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Re: Usage of System Variables [message #18257 is a reply to message #18160]

Tue, 07 December 1999 00:00

m218003
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Registered: August 1999

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In article <MPG.12b57c2e7791f45a9899b4@news.frii.com>,
davidf@dfanning.com (David Fanning) writes:
> Martin Schultz (m218003@modell3.dkrz.de) writes:
>
> I like to use !P.MULTI because it takes care of a lot of
> other things for you besides position. For example, it
> also handles character sizing appropriately. And I've
> never found !P.MULTI to be disastrous, except when
> people forget to turn it off. Then it's disastrous
> for the *next* guy, but that's not my problem. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

OK, ok ... I guess it depends on how you manage your system variables. If
you only use one plot window - no problem (if you clean up at the end as you
suggest implicitely). If you use several windows - only a problem if you
don't store the system variable state with each of your windows. And, hey,
how do you do this? ... here we aim again for draw widgets or objects, don't
we?

... and I disagree that !P.Multi handles character sizes "appropriately".
I have often found it more annoying than helpful that characters are shrunk
by 0.62 if there are at least three windows in a row or column. So many of
my programs contain a statement like
if (!p.multi>!p.multi[2]) ge 3 then charsize = charsize/0.62

Cheers,
Martin

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		Usage of System Variables By: Liam Gumley on Thu, 02 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Usage of System Variables By: davidf on Wed, 08 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Usage of System Variables By: edward.s.meinel on Wed, 08 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Usage of System Variables By: m218003 on Tue, 07 December 1999 00:00
		Re: Usage of System Variables By: davidf on Mon, 06 December 1999 00:00
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