[GRASS-user] ps.map question concerning rtid numbers

[Rainer M Krug]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Rainer wrote:
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>> I am using ps.map with a raster and a grid and showing numbers. This
>> works fine, only that background of the numbers of the grid is white,
>> and not transparent - consequently, one can not see the raster (see
>> attached png). I am using the code below. My question is, if it would
>> be possible to set the background of the numbers to transparent.
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> generally no. but:
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> perhaps with the new ps.map patch in the tracker by Jorge? (#487)
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> or, you can edit the postscript file by hand. Open in vi (or some other
> industrial strength text editor), search for the coordinate text near the end of the file, maybe in (12345) parentheses.
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> then ~3rd line after text change "1 1 1 C" to another color (R G B, 0.0-1.0) or just remove that line??
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> I think I've tried it before and it didn't look very nice because the previously masked grid line continued through the text.

Thanks a lot Hamish. I think it would a good idea to have the
possibility to specify the background colour of the text as being a
specific colour or transparent.

As the absolute locations are not that important to me, I will leave
the numbers out completely.

Thanks a lot,

Rainer

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