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- What's New in micro PLOX TECHNOTE.DOC
- July 1990
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- Release 5.0 includes both some restructuring and new features.
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- The new features are:
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- (1) Multi color plots for color monitors.
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- (2) A settable margin for the picture so that multiple small pictures
- can be put on a page or pictures mixed with text.
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- (3) The PLOX statement-type keyword (first word on a line) may be
- lower or upper case.
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- (4) There is a pause after every error message.
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- (5) The data file to be used may be given at run time.
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- (6) Some PLOX commands may be put in the data file. When combined
- with (5) above this allows a single picture description to
- produce any number of similar looking charts each using
- different data.
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- The restructuring includes:
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- (1) All modules compiled with Watcom 7.0.
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- (2) The front end portability problem is solved by using four
- simple variables global to the CONLIB file only.
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- (3) Header files with ANSI prototypes are provided for all
- libraries.
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- (4) The back end was totally restructured to eliminate duplicate
- code and the monitor drivers now write directly to the screen.
- There are 2 main drivers, one for printers, one for screens.
- These drivers are #included into the various main program
- shells (like PLOTEPS) which define their customizing macros.
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