From 7d136b3802b95da5e3ccca9e9e996c75842c949d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David MacMahon Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:53:50 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation for PLPLOT_DEV enrironment variable This adds details to the docbook documentation about the newly supported PLPLOT_DEV environment variable. --- doc/docbook/src/advanced.xml | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/docbook/src/advanced.xml b/doc/docbook/src/advanced.xml index c40ab69..1ab1fcb 100644 --- a/doc/docbook/src/advanced.xml +++ b/doc/docbook/src/advanced.xml @@ -598,9 +598,10 @@ EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. all internal data structures necessary for plotting and initializes the output device driver. The output device can be a terminal, disk file, window system, pipe, or socket. If the output device has not - already been specified when &plinit; is called, a list of valid - output devices is given and the user is prompted for a choice. For - example: + already been specified when &plinit; is called, the output device + will be taken from the value of the PLPLOT_DEV environment variable. + If this variable is not set (or is empty), a list of valid output + devices is given and the user is prompted for a choice. For example: @@ -651,6 +652,15 @@ EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. &plparseopts;. + + + The value of the PLPLOT_DEV environment + variable. Note that specifying the output device via &plsdev; + or the -dev command line argument will + override the value given by the PLPLOT_DEV + environment variable. + + -- 1.6.6