[Scilab-users] xload mess ...

[Antoine Monmayrant]

Hi all,

I'm fighting with xload to reload saved figures, modify them (aesthetics only) and export.
There are several issues with xload that does not seem to match the documentation:

- If no graphic windows are opened, xload('figfile.scg') is creating a new one and restoring the figure size ( gcf().figure_size ), contrary to what is stated in the documentation "xload does not restore the window number, the window size nor the window dimensions."
- If there are graphic windows opened, xload('figfile.scg') adds the saved figure to the current window, usually resulting in a terrible mess, figure size being lost during the battle. The fact the the current window is modified by calling xload() is not mentioned in the documentation.
-- if h=scf() and using xload('figfile.scg',h) the figure is restored in h and the original figure size is lost (h.figure_size is used).

So here is my question: is there a way to restore a figure from a file, including its figure size, without resorting to closing all the other figures beforehand?

Cheers,

Antoine