[Magic-dev] RE: Plot of magic layout

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Dear B. A.,

> i want to plot layout of the magic 7.1 for win by hp
> laserjet printer. please help me.
> thank you very much

The commands "plot postscript" and "plot pnm" generate output
which should be able to be printed from some Windows applications.
This may be a 2-step process of porting the .ps or .pnm file
into a Windows application that can recognize it (powerpoint,
for example).  If the LaserJet has an internal PostScript driver,
it may be possible to print the .ps file directly (these things
are much easier on Unix systems).

(I'm CC'ing this message to the magic-dev mailing list; if
anyone there has a "standard method" for printing layouts
from the Cygwin version, perhaps you can help out by posting
it.)

BUT---whether any output is printed depends on the contents of
the ".tech27" technology file.  If you are using Jeff Sondeen's
techfiles, they are not set up for PostScript or PNM plotting.
However, these sections are easy to set up by copying the
"plot" section from the default "scmos.tech27" file (it's at
the end of the file) and changing or removing layer names that
differ between the "scmos" technology and the one you are
copying into.  You won't do any harm to the technology file
by replacing the "plot" section.

There is some information in the "magic Maintainer's manual #2"
for the "plot" section, but it does not include the PostScript
and PNM styles (which I and Rajit Manohar added, respectively).
There is some information on these on my magic web pages, but
it is probably easier to figure out the syntax by example from
the default "scmos.tech27" file.

					Regards,
					Tim