Re: [Plplot-general] newbie questions

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On 2006-09-29 13:02-0400 Steve Friedman wrote:

>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Alan W. Irwin wrote:

>> You can divide a plot into nxn + 1 rectangular areas (nxn plots +
>> footer) using nxn + 1 calls to plvpor
>
> Is plssub() just a convenience call to plvpor(), or do I need to replicate
> other functionality?

plssub and plvpor are quite different.  plvpor should be all you need to
make nxn +1 rectangular viewports, but you will have to be aware of the
differences between a viewport and a (sub-)page. For a complete discussion
see
http://plplot.sourceforge.net/docbook-manual/plplot-html-5.6.1/viewport_window.html

Alan
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