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From: Jerry <lanceboyle@qwest.net>
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Subject: Re: ANN: Ada bindings to PLplot plotting software
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:59:13 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 5, 4:15=A0pm, Jerry <lancebo...@qwest.net> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 5:34=A0pm, Georg Bauhaus <see.reply...@maps.futureapps.de>
> wrote:
>
> > Jerry wrote:
> > However, authors of some bindings including this Ada
> > one have added "a number of substantial improvements over
> > the C API". (Set_Color(Red) seems so much better than plcol0(1),
> > even when it does not name the thing that is turned red;
> > I don't want to sound complaining, in particular having
> > done nothing on this work). =A0That's somewhat hidden
> > from the web presentation, though, I think.
>
> Read the docs 8^). I originally called this procedure Set_Pen_Color
> (..) but changed it when I figured that not everyone appreciates the
> reference to pen plotters and would respond, "What pen?" Calling this
> proc simply causes everything that is drawn thereafter to be in the
> specified color, until the proc is called again with a different
> argument.

Just for the record, I was at least temporarily stupid when I wrote
the above post(s). The actual procedure name is Set_Pen_Color, not
Set_Color. I can't explain the explanation 8^).

Jerry