function wid=get_fig_id(fign) %GET_FIG_ID - get the Window Manager's Resource ID for a given figure % GET_FIG_ID is a function which returns the Window Manager's % Resource ID for the figure number passed to it. This ID % is the HEXIDECIMAL identification number assigned to the % figure window by the window manager, NOT MATLAB. % It is the same number that the X command xwininfo returns % as part of its output. % % Call as: wid=get_fig_id(fign); % % Calls: none % % Within the animation loop, use the following to get the % frame into an image file: % ecom =['!import -border 0 -window ' wid 'image??.gif']; % eval(ecom) % if nargin~=1 disp('Must have 1 input argument to GET_FIG_ID'); return end if ~isfig(fign) disp('Input figure number is NOT a current figure number'); return end % win_name=get(fign,'Name'); numtitle=get(fign,'NumberTitle'); % set figure name to "Temp Fig Name", for X-resource purposes. set(fign,'NumberTitle','off') set(fign,'Name',deblank('TempFigName')) drawnow evalcom= ['!xwininfo -name ''TempFigName '' > /tmp/win.dat']; eval(evalcom) set(fign,'NumberTitle',numtitle) set(fign,'Name',win_name) % Read /tmp/win.dat to retrieve the Resource Manager's HEX ID % for the passed figure number fid=fopen('/tmp/win.dat','r'); line=fgets(fid); line=fgets(fid); fclose(fid); %parse line to get hex window id colons=findstr(line,':'); subline=line(colons(2)+2:length(line)); spaces=findstr(line,' '); wid=subline(1:spaces(1)); disp(['Current Fig ID = ' wid]) % % Brian O. Blanton % Department of Marine Sciences % Ocean Processes Numerical Modeling Laboratory % 12-7 Venable Hall % CB# 3300 % University of North Carolina % Chapel Hill, NC % 27599-3300 % % 919-962-4466 % blanton@marine.unc.edu % % Spring 1995 %