What is the new function to send command directly to gnuplot?
Thanks,
-sen
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Andrej Vodopivec wrote:
>> By using pipes, does that mean you have to close the plot before
>> continuing to do work with maxima? If so, maxima used to work this
>> way, but someone changed it so you could leave the plot around and
>> still continue to work with maxima.
>
> No, the plot stays open and you can continue your work.
>
> There is one gnuplot process running in the background (even if there
> is no plot window open) and it does all the plotting. Maxima writes
> the usual maxout.gnuplot file and then sends commands through pipes to
> gnuplot to plot the data. The control returns to maxima, the plot
> window stays open and you can use the mouse to rotate the plot etc.
> There is a new function to send command directly to gnuplot to modify
> the existing plot.
>
> Andrej
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