Re: nextplot and replacechildren value

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 10, 2010, at 12:19 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:

> On 10-Apr-2010, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> | On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> | 
> | > Both the figure and axes objects have "nextplot" properties.
> | > 
> | > Matlab's implementation permits the following values, with the defaults 
> enclosed by {}.
> | > 
> | >>> set(gca,'nextPlot')
> | > [ new | add | {replace} | replacechildren ]
> | > 
> | >>> set(gcf,'nextPlot')
> | > [ new | {add} | replace | replacechildren ]
> | > 
> | > For axes, Octave's implementation is currently (from graphics.cc.in)
> | > 
> | >      radio_property nextplot , "add|replace_children|{replace}"
> | > 
> | > ... and for figures
> | > 
> | >      radio_property nextplot , "new|{add}|replace_children|replace"
> | > 
> | > I'm presently building and will test with the attached changeset.
> | > 
> | > Any concerns about pushing a changeset with these changes?
> 
> No objection from me.
> 
> | I built and demo'd this change. Everything worked for me, so I've pushed 
> the change below.
> 
> I did a quick check of the Octave and Octave Forge sources and the
> only places I can find "replace_children" are in the two lines you
> changed.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> jwe

Thanks John.

I had neglected to check the Octave Forge sources.

The changes needed to the backend to respect "replacechildren" and for the axes 
to respect "new" look trivial. I hope  to propose a changeset in a few minutes.

Ben