drawnow

draw hidden graphics entities.

Calling Sequence

drawnow()

Description

Considering the current figure, this function can be used to draw the hidden graphics entities and all its chidren, that may have been postponed by a previous call to drawlater. The immediate_drawing property of the current figure is set to “on”.

It can specially be used with the drawlater function.

Examples

f=`get`_("current_figure") // handle of the current figure

`drawlater`_()
`subplot`_(221);
t=1:10;`plot2d`_(t,t.^2)
`subplot`_(222);
x=0:1:7;`plot2d`_(x,`cos`_(x),2)
`subplot`_(234);
`plot2d`_(t,`cos`_(t),3);
`subplot`_(235);
`plot2d`_(x,`sin`_(2*x),5);
`subplot`_(236);
`plot2d`_(t,`tan`_(2*t));

`draw`_(`gca`_()); //draw the current axes and its children
`draw`_(f.children([3 4])); // draw the specified axes and their children
drawnow(); // draw the current figure

See Also

• get Retrieve a property value from a graphics entity or an User Interface object.
• set set a property value of a graphic entity object or of a User Interface object.
• drawlater makes axes children invisible.
• graphics_entities description of the graphics entities data structures