[gmx-users] XPixMap - xy (axis) values order

[Berk Hess]

>From: "Nuno R. L. Ferreira" <nunolf at ci.uc.pt>
>Reply-To: "Nuno R. L. Ferreira" <nunolf at ci.uc.pt>,Discussion list for 
>GROMACS users <gmx-users at gromacs.org>
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>Subject: [gmx-users] XPixMap - xy (axis) values order
>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:47:59 +0100
>
>Hi all
>
>Just to be sure about it.
>
>Although the xpm file produced by dssp has already a converter to an image
>(xpm2ps), I found that sometimes is a bit difficult to get a nice picture 
>to
>publish it.
>
>When performing the analysis of the md runs, I usually do it in ORIGIN soft
>pack. I'm trying to convert the xpm to a xy file in order to work easily
>with the information from dssp, making matrices form the xy file.  And it
>becomes really easy to put the ticks an labels in the produced graph.  I 
>was
>successful, but has I already said, I've got a doubt in the convertion
>process.
>
>In the xpm file, among other fields, we have the x-axis field ( wich in my
>case represents time, say from 0 to 10), and a y-axis (which represents the
>a.a. number of the residues of a protein, say from 1 to 5).
>
>e.g. :
>  [...snip...]
>/* x-axis:  0  1  2  3  .......... 10
>/*y-axis:   1  2  3  4 ........... 10
>[...snip...]
>
>Does this corresponds to the following matrix of values?
>
>     0  1  2  3 .... 10
>1
>2
>3
>4
>5
>
>Or,
>
>    0  1  2  3 ... 10
>5
>4
>3
>2
>1

The latter.

Berk.

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