Re: [Plplot-general] [Plplot-devel] Segfault

[Werner S. <sm...@ia...>]

Hi Jim,
> As the author of the memory buffer version, I tried to implement the
> functionality of the file buffer version.
I thought so, since for the file buffer version it's also not a good 
solution. Al least if you work with both streams one writes in one buffer.

> That said, I think making a
> copy of the buffer is the best way to go forward.  The purpose of the
> plcpstrm call was to copy a buffer so that it could be rendered by a
> different device (for example to generate a postscript output from a
> plot that is being displayed).
>
> The advantage to maintaining one plot buffer is to have the capability
> to maintain the same plot on two different output devices
> simultaneously.
>   
Also a nice idea, what about plclstrm for clone stream?
> The name plcpstrm, in my opinion, implies making a copy of the current
> state and not linking the two plots.  If we do want to maintain a plot
> buffer that is linked to multiple device, perhaps a new API call should
> be implemented.
Regards,
Werner