Problems with root 2.00/03 and NT4.0

martin braeuer (Martin.Braeuer@mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 16:23:15 +0200 (MET DST)


Dear rooters,
the interactive analysis experiences with root up to now show that the
commands are longer to type than in PAW, however one has the full C++
language to program some analysis tasks as a macro.
This is nice, but to get plots I make heavy use of interactive
manipulations via the editor.
THIS is my Problem : Root (version 2.00/03 as well as 1.03) crashes very
often. Okay one can live with that for some time.
Now I tried to save the canvas as a C++ macro. The result is, that some of
the manipulations of the plot are not saved at all. So saving of the
work NOT ONLY as postscript, what I normaly do with PAW macros seems to be
difficult with root. (Do I have to program the whole macro by hand?)

What I am currently doing is similar to the "Example of a Graph with
error bars" from the tutorials. What is not saved is :
- any manipulations concernig the axis of the plot (Ndivisions, title,
TitleOffset)
- any "free" text from the editor in the plot.

Am I missing something ?

If some C++ rules forbid to save a canvas in its interactively styled
outline, I can see some problems of the further use of root for analysis
tasks.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Greetings
Martin Braeuer

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