Pscoast map border difference from v5 to v6

Q&A
1

I’m migrating from v5.4 to v6.4, staying in classic mode. The following draws a border around the world map in v5.4, but not in v6.4. It’s the -Bpz1 that does this. How can I get v6.4 to include this?

ver=`gmt --version`

gmt pscoast -Dc -Rg -JN0/27 -S255/255/255 -G155/200/155 \
    -N1 -W0.75p -Bpz1 \
    -B+t"This is the map for v$ver" --MAP_TITLE_OFFSET=1.2 \
    -K -X0.5 -Y3.85 -A10000 --FONT_TITLE=24p > ${ver}img.ps

convert -trim -flatten -density 300 -rotate 90 -geometry 20% ${ver}img.ps ${ver}img.png

5.4.5img
5.4.5img660×510 225 KB

6.4.0img
6.4.0img660×511 217 KB

2

-Bwesn+t"This is the map for v$(gmt --version)" seems working

gmt coast -Dc -Rg -JN0/27 -S255/255/255 -G155/200/155 -N1 -W0.75p -Bwesn+t"This is the map for v$(gmt --version)" -A10000 --FONT_TITLE=24p -png quick

quick
quick3196×1806 234 KB

3

If you can avoid, DON’t. Update to latest (6.5).

Out of laziness, this is a one-liner modern mode but the detail is is -Ba

gmt pscoast -Rg -JN0/27 -S255/255/255 -G155/200/155 -N1 -W0.75p -A10000 -Ba -png lixo

Also, don’t. Use psconvert instead.

4

-Ba produces annotated frame:

quick
quick3262×1865 256 KB