Re: Colours in Postscript files

From: Rene Brun <brun_at_pcroot.cern.ch>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:54:02 +0200 (MEST)


Transparency on Postscript files was implemented only in version 5.02

Rene brun

On
Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Rafael Arco Arredondo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with colours when I try to print to a postscript file.
> I am trying to plot a histogram and then colour the area under the curve
> that fits the data in the histogram. When I colour the area with the
> option
>
> SetFillStyle(1001)
>
> I can not see the histogram which I printed before. This is normal
> because it is the option for solid colours. However, if I choose
>
> SetFillStyle(4000)
>
> I have solid colours as well (not on the screen, where the curve appears
> with no colour, but in the postscript file).
>
> Finally, if I set
>
> SetFillStyle(3001)
>
> the histogram looks nice on the screen, with the correct pattern it is
> supposed to have, and I can see both the histogram and the curve on it,
> but the PS file only has an empty curve with no colour at all.
>
> If I print it to GIF format, for instance, the colours are displayed
> correctly, but that is not what I want.
>
> In conclusion, I would like to see the histogram under the curve in
> addition to the coloured curve in a postscript file.
>
> Is there any way to do it? My version of ROOT is 4.04/02.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rafa
>
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