I/O Menu

Save point glyphs and colors in files

 This allows a user to save the brushing glyph and color
 information.

 A popup window appears that asks you to type in a file name.
 (You must position the cursor inside the window in the lower
 right of the popup window to have your typing acknowledged.) You
 can erase typed characters using the delete or backspace
 operation you are used to.

 If XGobi is initiated from the shell, three ascii files are
 created.  If 'fname' is the string you type in, then
 'fname.glyphs' contains integers (one per row) representing the
 glyphs used -- the same numbers that can be found at the right of
 the glyph menu (Thus plusses are 1-5, Xes are 6-10, open
 rectangles are 11-15, filled rectangles are 16-20, open circles
 are 21-25, filled circles are 26-30, and the point is 31.);
 'fname.colors' contains strings representing the color names;
 'fname.erase' contains 1s and 0s, where 1s are erased points.

 If XGobi is initiated within S, two S vectors are created, and
 they have the same names specified above.  'fname.colors' is a
 character vector, 'fname.glyphs' and 'fname.erase' are integer
 vectors.

 If the root 'fname' that you choose is the name of the data file,
 and you put it in the same directory, then these glyphs and
 colors will be retrieved and used again the next time you
 initiate XGobi using this data.

Save line colors in a file

 This allows a user to save the line brushing color.

 A popup window appears that asks you to type in a file name.
 (You must position the cursor inside the window in the lower
 right of the popup window to have your typing acknowledged.) You
 can erase typed characters using the delete or backspace
 operation you are used to.

 If XGobi is initiated from the shell, an ascii file is created.
 If 'fname' is the string you type in, then 'fname.linecolors'
 contains strings representing the color names -- they are in the
 same order in which XGobi would write out the lines themselves in
 'Save in file' in the LineEdit mode.  If XGobi is initiated from
 within S, an S character vector is created.

Behavior of the "Solicit File Name" window:

 The editing behavior in this window follows emacs conventions.
 These instructions may help you if you aren't familiar with
 emacs:
   Use the cursor to position the caret between two letters; as
   you type, characters are entered at that position.  You can use
   your customary backspace character.  Use "Control-k" to delete
   all characters from the caret to the end of the line.
