--- loncom/xml/lonplot.pm 2002/02/05 15:05:44 1.47
+++ loncom/xml/lonplot.pm 2002/02/06 10:33:27 1.49
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
# Dynamic plot
#
-# $Id: lonplot.pm,v 1.47 2002/02/05 15:05:44 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonplot.pm,v 1.49 2002/02/06 10:33:27 matthew Exp $
#
# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
#
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
# 12/17 12/18 12/19 12/20 12/21 12/27 12/28 12/30 12/31 Matthew
# 01/01/02 Matthew
# 01/02 01/03 01/04 01/07 01/08 01/09 Matthew
-# 01/21 Matthew
+# 01/21 02/05 02/06 Matthew
package Apache::lonplot;
@@ -115,6 +115,37 @@ my $words_test = sub {$_[0]=~s/\s+/
###################################################################
my @gnuplot_edit_order =
qw/bgcolor fgcolor height width font transparent grid border align/;
+
+my $gnuplot_help_text = <<"ENDPLOTHELP";
+
+The gnuplot tag allows an author to design a plot which can
+be created on the fly. This is intended for use in homework problems
+where each student needs to see a distinct plot. It can be used in
+conjunction with a script tag to generate random plots.
+
+A gnuplot tag can contain the following sub-tags:
+
+
+- Plot Label
+
- Allows you to place text at a given (x,y) coordinate on the plot.
+
- Plot Title
+
- The title of the plot
+
- Plot Xlabel
+
- The label on the horizontal axis of the plot
+
- Plot Ylabel
+
- The label on the vertical axis of the plot
+
- Plot Axes
+
- allows specification of the x and y ranges displayed in the plot
+
- Plot Key
+
- Lists the functions displayed in the plot.
+
- Plot Curve
+
- Sets the data used in the plot.
+
- Plot Tics
+
- Allows specification of the x and y coordinate 'tics' on the axes.
+This is mostly used to adjust the grid lines when a grid is displayed.
+
+ENDPLOTHELP
+
my %gnuplot_defaults =
(
height => {
@@ -307,6 +338,37 @@ my %axis_defaults =
}
);
+my $curve_help_text = <<"ENDCURVEHELP";
+The curve tag is where you set the data to be plotted by gnuplot.
+There are two ways of entering the information:
+
+ - Curve Data
+
- Using a data tag you can specify the numbers used to produce
+the plot.
+
+By default, two data tags will be available in a plot. The
+first will specify X coordinates of the data and the second will
+give the Y coordinates of the data. When working with a linestyle that
+requires more than two data sets, inserting another data tag is
+required. Unfortunately, you must make sure the data tags appear
+in the order gnuplot expects the data.
+
+Specifying the data should usually be done with a perl variable or array,
+such as \@Xdata and \@Ydata. You may also specify numerical data seperated
+by commas. Again, the order of the data tags is important. The
+first tag will be the X data and the second will be the Y data.
+
+ - Curve Function
+
- The function tag allows you to specify the curve to be
+plotted as a formula that gnuplot can understand. Be careful using this
+tag - it is surprisingly easy to give gnuplot a function it cannot deal
+with properly. Be explicit: 2*sin(2*3.141592*x/4) will work but
+2sin(2*3.141592x/4) will not. If you do not receive any errors in the
+gnuplot data but still do not have an image produced, it is likely there
+is an error in your function tag.
+
+ENDCURVEHELP
+
my %curve_defaults =
(
color => {
@@ -359,6 +421,8 @@ sub start_gnuplot {
$tagstack->[-1]);
} elsif ($target eq 'edit') {
$result .= &Apache::edit::tag_start($target,$token,'GnuPlot');
+ $result .= &make_javascript();
+ $result .= &help_win($gnuplot_help_text);
$result .= &edit_attributes($target,$token,\%gnuplot_defaults,
\@gnuplot_edit_order);
} elsif ($target eq 'modified') {
@@ -500,6 +564,7 @@ sub start_title {
my $result='';
if ($target eq 'web') {
$title = &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/title",$$parser[-1]);
+ $title =~ s/\n/ /g;
if (length($title) > $max_str_len) {
$title = substr($title,0,$max_str_len);
}
@@ -532,6 +597,7 @@ sub start_xlabel {
my $result='';
if ($target eq 'web') {
$xlabel = &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/xlabel",$$parser[-1]);
+ $xlabel =~ s/\n/ /g;
if (length($xlabel) > $max_str_len) {
$xlabel = substr($xlabel,0,$max_str_len);
}
@@ -565,6 +631,7 @@ sub start_ylabel {
my $result='';
if ($target eq 'web') {
$ylabel = &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/ylabel",$$parser[-1]);
+ $ylabel =~ s/\n/ /g;
if (length($ylabel) > $max_str_len) {
$ylabel = substr($ylabel,0,$max_str_len);
}
@@ -601,6 +668,7 @@ sub start_label {
&get_attributes(\%label,\%label_defaults,$parstack,$safeeval,
$tagstack->[-1]);
my $text = &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/label",$$parser[-1]);
+ $text =~ s/\n/ /g;
$text = substr($text,0,$max_str_len) if (length($text) > $max_str_len);
$label{'text'} = $text;
push(@labels,\%label);
@@ -644,6 +712,7 @@ sub start_curve {
push (@curves,\%curve);
} elsif ($target eq 'edit') {
$result .= &Apache::edit::tag_start($target,$token,'Curve');
+ $result .= &help_win($curve_help_text);
$result .= &edit_attributes($target,$token,\%curve_defaults);
} elsif ($target eq 'modified') {
my $constructtag=&Apache::edit::get_new_args
@@ -720,7 +789,7 @@ sub start_data {
$datatext = &Apache::run::run('return "'.$datatext.'"',
$safeeval,1);
}
- $datatext =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+ $datatext =~ s/\s+/ /g;
# Need to do some error checking on the @data array -
# make sure it's all numbers and make sure each array
# is of the same length.
@@ -1122,6 +1191,40 @@ sub insert_data {
}
##----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Javascript functions to display help for tags
+
+sub make_javascript {
+ my $helpwindowwidth = 400;
+ my $helpwindowheight = 400;
+ my $result = '';
+ $result.=<<"ENDFUNCTION";
+
+ENDFUNCTION
+ return $result;
+}
+
+sub help_win {
+ my ($helptext)=@_;
+ $helptext =~ s/\n/ /g;
+ $helptext =~ s/\'/\\\'/g;
+ my $result = '';
+ $result.=<<"ENDWIN";
+
+ENDWIN
+ return $result;
+}
+##----------------------------------------------------------------------
1;
__END__