configuration file

The startup file splot.cfg preserves the values selected from the configuration menu item between sessions. You can have multiple splot.cfg files in different directories since the current directory is searched before using the default splot.cfg stored in the same directory as the executable. The splot.cfg file is plain ASCII and can thus be edited with a text editor as an alternative means of changing the settings or the macro definitions. In particular, to change the text string inserted in the text by chosing a draw menu item the splot.cfg defined function macros should be edited.

The macros are defined in plain text and thus in order to accommodate control and cursor keys as well each macro keystroke is defined by a pair of letters using the following scheme. Starting in the first column of a definition must appear the key word or function key identifying the macro. This is followed by the macro body. Function keys may not appear in macro bodies. Keystroke and are encoded as follows with implied sequences in ASCII order.

Ordinary characters prepend with _ Control Keys prepend with ∧ ∧M Return, ∧[ esc Alt Keys prepend with % Cursor keys prepend with # #. Del, #0 Ins - #9 PgUp Ctrl Cursor Keys prepend with # #N Del, #P Ins - #Y PgUp Alt Cursor Keys prepend with # #n Del, #p Ins - #y PgUp Function Keys prepend with $ $1 - $< Shift Function Keys prepend with $ $= - $H