[clnuplot-devel] followup: specifying arbitrary output file location

[Gary King]

Hi David (Alan?).

good idea. I'll add this sometime this week.


On Feb 9, 2009, at 11:05 AM, david thompson wrote:

> It would give users even more flexibility if they had the capability  
> not only to
> explicitly define the location of the gnuplot 'data' file (http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/clnuplot-devel/2009-February/000008.html 
> )
> but to also have the capability to
> explicitly specify the location of the rendered (graphical) version  
> of the chart/plot.
>
> Something like
>
> (defun fullname-rendered (plot type)
>   (let ((fullpath (fullpath plot)))
>     (namestring (make-pathname
>          ;; strip type info
>          :name (pathname-name fullpath)
>          :directory (pathname-directory fullpath)
>          :type type))))
>
> and then a modification of each 'set output' line for gnuplot (in  
> the various WRITE-PLOT definitions) to something like
>
>  (format out "set output '~A'~C"
>         (fullname-rendered plot "ps")
>         #\Linefeed))
>
> seems like it would do the trick...
>
> - Alan
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