Graphics Features :: MATLAB 6.5 Release Notes (MATLAB Release Notes)

MATLAB Release Notes

Graphics Features

MATLAB 6.5 adds the following graphics features and enhancements.

New Text Properties - Control Text Background

Text objects have the following new properties.

Property
Purpose

BackgroundColor
Color of text extent rectangle

EdgeColor
Color of the rectangle edge

LineStyle
Style of the rectangle edge line

LineWidth
Width of the rectangle edge line

Margin
Increase the size of the rectangle by adding a margin to the text extent

Property	Purpose
`BackgroundColor`	Color of text extent rectangle
`EdgeColor`	Color of the rectangle edge
`LineStyle`	Style of the rectangle edge line
`LineWidth`	Width of the rectangle edge line
`Margin`	Increase the size of the rectangle by adding a margin to the text extent

Colormap Editor - Modify Colormaps Interactively

The colormap editor is a tool that enables you to modify the colormap of the current figure. See the colormapeditor function description for more information and an example.

Redesigned Property Editor

The Handle Graphics^® Property Editor and associated help have been redesigned.

Selecting a Printer From the MATLAB Command Line

In earlier versions of MATLAB, you could select a nondefault printer for graphics from the MATLAB command line on UNIX systems only. In MATLAB 6.5, you can do this on Windows systems as well. Specify the printer using the -P switch in the print command.

For example, to print Figure No. 3 to a printer called Calliope, type

```
print -f3 -PCalliope
```

If the printer name has spaces in it, put quotes around the -P option, as shown here.

```
print -f3 '-Pmy local printer'
```

Using a Network Print Server

On Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems, you can print to a network print server using the form shown here for a printer named trinity.

```
print -P\\PRINTERS\trinity
```

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