How do you show what already defined VCS objects are available?
The show command will do this.
As it is a method attached to a VCS canvas object, you have to first
initialize a canvas:
>>> import vcs >>> v = vcs.init()
The following lists all text-orientation objects currently defined:
>>> v.show('textorientation')
***********************Text Orientation Names List*****************
( 1): 7botleft 7center 7centerdowm
( 4): 7centerup 7left 7leftup
( 7): 7rcc 7right AMIP_cen
( 10): AMIP_left AMIP_right ASD1
( 13): ASD2 bigger botcenter
( 16): botleft botright center
( 19): center10 center15 center20
( 22): center25 center7 center_title
( 25): centerdowm centerup default
( 28): defcentdown defcenter defcentup
( 31): defright left left15
( 34): left20 leftup mwbotcenter
( 37): qa rcc right
( 40): right10 right15 scatxlab
( 43): topcenter upbotcent
***********************End Text Orientation Names List*************
show can be used to list available graphics methods
(e.g. isofill, scatter, continents, etc.),
text objects
(e.g. text-table, text-orientation),
and templates. The argument for show is the
method or object type "name" as a string, for instance:
| Argument | Show Displays |
|---|---|
| 'colormap' | Color maps |
| 'fillarea' | Fill area objects |
| 'isofill' | Isofill graphics methods |
| 'line' | Line objects |
| 'xvsy' | x(t) vs. y(t) plot graphics methods |
| 'textorientation' | Text-orientation objects |
| 'texttable' | Text-table objects |
| 'template' | Templates |
Notes: This discussion applies to CDAT 3.3.