add simple linedemo mode to view default line styles

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/gnuplot.py b/gnuplot.py
index 2604cb0..1a55fc6 100755
--- a/gnuplot.py
+++ b/gnuplot.py
@@ -166,14 +166,7 @@ class GnuPlotter(defapp.App):
     def __init__(self):
         defapp.App.__init__(self, options, defaults, no_std_opts=True)
 
-    def get_cmd(self, args):
-        graphs = []
-        while len(args) >= 4:
-            g =  args[0:4]
-            graphs += [g]
-            args = args[4:]
-        if args:
-            self.err("Warning: Ignoring trailing args. Args:", *args)
+    def make_cmd(self, graphs):
         return gnuplot_cmd(graphs,
                            title=self.options.title,
                            format=self.options.format,
@@ -186,7 +179,17 @@ class GnuPlotter(defapp.App):
                            yticks=self.options.yticks,
                            fname=self.options.out,
                            term_opts=self.options.term_opts)
-                           
+
+    def get_cmd(self, args):
+        graphs = []
+        while len(args) >= 4:
+            g =  args[0:4]
+            graphs += [g]
+            args = args[4:]
+        if args:
+            self.err("Warning: Ignoring trailing args. Args:", *args)
+        return self.make_cmd(graphs)
+
     def default(self, _):
         cmd = self.get_cmd(list(self.args))
         pipe2gnuplot(cmd)
@@ -195,5 +198,20 @@ class GnuPlotter(defapp.App):
         cmd = self.get_cmd(self.args[1:])
         self.out(cmd)
 
+    def do_linedemo(self, _):
+        graphs = ["%d title 'ls %d'" % (x, x) #, x) #  with linespoints ls %d
+                  for x in xrange(1,10)]
+        self.options.yrange = (0, 10)
+        self.options.xrange = (0, 10)
+        self.options.xticks = (0, 10)
+        self.options.yticks = (0, 1)
+        self.options.title = "%s Default Line Styles" % self.options.format.upper()
+        self.options.ylabel = "Styles"
+        self.options.term_opts = "" # avoid default
+
+        cmd = self.make_cmd(graphs)
+        pipe2gnuplot(cmd)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     GnuPlotter().launch()