[Graphics] Additional features

[Michael Goffioul]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 8:52 AM, John W. Eaton <jwe at bevo.che.wisc.edu> wrote:
> | + static Matrix
> | + default_figure_position (void)
> | + {
> | +   Matrix m (1, 4, 0.0);
> | +   m(0) = 300;
> | +   m(1) = 200;
> | +   m(2) = 560;
> | +   m(3) = 420;
> | +   return m;
> | + }
>
> Does this mean that all figure windows will start out in the same
> fixed location on the screen?  If so, I think we need to make this
> optional.  I know that I would usually prefer to leave the placement
> up to my window manager, which seems to do a good job of placing new
> windows in areas of the screen that are unoccupied.

That's how Matlab works. The important thing here was to get a
non-zero size. The location is less important. We can probably
enhance Matlab behavior by specifying NaN's for location, meaning
the job is left to the windows manager.

Michael.