DESCRIPTION

These release notes describe the changes or new features made for C-PLOT release 4.0.16 as of November 24, 1995.

New Option To Set Axis-Number Significant Figures

The se command has a new option to set the number of significant figures displayed in the axis numbering. See the se help file for details.

Up To Eight Simultaneous Filters Allowed

The number of simulataneous graphics filters has been increased from two to eight. Use the zf command to switch between filters.

The x11 Filter Gets Resources By Filter Number

You can now assign different X resources to the x11 graphics filters based on the filter number used in the zf command. Resources in your .Xdefaults file that start with cplot will be used by all filters. Resources that start with cplot_1 will only be used by filter 1, those that start with cplot_2 will only be used by filter 2, etc.

The x11 Filter Can Be Given a Title

You can now assign the title-bar text for the x11 filters by using the

zi x11 -title="This Is a Title"

when initializing the filter.

The scans.4 User Function Is Updated

The scans.4 user function distributed with C-PLOT will now be the same version distributed with the spec software package. Changes from the previous C-PLOT version include,

1. No limit on the number of data points or scans in a file.
2. The maximum length of a data file input line has been increased from 2,048 to 4,096 characters.
3. The maximum length for the data file pathname has been increased from 128 to 512 characters.
4. A new -o option to just sort points (as opposed to the existing sort-and-merge option) has been added.
5. New syntax for reading MCA-type data is included.
6. The detection of the presence of new data in an open data file has been improved.

See the scans help file for details.

Bug When Using Window Erase Fixed

Previously, results from any additional drawing commands that appeared after a zE on a command line would be clipped to the size of the erased window. The clipping window is now restored to the whole page immediately after the current plot window is erased.