[CM] plotter questions

[Rick Taube]

On Oct 31, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Orm Finnendahl wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  trying out plotter (from cm-gtk in linux), the following questions
> came up:
>
> 1. Is it possible to set different colors to different box objects
>    within the same layer to reflect slot values?
>    (I think it is not possible right now; I'm just asking whether it
>    is complicated to implement and how to do it).

not possible as is. color intensity was part of the original MCL  
plotter -- you could map amplitude (or whatever) to how bright the  
layer color was. but i didnt implement this when i moved code to gtk,  
i cant rememeber why.
adding would be work but certainly doable. the easiest way would be  
to break up the functions 'draw-line-and-point' and 'draw-box-and- 
bubble' into methods (which i should have done anyway...) and move  
the clauses of the current case statement into the methods. then  
create a a NEW method that implements your colored points and make it  
a new style of plot.

>
> 2. Is it possible to send update commands to the gtk window from the
>    language in order to make the graphics reflect changes in the
>    subobjects of plotter's sequence?

yes this is easy, simply call 'plotter-redraw' after your changes.