[LIBISIS-code-tickets] [LIBISIS] #30: Behaviour of default values

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#30: Behaviour of default values
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Reporter:  Dean Whittaker  |        Owner:  Dean Whittaker
    Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  closed        
Priority:  major           |   Resolution:  fixed         
Keywords:                  |  
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Changes (by Dean Whittaker):

  * status:  assigned => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed

Comment:

 (In [963]) fixes #37 and closes #30 - The way in which defaults are set
 has now been (almost) completely changed. acolor, amark and aline have
 been adapted so that they now perform much of the work themselves (since
 the lower level uinv_setdefaultprop.m should retain it's functionality for
 the more general case in which you want to set any property.

 The lower level functions uinv_setdefaultprop.m and ixf_set_defaultprop.m
 have been changed to accept name tags - i.e. you must provide the name
 tags of the graphs for which you want to alter. This allows for better
 control of default values.

 The functions ixf_gallnt.m and ixf_get_nametag.m were added - the first
 will get all names and tags of all currently open graphs - this is
 required when acolor is applied to all graphs (i.e. all nametags). The
 second removes any formatting that we put into the name and returns the
 true name and tag values - i.e. given a figure handle it will  remove
 labels like '(HOLD)' in each individual function (and indeed we can add
 different labels later without too much alteration).

 ixf_globaldefault has been changed so that a list of default counter
 values is given - i.e. instead of a simple true or false statement,
 ixf_get_countdata.m now accepts IXG_ST_STDVALUES.counter_increment (or
 other such inputs) to determine how (or whether) it should do the
 counting.

 There is also the "reset" option which will reset the count to 1 - this is
 the default setting, while all over plots need to give the specific
 argument 'counter',IXG_ST_STDVALUES.counter_increment, in order to
 inrement the counter. ixf_multiplot.m and ixf_plotfigure.m have been
 changed so that they now have separate counters for markers, lines and
 color. These counters are only incremented if a color/marker/line is used
 (i.e. marker is only incremented if the marker value is not 'none').
 ixf_get_countdata.m was changed so that it now accepts a "type" option.
 This can be any string and will be appended to the userdata.counter as a
 field and stored in the figure's userdata. This allows for quick expansion
 if counters for more properties are needed. ixf_parse_properties.m was
 added so that amark and aline can tell the difference between valid
 properties and numbers - which is then  used along with the
 ixf_checkforfigure.m function (which tells acolor etc. if the first two
 arguments are a valid name and tag or not) to determine which path the
 user has chosen to take (see below). This means that users can enter a
 name and tag as the first two arguments which can be used to identify a
 specific graph 'type' and then apply the following attributes to that
 graph type, or can merely enter attributes to be applied to all graphs. If
 there is any ambiguity, the user is asked which path to take.

 ixf_set_arrayprop.m, ixf_set_defaultprop.m and ixf_set_prop.m all had a
 similar minor bug which was spotted - to do with the way in which they
 check that the arguments are valid.

 All plot functions had to be changed to give the correct counter settings
 (though dh, dl, dm, de, dp, dd were not changed in the end)

 ui_resetall.m had a small bug

 uib_plotgeneral.m was altered to fit in with the new regime, very small
 alterations were needed.

 Also note, ixf_getfile has been deleted - this is an old and out of date
 function (unrelated to the fixes) which should no longer be in gtk

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