st: -translate- options and SJ .eps figures

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Hello all

Two minor queries re -translate-. As I understand it, SJ is made using SJ 
LaTeX with figures made mostly from Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) files. 
The size of these figures, plus the fact that SJ like to have the .gph 
files, suggests that SJ control the size of these figures at the 
-translate- level, using the -mag-, -xmag-, -ymag-, -xsize- and/or -ysize- 
options. (Correct me if I'm wrong.) I would guess that these are set in the 
region of -mag 67-.

My queries are:

1. Does SJ (and/or the manuals) have an official house style regarding 
magnification of .eps figures? (I would like to be able to preview my SJ 
insert drafts with the right magnification.)

2. More generally, are the current -translate- options stored anywhere 
accessible to ordinary Stata-level programmers? I ask because I would like 
to write programs that change them temporarily, and then restore the 
pre-existing options.

Best wishes (and thanks in advance)

Roger

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Roger Newson
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