Hi Andrew and Alan, >> Would it be straightforward to implement a -stream command-line option that >> means all subsequent options refer to the specified stream number? That >> would provide an elegant solution to the example 14 issue with, e.g., >> >> c/x14c -dev psc -o x14ac.psc -stream 1 -dev psc -o x14bc.psc >> > > Or how about anything before the option could be applied to all streams, > options after a -stream command only apply to that stream, unless > another -stream option is encountered. Each stream can then call > plparseopts and only extract the commands meant for it. Default would be > the current behaviour. A stream can then decide whether or not it wants > to use command line options. The only down side of this is that the > (currently internal) stream numbers are exposed to the user. > I think you provide a solution for only one specific example. Before we do that we should think about if this is a common case which is often used (which I don't think). Also it is very easy to do that inside the program, e.g. before we parse the command line options, make a copy of them and then parse the copy for the new stream. Personally I think 95% of the time PLplot is used only a single stream is used. I you use a second stream you most likely use it to use a different driver (e.g. to save a png), where different options apply.
I actually want to say, that when I had a look at the command line options parsing code I obtained the opinion that it is a lot of work to make changes to this code (bugfree), so it is not worth it, since there are a lot of other things to do and since it works at the moment and it is transparent how it works (although maybe not well documented ;) we should just keep it as it is. I also had big troubles, since due to a bug driver specific options propagated to different streams (with different drivers) which lead to crashes which were not easy to understand. Maybe that is the reason why I'm against changes ;) Regards, Werner > Andrew > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel > -- Dr. Werner Smekal Institut fuer Allgemeine Physik Technische Universitaet Wien Wiedner Hauptstr 8-10 A-1040 Wien Austria DVR-Nr: 0005886 email: sme...@iap.tuwien.ac.at web: http://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~smekal phone: +43-(0)1-58801-13463 (office) +43-(0)1-58801-13469 (laboratory) fax: +43-(0)1-58801-13499 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
