ASSIGN/GRAPHIC and COPY/GRAPHIC

   Table 6.1 contains the graphic output devices on which MIDAS plots can be produced. The user can specify one of these output devices in advance by the ASSIGN/GRAPHIC command. In addition to the hardcopy devices available, the command can also be used to reassign the graphics window. For example, the user can indicate that the plot has to be produced on a second graphics window, or on a display window of his/her workstation. After the plot command has finished and a plot file is produced, this plot file can be sent to a device by the COPY/GRAP command. This command accepts the same graphics devices as the ASSIGN/GRAPH command. For workstations this offers the possibility to copy a graph from one window to another. In section 6.1.6 more information can be found about how MIDAS takes care of your plot files.
Example:

assign/gra laser nospool
plot/tab example ? #1 -50,-70,10,90
overplot/tab example ? #2 -50,-70,70,90
copy/graphic laser
copy/graphic g,0
assign/gra g,0

In this example we first assign the graphics output to become the output device. However, the plot file is kept on disk and not spooled to the printer. After the plot is finished, it is sent to the printer. Hereafter, we also send a copy to the graphics window (provided one exists). Finally, we assign the graphics window as the output device.