[pstricks] how to get absolute coordinates

[Herbert Voss]

Franco Bagnoli wrote:

>>1066.63416
>>1205.01978
>>494.633972
>>1205.01978
> 
> 
> I do not understand which is the origin and scale of these coordinates. 
> After some tries I realized that the origin is in the middle of the paper, 
> 1 inch at the right of the margin (this should depend on (la)tex, I 
> suppose), but I would like to know if there is a simple way of getting the 
> "real" postscript coordinates, or at least the scale factor for the x and 
> the y. 

the above coordinates have nothing to do with latex
they are absolute to the lower left of the paper

Herbert


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