edit <plot number>
The edit command is part of the multiplot environment; it allows one to modify the properties of any plot on a multiplot. The desired plot should be identified using the reference number which it was given when it was created using the plot command; it would have been displayed on the terminal at that time. For example, consider the following command sequence:
edit 1 set textcolour red replot
Here, the edit command sets the following set textcolour command to affect the plot with reference number 1 – the first plot which would have been placed on the multiplot. The set textcolour red command then affects this plot, although does not take effect until the replot command is called.
The edit command also has the effect of resetting all of PyXPlot’s plot settings to those used to produce the chosen plot, and so in conjunction with the show command, can be used to inspect as well as modify the settings of any plot on a multiplot page. For example:
edit 1 show textcolour
would show the text colour used in plot 1.
Having issued the edit command, no further command needs to be issued to return to a state of adding plots to a multiplot rather than editing the existing plots; simply call the plot command rather than the replot command to do this.