Macro Command Reference


rect <tag> <COOR> <x> <y> <w> <h> [linewidth] [dash] [c] [c] [c]
rect <tag> <COOR> <x> <y> <w> <h> [linewidth] [dash] [COLOR]

Draw a rectangle with the given attributes.
<tag>: The tag argument should be an integer value which can be used later to address a graphic or text object. Interactively created text or graphic objects always have the tag 0.
<COOR>: The coordinate system to which the rectangle belongs.
<x>, <y>: The position of the rectangle in the defined coordinate system.
<w>, <h>: The size of the rectangle in the defined coordinate system.
[linewidth]: The rectangles line width.
[dash]: The dash pattern for the rectangle (0-15).
[c] [c] [c]: The color of the rectangle. Dependent on the color mode the three values are RGB or HSB values from 0.0 to 1.0. The color mode can be set with the command colormode (0=RGB, 1=HSB). Alternative you can specify the color as hexadecimal string.

COOR

The coordinates system:

0, screenscreen coordinates
1, firstfirst axis (left and bottom)
2, secondsecond axis (right and top)

COLOR

This can be a hexadecimal color definition in the format RGB, ARGB, RRGGBB or AARRGGBB where R is red, G is green, B is blue and A is alpha.

There are also named colors which can be used: black, white, red, green, blue, orange, yellow, magenta, cyan, aluminum, aqua, asparagus, banana, blueberry, bubblegum, cantaloupe, carnation, cayenne, clover, eggplant, fern, flora, grape, honeydew, ice, iron, lavender, lead, lemon, licorice, lime, magnesium, maraschino, maroon, mercury, midnight, mocha, moss, nickel, ocean, orchid, plum, salmon, seafoam, silver, sky, snow, spindrift, spring, steel, strawberry, tangerine, teal, tin, tungsten, turquoise

The Plot default colors can be addressed with the numbers 0-15