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Configure appearance of Sherpa plots.
 
The Sherpa configuration variable (also called "state
object") sherpa.multiplot controls appearance of plots
created by  CPLOT, LPLOT ,
 OPLOT and SPLOT .
 
The following table lists each field of sherpa.multiplot, with a
description and the default value:
 
| use_tex_strings | Cause certain characters in labels (e.g., "_") NOT
to be interpreted as TeX would (0 = false, 1 = true) | 1 |  
| skip_tex_chars | Characters which are NOT to be interpreted as TeX would | %$_ |  
| gap | Gap width when two, and only two, plots are created with LPLOT | 0.1 |  
| clear | Clear ChIPS window before plot command executed (0 = false,
1 = true) | 1 |  
| newarea | When plot command creates multiple plots, put each plot in a new
drawing area (0 = false, 1 = true) | 1 |  
| redraw | Redraw after every ChIPS command (0 = false, 1 = true) | 0 |  
| prefunc | User S-Lang function executed before the data is plotted | NULL |  
| postfunc | User S-Lang function executed after the data is plotted | NULL |  
| xfilter_lo | Lower x bound applied to all plots (if NULL, lower bound
taken from data) | NULL |  
| xfilter_hi | Upper x bound applied to all plots (if NULL, upper bound
taken from data) | NULL |  
The fields sherpa.multiplot.prefunc and sherpa.multiplot.postfunc refer
to optional user functions that can be applied to plots before
and after the plot is created.  Please see the ahelp file 
sherpa-plot-hooks for more information.
 
Generate plot in a new drawing area.
 
sherpa> sherpa.multiplot.newarea=1
sherpa> LPLOT DATA
  
The sherpa.multiplot settings can be changed at the command
line.  When assigning a string to a field, the string should be quoted
as shown in the second command:
 
sherpa> sherpa.multiplot.gap = 0.2
sherpa> sherpa.multiplot.skip_tex_chars = "%$_"
 
Create an alias smp to  sherpa.multiplot and use it.
 
sherpa> variable smp = sherpa.multiplot
sherpa> smp.gap = 0.2
sherpa> smp.skip_tex_chars = "%$_"
 
Use print to obtain the information about the current settings 
of sherpa.multiplot:
 
sherpa> print(sherpa.multiplot)
use_tex_strings  =  1
skip_tex_chars   =  %$_
gap              =  0.1
clear            =  1
newarea          =  1
redraw           =  0
prefunc          =  NULL
postfunc         =  NULL
xfilter_lo       =  NULL
xfilter_hi       =  NULL
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