ind(1) < ind2(1) fstrm = fstrm([ind(1)+1:ind2(1) 1:ind(1) ind2(1)+1:end]); end end % Make sure all line width commands come before the line style definitions, % so that dash lengths can be based on the correct widths % Find all line style sections ind = [regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]SO[\n\r]'),... % This needs to be here even though it doesn't have dots/dashes! regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]DO[\n\r]'),... regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]DA[\n\r]'),... regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]DD[\n\r]')]; ind = sort(ind); % Find line width commands [ind2 ind3] = regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]\d* w[\n\r]'); % Go through each line style section and swap with any line width commands % near by b = 1; m = numel(ind); n = numel(ind2); for a = 1:m % Go forwards width commands until we pass the current line style while b <= n && ind2(b) < ind(a) b = b + 1; end if b > n % No more width commands break; end % Check we haven't gone past another line style (including SO!) if a < m && ind2(b) > ind(a+1) continue; end % Are the commands close enough to be confident we can swap them? if (ind2(b) - ind(a)) > 8 continue; end % Move the line style command below the line width command fstrm(ind(a)+1:ind3(b)) = [fstrm(ind(a)+4:ind3(b)) fstrm(ind(a)+1:ind(a)+3)]; b = b + 1; end % Find any grid line definitions and change to GR format % Find the DO sections again as they may have moved ind = int32(regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r]DO[\n\r]')); if ~isempty(ind) % Find all occurrences of what are believed to be axes and grid lines ind2 = int32(regexp(fstrm, '[\n\r] *\d* *\d* *mt *\d* *\d* *L[\n\r]')); if ~isempty(ind2) % Now see which DO sections come just before axes and grid lines ind2 = repmat(ind2', [1 numel(ind)]) - repmat(ind, [numel(ind2) 1]); ind2 = any(ind2 > 0 & ind2 < 12); % 12 chars seems about right ind = ind(ind2); % Change any regions we believe to be grid lines to GR fstrm(ind+1) = 'G'; fstrm(ind+2) = 'R'; end end % Isolate line style definition section first_sec = strfind(fstrm, '% line types:'); [second_sec remaining] = strtok(fstrm(first_sec+1:end), '/'); [remaining remaining] = strtok(remaining, '%'); % Define the new styles, including the new GR format % Dot and dash lengths have two parts: a constant amount plus a line width % variable amount. The constant amount comes after dpi2point, and the % variable amount comes after currentlinewidth. If you want to change % dot/dash lengths for a one particular line style only, edit the numbers % in the /DO (dotted lines), /DA (dashed lines), /DD (dot dash lines) and % /GR (grid lines) lines for the style you want to change. new_style = {'/dom { dpi2point 1 currentlinewidth 0.08 mul add mul mul } bdef',... % Dot length macro based on line width '/dam { dpi2point 2 currentlinewidth 0.04 mul add mul mul } bdef',... % Dash length macro based on line width '/SO { [] 0 setdash 0 setlinecap } bdef',... % Solid lines '/DO { [1 dom 1.2 dom] 0 setdash 0 setlinecap } bdef',... % Dotted lines '/DA { [4 dam 1.5 dam] 0 setdash 0 setlinecap } bdef',... % Dashed lines '/DD { [1 dom 1.2 dom 4 dam 1.2 dom] 0 setdash 0 setlinecap } bdef',... % Dot dash lines '/GR { [0 dpi2point mul 4 dpi2point mul] 0 setdash 1 setlinecap } bdef'}; % Grid lines - dot spacing remains constant if nargin < 2 % Overwrite the input file fname2 = fname; end % Save the file with the section replaced fh = fopen(fname2, 'w'); if fh == -1 error('Unable to open %s for writing.', fname2); end try fwrite(fh, fstrm(1:first_sec), 'char*1'); fwrite(fh, second_sec, 'char*1'); fprintf(fh, '%s\r', new_style{:}); fwrite(fh, remaining, 'char*1'); catch ex fclose(fh); rethrow(ex); end fclose(fh); return