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Change canvas size in xmgrace (not dragging)

I am trying to plot something on xmgrace, but I encountered a problem when I modified the size of the axis label and tick label font: the size of the fonts is too big and it pushes the labels out of the page, so that when I try to print i get the following error:

[Error] Output is truncated - tune device dimensions

The following picture is an example of the problem (the y axis label is slightly out of the page):

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Now, to solve this I could double-click on the black squares on the corners of the canvas (red circle in the picture) and drag the canvas' border to make the label fit. But this is not precise enough because it has to be done manually.

How can I change the canvas dimensions more precisely, i.e. from keyboard?

Solution

  • You can change the dimensions of the plot by clicking

    Plot > Graph Appearance

    The "Viewport" settings control the start and end positions of the x and y axes relative to the edges of the canvas.

    For example, to avoid your y axis label being cut off, increase Xminby a small amount (default value is 0.15, try changing it to 0.2). You might also want to change Xmax by the same increment in order to preserve your graph's aspect ratio.