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Re: [ChangeSet] print.m: support for figure handles


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: [ChangeSet] print.m: support for figure handles
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:11:05 -0800

On Friday, February 29, 2008, at 10:40AM, "Søren Hauberg" <address@hidden> 
wrote:
>
>fre, 29 02 2008 kl. 07:05 -0800, skrev Ben Abbott:
>> I modified print.m to support a figure handle as an input.
>> 
>> It is a trivial change, but permits printing as is often done (by me) in 
>> Matlab. For example,
>> 
>>    print (gcf, '-pdf', 'foo.pdf')
>> 
>> Please consider the attached changeset.
>I don't know how matlab works, but wouldn't it make sense to do
>something like
>
>if (ishandle (arg))
>  old_fig = gcf();
>  figure (arg);
>endif
>
>...
>
>if (ishandle(arg))
>  figure(old_fig);
>endif
>
>such that the current figure is still the current figure after the call
>to 'print' ?
>
>Søren
>

Good point. Matlab respects that behavior as well.

I've attached the correct changeset.

Ben



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