debian man page for pltext

PLTEXT(3plplot) 						    PLplot API							   PLTEXT(3plplot)

NAME
       pltext - Switch to text screen

SYNOPSIS
       pltext()

DESCRIPTION
       Sets  an  interactive  device  to  text	mode, used in conjunction with plgra(3plplot) 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  use-
       ful  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(3plplot)).

       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.

								   August, 2012 						   PLTEXT(3plplot)