Re: Comment on fltk scale and grid buttons

[Michael D Godfrey]

On 12/12/2009 08:31 PM, Shai Ayal wrote:

I don't think this is a bug. The buttons operate on the relevant
figure's current axes (which, when sub-plotting, is the last plot). I
don't see why operating on all the axes in a figure is a better option
(e.g. mouse zoom only operated on the plot below the mouse, not on all
the plots).

  

And, I now realize that to cause the buttons to operate on any subplot, you
just need to run the right subplot(rows,cols, plot) command.  So, this is
as good as it needs to be, at least for now.

I have thought a bit more about "other buttons."  This leads quickly to the
question: is it a good idea to think in terms of a full graphics GUI?  For,
instance, a menu system which allows editing all the graphics properties
is a possibility.  If this were done, the grid button, for example,  would be
a shortcut into the menu system, and users could configure their own
shortcuts...  This seems like quite a lot of work and my priority would
be to complete the fltk implementation to match all gnuplot capabilities
first.  The main item that is still needed that I know of is the TeX/LaTeX
capability.

Michael