select a graphics driver
current_driver = driver() driver(driver_name) previous_driver = driver(driver_name)
a string, driver to be selected (case insensitive).
a string, selected driver.
a string, driver previously selected.
This function provides a switch between the different drivers for export or display.
Direct rendering on the screen or off-screen export
without any graphical user interface. This is available
in the mode scilab-adv-cli
(or also
called -nw
)
Used without any input argument, the driver
function returns the current graphics driver name.
To display graphic into a new window instead of off-screen format. This is the default behavior of Scilab.
It is possible to use the "null" format to direct graphics to nothing.
output to the screen of the computer.
The selected driver can be one of the following vectorial format:
output into Postscript format.
output into PDF format.
output into SVG format.
The selected driver can be one of the following bitmap format:
output into GIF format.
output into PNG format.
output into JPEG format.
output into BMP format.
output into portable pixmap (PPM) format.
To redirect the graphic output to a GIF file (which will be written in the temporary directory), you can use the following example:
previous_driver = driver('GIF'); xinit(TMPDIR+'/mygiffile.gif'); plot3d(); xend(); driver(previous_driver); // Bring back the previous behavior of Scilab | ![]() | ![]() |
For example if one has generated a sequence of GIF files
named img*.gif
it is possible to build
an animated GIF file (named anim.gif
) by
convert -delay 10 img*.gif anim.gif
Version | Description |
5.4.0 |
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