PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT - PGPLOT enhanced interface for PDL


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NAME

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  PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT - PGPLOT enhanced interface for PDL

SYNOPSIS

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 pdl> $a = pdl [1..100]
 pdl> $b = sqrt($a)
 pdl> line $b
 pdl> hold
 Graphics on HOLD
 pdl> $c = sin($a/10)*2 + 4
 pdl> line $c

DESCRIPTION

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PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT is a convenience interface to the PGPLOT commands, implemented using the object oriented PGPLOT plotting package in PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window. See the documentation for that package for in-depth information about the usage of these commands and the options they accept.

The list of currently availably commands:

 imag       -  Display an image (uses pgimag()/pggray() as appropriate)
 im         -  Shorthand to display an image with aspect ratio of 1
 fits_imag  -  Display a FITS image with appropriate transforms & labels
 cont       -  Display image as contour map
 fits_cont  -  Display a FITS image in scientific coordinates as a contour map
 vect       -  Display 2 images as a vector field
 fits_vect  -  Display 2 FITS images in sci. coordinates as a vector field
 ctab       -  Load an image colour table
 ctab_info  -  Get information about currently loaded colour table
 line       -  Plot vector as connected points
 points     -  Plot vector as points
 errb       -  Plot error bars
 bin        -  Plot vector as histogram (e.g. bin(hist($data)) )
 hi2d       -  Plot image as 2d histogram (not very good IMHO...)
 poly       -  Draw a polygon
 text       -  Write text in the plot area
 label_axes -  Print axis titles
 legend     -  Create a legend with different texts, linestyles etc.
 cursor     -  Interactively read cursor positions.
 circle     -  Draw a circle
 ellipse    -  Draw an ellipse.

Device manipulation commands:

 hold         -  Hold current plot window range - allows overlays etc.
 release      -  Release back to autoscaling of new plot window for each 
                 command
 rel          -  short alias for 'release'
 env          -  Define a plot window, put on 'hold'
 dev          -  Explicitly set a new PGPLOT graphics device
 new_window   -  Create a new plot window (use of dev is recommended)
 focus_window -  Change focus to a new window
 window_list  -  Get a list of currently exisiting plot windows
 close_window -  Close an open window




FUNCTIONS

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The following is a list of the functions that are private to this package, for the other functions please read the PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window documentation.

dev

Open PGPLOT graphics device

 Usage: dev $device, [$nx,$ny, $opt];

$device is a PGPLOT graphics device such as "/xserve" or "/ps", if omitted defaults to last used device (or value of env var PGPLOT_DEV if first time). $nx, $ny specify sub-panelling. The function returns the id of the newly created window - this can subsequently be used as argument to focus_window to select the window.

The result of this command can be modified using options. The options recognised are the same as for new_window - which primarily and in addition it is possible to set the default values for a window that are defined in PDL::Graphics::PGPLOTOptions, see this for details but see below for a synopsis.

In addition dev recognises the option NewWindow which allows the user to specify that a dev command is to create a new window rather than closing the previous. This allows a large number of output destinations to be open at the same time, which occasionally can be convenient.

Here is a quick summary of the most useful additional options that can be given:

Device

Alternative to $device.

AspectRatio

The aspect ratio of the output window

WindowWidth

The width of the plot window in inches

AxisColour

The axis colour to be used as default for plots in this window. In the same way it is possible to set the default character size (CharSize) and axis and box styles. See PDL::Graphics::PGPLOTOptions for details.

WindowName

The name of a window. This name can subsequently be used to refer to the window instead of its ID, making interactive use somewhat more intuitive.

To open a X-window output that will stay on screen:

  $win = dev('/xs');

To open two windows, one small and square, one large and wide:

  $win1 = dev('/xs', {Aspect => 1, WindowWidth => 4});
  $win2 = dev('/xs', {Aspect => 0.5, WindowWidth => 10});

new_window

Open a PGPLOT graphics device

  $win = new_window($dev, $nx, $ny, $opt);

This function is identical to dev (dev) except that it always creates a new window. This means that the user is required to close all windows explicitly using close_window (close_window). All functionality is otherwise like dev so see the documentation for dev (dev) for details of use.

close_window

Close a PGPLOT output device

 Usage: close_window($id)

This function closes a PGPLOT output device created with dev or new_window. It requires the id of the window to close. If $id is left undefined, the currently focussed window is deleted and focus is transferred to the lowest numbered window in existence. If many windows have been created and deleted this might not be what you expect, so it is recommended to make an explicit call to focus_window (focus_window) after any call to close_window.

_get_windownumber

Internal function to obtain the ID of a window. This allows the user to refer to a window with its name.

focus_window

Switch to another output window.

 Usage: focus_window($id);

This command is used to switch output focus to another window created by dev (dev) or new_window (new_window). The window can be referred to either by its ID or by its name.

  $win1 = dev('/xs', {WindowName => 'X-output'});
  $win2 = dev('test.ps/ps', {WindowName => 'PS-output'});

  focus_window('X-output');  # Or focus_window($win1);
  <.. Commands ..>
  focus_window($win2);       # Or focus_window('PS-output');
  <.. Commands ..>

window_list

Return a list of ID numbers and names of the windows currently opened using dev (dev) or new_window (new_window).

 Usage: ($numbers, $names)=window_list();

$numbers and $names are anonymous arrays giving the ID numbers and names of the open windows respectively.


PDL documentation Contained in the PDL distribution.
# Graphics functions for the PDL module, this module
# requires the PGPLOT module be previously installed.
# PGPLOT functions are also made available to the caller.

package PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT;

# Just a plain function exporting package

use PDL::Core qw/:Func :Internal/; # Grab the Core names
use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOTOptions qw(default_options);
use PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window;
use PGPLOT;
use Exporter;

use strict;

use vars qw (@ISA @EXPORT);

@ISA = ('Exporter');

@EXPORT = qw( dev hold release rel env bin errb line points
	      fits_imag imag imag1 fits_cont cont fits_vect vect
	      draw_wedge ctab ctab_info hi2d poly CtoF77coords
	      new_window focus_window window_list close_window
	      label_axes text legend cursor circle ellipse rectangle
	      tpoints tline retrieve_state replay turn_off_recording
	      turn_on_recording clear_state autolog get_current_window
              transform
	    );

*rel = *release;		# Alias
*image = *imag;

############################################################################

#############################################################
# This is a new version of PGPLOT which uses PDL::Options for
# option parsing.
#############################################################

# Option explanation:
#
#   Each routine has a set of options, and there is also a set of
#   global options that may or may not affect a particular routine.
#   The global options are defined here in the start of the code.
#
#   This require a minor adjustment to the PDL::Options code since
#   otherwise we would need to define the global options everywhere.
#
#   The actual setting of default parameters is split off in a separate
#   file PDL::Graphics::PGPLOTOptions - which also exports default_options
#   used below.

# The list of default global opttions, synonyms and translations.
#

END {				# Destructor to close plot when perl exits
  _close_windows();
}

#############################################################
# We now want to be able to have several plotting windows   #
# The current set of windows is stored in these             #
# variables - accessed by the local subs.  Added JB 12/7/00 #
#                                                           #
# This has lead to a substantial rewrite of the code since  #
# all the real work is now done in the Window object which  #
# this routine only provides a convenient (and backwards    #
# compatible) interface to.                                 #
#############################################################




my @_WINDOWS=();		# The list of windows to access - the value is the options.
my %_WINDOWNAMES = ();		# A map of names for each window to their number.
my $CW = undef;


sub new_window {
  my ($dev, $nx, $ny, $opt)=@_;

  if (ref($dev) eq 'HASH') {
    $opt = $dev;
    ($dev, $nx, $ny)=(undef, undef, undef);
  } elsif (ref($nx) eq 'HASH') {
    $opt = $nx;
    ($nx, $ny)=(undef, undef);
  }

  $opt={}  unless defined($opt);

  # This will cause problems if people both pass dev, nx & ny _and_
  # passes them in an options hash with poor spelling - don't do that..
  $opt->{Device}=$dev if defined($dev);
  $opt->{NXPanel}=$nx if defined($nx);
  $opt->{NYPanel}=$ny if defined($ny);

  # Now insert the necessary information in the variables above.
  #    barf "Options must be an anonymous hash!\n" if defined($_[0]) && 
  #      ref($_[0]) ne 'HASH';
  my $win = PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->new($opt);
  my ($name, $id) = ($win->name(), $win->id());
  $_WINDOWS[$id] = $name;
  $_WINDOWNAMES{$name}=$win;
  $_WINDOWNAMES{$id}=$name;	# Reverse lookup for speed

  $CW = $win;
  if (wantarray) {
    return ($id, $name, $win);
  } else {
    return $id;
  }
}


# Close all windows.
sub _close_windows {
  close_window({All=>1});	# Do all windows...
}



sub close_window {
  my ($name)=@_;

  if (ref($name) eq 'HASH') {	# Hack - to avoid checking window names..
    for (my $id=0; $id<=$#_WINDOWS; $id++) {
      next unless defined($_WINDOWS[$id]);
      my $n = $_WINDOWS[$id];
      $_WINDOWNAMES{$n}->close();
      delete $_WINDOWNAMES{$n};
      delete $_WINDOWNAMES{$id};
    }
    @_WINDOWS=();  # Remove all windows.
    $CW = undef;   # No current window
  } else {
    #
    # Delete a specific window
    #
    my $id = _get_windownumber($name);
    my $CWid = $CW->id();

    my $n= $_WINDOWNAMES{$id};	# In case the name was not passed..
    $_WINDOWNAMES{$n}->close();
    delete $_WINDOWNAMES{$n};
    delete $_WINDOWNAMES{$id};
    $_WINDOWS[$id]=undef; #splice(@_WINDOWS, $id, 1);


    if ($CWid == $id) {
      # Now determine the current window, viz the lowest numbered
      # window existing.

      $CW = undef;
      for (my $i=0; $i<=$#_WINDOWS; $i++) {
	if (defined($_WINDOWS[$i])) {
	  $CW = $_WINDOWNAMES{$_WINDOWS[$i]};
	  last;
	}
      }
    }

    # Since we set the corresponding array elements to undef - we
    # have to check if we have in fact deleted the whole shebang in
    # which case @_WINDOWS should be reset.
    @_WINDOWS=() if (!defined($CW));
  }
}

# Utility function - allowing both numbers and names to be used.


sub _get_windownumber {
  my ($name)=@_;
  if (!defined($name) || $name eq '') {
    return -1 unless defined($CW);
    return $CW->id();
  }
  my $windownumber = -1;
  if (!exists($_WINDOWNAMES{$name}) || !ref($_WINDOWNAMES{$name})) {
    # Then it ought to be a number
    if ($name =~ m/^\d+$/) {
      $windownumber = $name;
    } else {
      print "Valid window names: \n";
      foreach my $k (keys %_WINDOWNAMES) {
	print "$k\n";
      }
      barf ("I cannot switch to window $name - no such name\n");
    }
  } else {
    $windownumber = $_WINDOWNAMES{$name}->id();
  }
  barf("Invalid windownumber ($name)\n") if
    !defined($_WINDOWS[$windownumber]);

  return $windownumber;
}



{
  my $dev_options = undef; 

  sub dev {
    # This delayed creation of the options variable is for increased speed.
    # Although for dev() this is unnecessary...
    if (!defined($dev_options)) {
      $dev_options = PDL::Options->new({NewWindow => 0});
      $dev_options->warnonmissing(0); # Turn off warnings.
    }

    # Get the input options.
    my ($dev, $nx, $ny, $u_opt)=@_;

    if (ref($nx) eq 'HASH') {
      $u_opt = $nx;
      ($nx, $ny)=(undef, undef);
    }
    $u_opt = {} if !defined($u_opt);
    my $opt = $dev_options->options($u_opt);

    # Then we want to close the current one before opening a new one.
    if (!$opt->{NewWindow}) {
      my ($state,$len);
      pgqinf('STATE',$state,$len);
      close_window() if $state eq 'OPEN';
    }

    my $win=new_window(@_);
    return $win;
  }

}


# Switch to a new window.
sub focus_window {
  my ($name)=@_;
  my $windownumber = _get_windownumber($name);
  die "No such window ($name)\n" if $windownumber < 0;
  $CW = $_WINDOWNAMES{$_WINDOWS[$windownumber]};
  print "Window focus switched to Window nr $windownumber ($_WINDOWNAMES{$windownumber})\n" if $PDL::verbose;
  $CW->focus();
}


# And getting a list of windows
sub window_list {
  my @numbers=();
  my @names=();
  foreach (keys %_WINDOWNAMES) {
    if (ref($_WINDOWNAMES{$_}) eq 'PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window') {
      push @names, $_;
    } else {
      push @numbers, $_;
    }
  }
  return (wantarray ? (\@numbers, \@names) : \@numbers);
}


sub label_axes {
  # We do not label axes when there is no plot window.
  return if !defined($CW);
  $CW->label_axes(@_);
}

sub turn_on_recording {
  if (!defined($CW)) {
    warn "You can only turn on recording when you have a device open!\n";
    return;
  }
  $CW->turn_on_recording();
}

sub turn_off_recording {
  if (!defined($CW)) {
    warn "You can only turn off recording when you have a device open!\n";
    return;
  }
  $CW->turn_off_recording();
}

sub retrieve_state {
  if (!defined($CW)) {
    warn "You can only retrieve the state when a device is open\n";
    return;
  }
  $CW->retrieve_state();
}


sub replay {
  if (!defined($CW)) {
    warn "You can only replay plotting commands when a device is open!\n";
    return;
  }
  $CW->replay(@_);
}

sub clear_state {
  if (!defined($CW)) {
    warn "You can only clear the state when a device is open\n";
    return;
  }
  $CW->clear_state();
}


sub autolog { # for this one we use the class method to set autolog globally
  dev() if !defined($CW);
  PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window->autolog(@_);
}

sub text {
  barf 'Open a plot window first!' if !defined($CW);
  $CW->text(@_);
}

sub cursor {
  barf 'Open a plot window first!' if !defined($CW);
  $CW->cursor(@_);
}

sub legend {
  barf 'Open a plot window first!' if !defined($CW);
  $CW->legend(@_);
}

# should add these routines to EXPORT array as we create
# each routine
#
foreach my $func (
		  qw(
		     env bin cont fits_cont errb line tline points tpoints
		     imag fits_imag imag1 draw_wedge 
		     ctab ctab_info hi2d poly vect fits_vect
		     CtoF77coords circle ellipse rectangle 
		     ) ) {
    eval <<"ENDOFFUNC";
sub $func {
    dev() if !defined(\$CW);
    \$CW->${func}(\@_);
}
ENDOFFUNC
}

sub transform {
  barf 'Open a plot window first!' if !defined($CW);
  $CW->transform(@_);
}

sub hold    { return if !defined($CW); $CW->hold(); print "Graphics on HOLD\n" if $PDL::verbose;};
sub release { return if !defined($CW); $CW->release(); print "Graphics RELEASED\n" if $PDL::verbose;};
#sub held { return 0 if !defined($CW); return $CW->held()};
#sub current_device { return $CW->device(); };

sub get_current_window { return $CW; }  # return current window or undef if none exists

1;				# Exit with OK status