PLTEXT(3)                         PLplot API                         PLTEXT(3)



NAME
       pltext - Switch to text screen

SYNOPSIS
       pltext()

DESCRIPTION
       Sets an interactive device to text mode, used in conjunction with
       plgra(3) to allow graphics and text to be interspersed.  On a device
       which supports separate text and graphics windows, this command causes
       control to be switched to the text window.  This can be useful for
       printing diagnostic messages or getting user input, which would
       otherwise interfere with the plots.  The program must switch back to
       the graphics window before issuing plot commands, as the text (or
       console) device will probably become quite confused otherwise.  If
       already in text mode, this command is ignored.  It is also ignored on
       devices which only support a single window or use a different method
       for shifting focus (see also plgra(3)).

       Redacted form: pltext()

       This function is used in example 1.

AUTHORS
       Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot.  This
       man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the
       PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael
       Laboissiere.

SEE ALSO
       PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources.



                                November, 2007                       PLTEXT(3)
