Support underlays in modern more #4995
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Some of you may recall an early modern mode command called revert (revert.c now lives in exile in the sandbox just in case). It could strip off layers from the current plot. It seems a bit clutzy to me thought. Here are quick thoughts on overlays/underlays
The verbs get and put can be discussed. We can discuss if calling get with the same name as before simply overwrites or if we refuse to do so without some -F force option or an intermediate gmt layer delete name command. |
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Given that the layers die when the session ends, it is not clear to me how you would finalize the figures without closing the session if, for example, you want to use the same layers when updating a plot every day, week, year, etc. |
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Perhaps we should convert this to a discussion item? |
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Modern forbids the use of |
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Description of the desired feature
Add the functionality to recycle bits of PostScript in modern mode, e.g., make a common underlay base.ps and use it in different plots. I'm most interested in the basemap use case, but there also may be people who are interested in being able to add common overlays to many plots.
A pseudo-code example:
Are you willing to help implement and maintain this feature? Yes/No
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