Re: [Plplot-devel] PLPLOT_DEV

2010-01-05 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2010-01-05 15:35-0800 David MacMahon wrote: >> What's the purpose of this variable? > > It is used to specify a "default" driver that will be used if no > other driver is specified. If it is not defined and no driver is > specified, then the user is prompted with a driver list. > > For example

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLPLOT_DEV

2010-01-05 Thread David MacMahon
On Jan 5, 2010, at 14:55 , Werner Smekal wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:24 PM, David MacMahon wrote: > >> I just grepped for "getenv" in the source tree and didn't find >> anything that looked like PGPLOT's use of the "PGPLOT_DEV" >> environment variable. > > What's the purpose of th

Re: [Plplot-devel] PLPLOT_DEV

2010-01-05 Thread Werner Smekal
Hi Dave, On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:24 PM, David MacMahon wrote: > I just grepped for "getenv" in the source tree and didn't find > anything that looked like PGPLOT's use of the "PGPLOT_DEV" > environment variable. What's the purpose of this variable? Regards, Werner > > Assuming I didn't just over

[Plplot-devel] PLPLOT_DEV

2010-01-05 Thread David MacMahon
I just grepped for "getenv" in the source tree and didn't find anything that looked like PGPLOT's use of the "PGPLOT_DEV" environment variable. Assuming I didn't just overlook it, was this an explicit design decision or is it just that nobody has asked for it? If the former, why? If the