Re: Expecting all terminals to be the same [was: Re: x11 point symbols]

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Monday 27 February 2006 11:58 pm, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> 
> It would be nice to give names to the symbols so that either the name or the number can be used.  For example:
> 
> plot sin(x) with points square
> plot sin(x) with points triangle
> 
> instead of
> 
> plot sin(x) with points 4
> plot sin(x) with points 8

You can do that yourself, simply by creating an 
initialization file that contains

  # Pre-define some point styles
  square = 4
  triangle = 8


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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742