SUMMARY

Begins plotting to a new graphics window.

SYNTAX

BEGINWINDOW n

INPUT

n:	The graphics window number to begin plotting in. There are a total of five graphics windows.

DEFAULT VALUES

BEGINWINDOW 1

DESCRIPTION

Many of the newer graphics terminals and workstations support the concept of multiple "windows". Different jobs or activities can run in each window and display their results on the screen at the same time. "X-windows" and "Sun windows" are two of the more popular systems currently available. If you are using a device that supports one of these systems, then you can use multiple graphics windows in SAC to display your results. If you are not using such a device, SAC will accept but ignore all commands that refer to multiple graphics windows.

There are two commands that control the use of this multi-windowing option. The WINDOW command lets you control the location and shape of the graphics windows. The BEGINWINDOW command lets you select the window in which to display subsequent plots. BEGINWINDOW will create the requested window if it does not currently exist on your display. The WINDOW command only works before the window is created. On most systems you can also move and resize these windows dynamically using the mouse and pop-up menus. Generally but not always (you should check for yourself), the moving of a window will result in the current plot being automatically redrawn whereas the resizing of a window results in the current plot being redrawn but not rescaled. The next plot in a resized window will be scaled correctly. All text (the commands you type and SAC's responses) are displayed in the window in which you started SAC.

SEE COMMANDS

WINDOW

LATEST REVISION

May 15, 1987 (Version 10.2)