doc for plot.lisp



>>>>> "sen1" == sen1  <sen1 at math.msu.edu> writes:

    sen1> Hi,
    sen1>   Is there any documentation for how to experiment with the routines in
    sen1>    plot.lisp ?

The only documentation I know of is the code itself, and the little
bit that describe produces.

    sen1>   For instance, what do the following functions take as arguments and what do
    sen1>    they do?

    sen1>    show-open-plot

Based on a very quick reading of the code, show-open-plot seems to
take a string which is then sent to the openmath plot program.

    sen1>    with-output-to-string

This is a standard Common Lisp function.  It basically creates a new
stream where you can write results to.  When with-output-to-string is
done, it returns a string containing everything you've written.

    sen1>   I would like to create a routine that opens a plot window, allows one
    sen1>   to click on a point on the canvas to call another graphics routine.

Perhaps this could be done with xmaxima.  I am not an xmaxima user,
though.

Ray