


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 other-
       wise 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 shift-
       ing 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.


























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