Added option to export text as object or path

Author: aashish24

Packages/vcs/vcs/Canvas.py

@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ def plot(self, *actual_args, **keyargs):
     Other:
        [x|y]rev         = 0|1                         # if ==1, reverse the direction of the x
                                                              or y axis
-       continents	= 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11   #	if >=1, plot continental outlines
+       continents   = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11   # if >=1, plot continental outlines
                                                              (default: plot if xaxis is
                                                              longitude, yaxis is latitude -or-
                                                              xname is 'longitude' and yname is
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@ def close(self, *args, **kargs):
 
     ##########################################################################
     #                                                                           #
-    # Destroy VCS Canvas Object (i.e., call the Dealloc C code).      		#
+    # Destroy VCS Canvas Object (i.e., call the Dealloc C code).            #
     #                                                                           #
     ##########################################################################
     def destroy(self):
@@ -4680,7 +4680,7 @@ def png(self, file, width=None, height=None,
     # pdf wrapper for VCS.                                               #
     #                                                                           #
     ##########################################################################
-    def pdf(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches'):
+    def pdf(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches', textAsObject=True):
         """
  Function: postscript
 
@@ -4704,14 +4704,14 @@ def pdf(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches'):
 
         if not file.split('.')[-1].lower() in ['pdf']:
             file += '.pdf'
-        return self.backend.pdf(file, W, H)
+        return self.backend.pdf(file, W, H. textAsObject)
     ##########################################################################
     #                                                                           #
     # SVG wrapper for VCS.                                               #
     #                                                                           #
     ##########################################################################
 
-    def svg(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches'):
+    def svg(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches', textAsObject=True):
         """
  Function: postscript
 
@@ -4735,7 +4735,7 @@ def svg(self, file, width=None, height=None, units='inches'):
 
         if not file.split('.')[-1].lower() in ['svg']:
             file += '.svg'
-        return self.backend.svg(file, W, H)
+        return self.backend.svg(file, W, H, textAsObject)
 
     def _compute_margins(
             self, W, H, top_margin, bottom_margin, right_margin, left_margin, dpi):
@@ -4911,7 +4911,7 @@ def _compute_width_height(self, width, height, units, ps=False):
         return W, H
 
     def postscript(self, file, mode='r', orientation=None, width=None, height=None,
-                   units='inches'):
+                   units='inches', textAsObject=True):
         """
  Function: postscript
 
@@ -4950,7 +4950,7 @@ def postscript(self, file, mode='r', orientation=None, width=None, height=None,
         if not file.split('.')[-1].lower() in ['ps', 'eps']:
             file += '.ps'
         if mode == 'r':
-            return self.backend.postscript(file, W, H, units="pixels")
+            return self.backend.postscript(file, W, H, units="pixels", textAsObject=textAsObject)
         else:
             n = random.randint(0, 10000000000000)
             psnm = '/tmp/' + '__VCS__tmp__' + str(n) + '.ps'
@@ -5209,7 +5209,7 @@ def getcontinentsline(self):
 
     ##########################################################################
     #                                                                        #
-    # Set continents type wrapper for VCS.                           		 #
+    # Set continents type wrapper for VCS.                                   #
     #                                                                        #
     ##########################################################################
     def setcontinentstype(self, value):

Packages/vcs/vcs/VTKPlots.py

@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ def get3DPlot(self):
         return plot
 
     def vectorGraphics(
-            self, output_type, file, width=None, height=None, units=None):
+            self, output_type, file, width=None, height=None, units=None, textAsObject=True):
         if self.renWin is None:
             raise Exception("Nothing on Canvas to dump to file")
 
@@ -1095,7 +1095,11 @@ def vectorGraphics(
         gl.SetInput(self.renWin)
         gl.SetCompress(0)  # Do not compress
         gl.SetFilePrefix(".".join(file.split(".")[:-1]))
-        gl.TextAsPathOn()
+
+        if textAsObject:
+            gl.TextAsPathOff()
+        else:
+            gl.TextAsPathOn()
         if output_type == "svg":
             gl.SetFileFormatToSVG()
         elif output_type == "ps":
@@ -1112,14 +1116,17 @@ def vectorGraphics(
         self.showGUI()
 
     def postscript(self, file, width=None, height=None,
-                   units=None):
-        return self.vectorGraphics("ps", file, width, height, units)
+                   units=None, textAsObject=True):
+        return self.vectorGraphics("ps", file, width, height,
+                                    units, textAsObject)
 
-    def pdf(self, file, width=None, height=None, units=None):
-        return self.vectorGraphics("pdf", file, width, height, units)
+    def pdf(self, file, width=None, height=None, units=None, textAsObject=True):
+        return self.vectorGraphics("pdf", file, width, height,
+                                    units, textAsObject)
 
-    def svg(self, file, width=None, height=None, units=None):
-        return self.vectorGraphics("svg", file, width, height, units)
+    def svg(self, file, width=None, height=None, units=None, textAsObject=True):
+        return self.vectorGraphics("svg", file, width,
+                                    height, units, textAsObject)
 
     def gif(self, filename='noname.gif', merge='r', orientation=None,
             geometry='1600x1200'):