5.4.5 Writting by Plotting

xstring : draws a string or a matrix of strings

xstringl : computes a rectangle which surrounds a string

xstringb : draws a string in a specified box

xnumb : draws a set of numbers

We give now the sequence of the commands for obtaining the figure

// initialize default environment variables xset('default'); xset("use color",0); xset("font",4,3) xsetech(frect=[1,1,10,10]); xrect(0,1,3,1) xfrect(3.1,1,3,1) xstring(0.5,0.5,"xrect(0,1,3,1)") xstring(4.,0.5,"xfrect(3.1,1,3,1)") xset("alufunction",6) xstring(4.,0.5,"xfrect(3.1,1,3,1)") xset("alufunction",3) xv=[0 1 2 3 4] yv=[2.5 1.5 1.8 1.3 2.5] xpoly(xv,yv,"lines",1) xstring(0.5,2.,"xpoly(xv,yv,""lines"",1)") xa=[5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 5] ya=[2.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3 2.5 2.5 2.5] xarrows(xa,ya) xstring(5.5,2.,"xarrows(xa,ya)") xarc(0.,5.,4.,2.,0.,64*300.) xstring(0.5,4,"xarc(0.,5.,4.,2.,0.,64*300.)") xfarc(5.,5.,4.,2.,0.,64*360.) //xset("alufunction",6) xclea(5.6,4.4,2.8,0.8); xstring(5.8,4.,"xfarc and then xclea") //xset("alufunction",3) xstring(0.,4.5,"WRITING-BY-XSTRING()",-22.5) xnumb([5.5 6.2 6.9],[5.5 5.5 5.5],[3 14 15],1) isoview(0,12,0,12) xarc(-5.,12.,5.,5.,0.,64*360.) xstring(-4.5,9.25,"isoview + xarc",0.) A=[" 1" " 2" " 3";" 4" " 5" " 6";"68" " 17.2" " 9"]; xstring(7.,10.,A); rect=xstringl(7,10,A); xrect(rect(1),rect(2),rect(3),rect(4));

**Figure 5.7:** Geometric Graphics and Comments
$\begin{figure}\begin{center} %%If you prefer cm use the followin two lines \f... ...cale=100.0 vscale=100.0} \end{picture}}\end{center} {\label fgeom} \end{figure}$

e have seen that some parameters of the graphics are controlled by a graphic context ( for example the line thickness) and others are controlled through graphics arguments .

xset : to set graphic context values. Some examples of the use of xset :

(i)-xset("use color",flag) changes to color or black and white plot according to the values (1 or 0) of flag.

(ii)-xset("window",window-number) sets the current window to the window
window-number and creates the window if it doesn't exist.

(iii)-xset("wpos",x,y) fixes the position of the upper left point of the graphic window.

The choice of the font, the width and height of the window, the driver... can be done by xset.

xget : to get informations about the current graphic context. All the values of the parameters fixed by xset can be obtained by xget.

xlfont : to load a new family of fonts