plotOpenWindow ============================================== Purpose ---------------- Opens a new, empty graphic window to be used by the next drawn graph. Format ---------------- .. function:: plotOpenWindow() Examples ---------------- :: // Create data x = rndn(10000, 1); x2 = rndn(10000, 1); x3 = rndn(10000, 1); // Plot first vector as a percentage histogram with 30 bins plotHistP(x, 30); // Plot second vector, drawing over the previously created // graph. plotHistP(x2, 30); // Create a new graphic window and plot the second vector as // a percentage histogram with 30 bins inside this new // window. plotOpenWindow(); // Draw the graph plotHistP(x3, 30); Remarks ------- To automatically open each new graph in a new graph window, use :func:`plotSetNewWindow` or set the preference in the main application menu. This may be found by selecting :menuselection:`Tools --> Preferences` and then clicking on **Graphics** on the left side of the preferences window. If you select **Open a new tab** next to **When a graph is added** at the top of the graphics preferences window on the **General** tab, each new graph will be automatically drawn in a new graphics window. .. seealso:: Functions :func:`plotSave`, :func:`plotCustomLayout`, :func:`plotCloseWindow`, :func:`plotSetNewWindow`, :func:`plotCanvasSize`