Ken Prager wrote:
> Might be better to stick to html or pdf, as others have suggested.

If I were to write a chm to html converter, I'd call it chm2html.  On a 
whim, I Googled for chm2html - it turns up 1510 hits.  "chm2html GPL" 
turns up 9.

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In article <FKXnc.47086$nT.8712@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>,
 "Paul Mennen" <nospam@mennen.org> wrote:

> "Ken Prager" <prager_me_@ieee.org> wrote in message 
> > There are several viewers available to read CHM files.  One is xCHM, 
> > which is from Linux, recompiled for the Mac.  Another is CHM Viewer.  I 
> > chose CHM viewer and it works fine.  To open your help file from within 
> > Matlab, you can call...
> > >> unix('open -a /Applications/CHM\ Viewer.app PLT.CHM')
> 
> I'd be tempted to try something like:
> 
>   if isunix   unix('open -a /Applications/CHM\ Viewer.app PLT.CHM');
>   elseif ispc dos('hh PLT.CHM');
>   end;
> 
> Would this work on a Mac? A Linux machine?, Other platforms?
> If anybody has other suggestions, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> ~Paul

I think you need to add more checking to verify that it's Mac OS X and 
not some other flavor of Unix and also that the CHM Viewer application 
exists.  Also (and this is the real PITA), the unix() command doesn't 
know about things in Matlab's path so you also have to specify the path 
to PLT.CHM, which could be anywhere!

Isn't multi-platform software development fun?

Might be better to stick to html or pdf, as others have suggested.

Ken P.

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> "Derek Goring" wrote 
> > This is freeware (at least for now). 
> Snip
> 
> Does this imply that at some stage in the future, it will cease to be
> free?  And if that's the case, does your plt.p file have a time bomb
> in it that will prevent it from operating on the day that you start
> charging?

Nah. I'm not that devious. You will be happy to know that I
did not build any time bombs into plt. I've heard that TMW
is 99.5% sure that newer versions of Matlab will still be
able to run older versions of p-code, so it should still be
running for years to come. So if I do decide to charge for
it, I guess it will have to be for features above and beyond
the current version.

> I know, I'm a cynical old bugger. But I'm also of Scottish
> descent, and I know how to look after my pennies.........

Ah, I think I'm at least as cynical as well, and as far
as I know I don't even have any Scottish blood :)

~Paul

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snip snip
> 
> This is freeware (at least for now). 
Snip

Does this imply that at some stage in the future, it will cease to be
free?  And if that's the case, does your plt.p file have a time bomb
in it that will prevent it from operating on the day that you start
charging?  And on that day, will all the functions and scripts that I
have written using plt become unusable unless I pay you $$$?

I know, I know, I'm a cynical old bugger.  But I'm also of Scottish
descent, and I know how to look after my pennies.........

"Ken Prager" <prager_me_@ieee.org> wrote in message 
> There are several viewers available to read CHM files.  One is xCHM, 
> which is from Linux, recompiled for the Mac.  Another is CHM Viewer.  I 
> chose CHM viewer and it works fine.  To open your help file from within 
> Matlab, you can call...
> >> unix('open -a /Applications/CHM\ Viewer.app PLT.CHM')

I'd be tempted to try something like:

  if isunix   unix('open -a /Applications/CHM\ Viewer.app PLT.CHM');
  elseif ispc dos('hh PLT.CHM');
  end;

Would this work on a Mac? A Linux machine?, Other platforms?
If anybody has other suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks
~Paul

In article <eedcb27.9@webx.raydaftYaTP>,
 "Paul Mennen" <paul@mennen.org> wrote:

> > Ken Prager wrote:
> > Nice start...
> > 1) The Mac is case sensitive so I had to change the name of file
> from PLT.p to plt.p
> 
> Ok, thanks for that info. Another Mac user contacted me who was
> mystified why it didn't find plt. Now I can advise him.
> 
> I've changed the name of the file to lower case inside the zip
> archive, so future downloaders shouldn't have this problem.

OK, thanks.


> > 2) Clicking Help doesn't work (tries to send e-mail-??)
> 
> So I have the same questions that I had for the linux user. Can you
> read a .chm file from a Mac? If so, is there an equivalent matlab
> command that can bring up the chm file. (I currently use 'dos(hh
> plt.chm)' which of course wouldn't work on a mac.)

There are several viewers available to read CHM files.  One is xCHM, 
which is from Linux, recompiled for the Mac.  Another is CHM Viewer.  I 
chose CHM viewer and it works fine.  To open your help file from within 
Matlab, you can call...

>> unix('open -a /Applications/CHM\ Viewer.app PLT.CHM')

...however, I am not sure if you'll want to hardcode the command/paths.  
Seems like the kind of thing that should be set via an environment 
variable.


> > 3) Clicking Print doesn't work
> 
> Also not surprising. I'm thinking of removing this feature since I'm
> not sure how much extra functionality I am providing. You can always
> click on "menu" and then "file", "print" on the menu bar.

OK.


> > 4) How do you reset after pan and zoom?
> 
> Right click on the x-cursor edit box until you return to the desired
> view (rtfm :)

OK, thanks.  I guess perusing TFM was not good enough.  ;)

Ken P.

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In article <yDnnc.46494$AK2.10004@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>,
 "Paul Mennen" <nospam@mennen.org> wrote:

> I developed a 2D Matlab plotting routine for an avionics
> application I've been working on, but I've recently realized
> that it should have wide appeal as a general replacement
> for Matlab's plot routine. I call my routine plt.
>
> [snip]

Nice start...

By the way, I am using a Macintosh--Mac OS X (version 10.3.3).  I have 
Matlab R13 (6.5.1.200223)

Here are some comments/questions...

1) The Mac is case sensitive so I had to change the name of file from 
PLT.p to plt.p in order to get the other, example, m-files to work.

2) Clicking Help doesn't work (tries to send e-mail-??)

3) Clicking Print doesn't work

4) How do you reset after pan and zoom?

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you debug the 
Mac-specific problems.

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>"Rune Allnor" wrote 
> I think your PLT function is quite neat. Now, one condition for me to 
> be interested, is that PLT preserves all the functionality that's 
> already available with PLOT, like returning handles to plotted ojects, 
> several axes in one plot, adjustment of various object properties, 
> using AXIS to adjust the domain of the graph etc. 

I'd say at this point, PLT provides most but not all of the features
of PLOT. It does return the line handles just like PLOT and you
can adjust the "domain" although in slightly different ways than
you do with plot. PLT only provides for two axes (left/right)
and doesn't support the subplot functionality. Perhaps this is
somewhat mitigated by plt's improved facility for multiple
traces on a single axis. If a lot of interest is expressed,
the functionality of plt may expand over time.

> As for PLT itself, I liked the way it's possible to adjust data's 
> position in the axis by dragging it along with the mouse. Now, while 
> this is something that on occations would be very useful, I would also 
> like to have a switch somewhere to turn this functionality off.
> Rune

That sounds like a good suggestion. I think I'll add the ability to
turn off the mouse panning and zooming with a new 'options' parameter.
One would probably want a way to turn it back on from the plt window,
probably something not easily done by accident - perhaps by clicking
on something in the menu bar.

> "Derek Goring" wrote 
> I'm running Matlab Rel 13 on Win XP. 
> When I ask for help this is what I get:
> >> help plt
>  gauss.m: Sum uniform distributions to get Gaussian
> 
> Everything else seems to work fine.

I fixed that problem by providing a contents.m file and by suggesting
that plt should be installed in a folder called "plt" (which it looks
like you did). I just updated the plt.zip download to reflect that change.

Thanks
~Paul

"Paul Mennen" <nospam@mennen.org> wrote in message news:<yDnnc.46494$AK2.10004@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com>...
> I developed a 2D Matlab plotting routine for an avionics
> application I've been working on, but I've recently realized
> that it should have wide appeal as a general replacement
> for Matlab's plot routine. I call my routine plt.

Paul

I'm running Matlab Rel 13 on Win XP. 
When I ask for help this is what I get:
>> help plt

 gauss.m: Sum uniform distributions to get Gaussian
end function pltsq

Everything else seems to work fine.
Looks good, but I'll spend some more time with it before commenting further.

Derek

> "emammendes" wrote
> I have just tried plt5 and must say that I found it impressive (I need
> to  further test it though).  There is one problem:  I am running
> linux and help won't work.

I'm not familiar with the Linux environment, although I'm not
surprised the help function doesn't work. In plt when you click
on 'Help', effectively a Matlab command such as: dos('hh plt.chm')
is executed. Does Linix also support these compiled html files?
If so, is there a similar command that would bring up the
help file in Linix?

Note that even if you can't view the chm file, I have the uncompiled
html files on my web site and you can view them at the address given
in my original post.

> Many thanks for making plt available.
> Ed

Your welcome. Glad you can make use of it.

~Paul