Well, what about the current-namespace? The output ports? It seems dangerous and leak introducing (possibly). I don't actually have an example where it could cause a problem tho. But you might try to think thru the ramifications by searing for "current-" in the docs. Robby On Tuesday, October 18, 2011, Neil Toronto <<a href="mailto:neil.toronto@gmail.com">neil.toronto@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > I hear you. If I used any parameters except the plot ones, I'd have a problem, and write macros as you suggest. (Or save and restore the exceptions instead.) For now, I'm trying Matthew's suggestion, and using this: > > (define (parameterize-procedure t) > (define parameterization (current-parameterization)) > (make-keyword-procedure > (lambda (kws kw-args . rest) > (call-with-parameterization > parameterization > (lambda () (keyword-apply t kws kw-args rest)))))) > > In plot-pict, it looks like > > (dc (parameterize-procedure > (lambda (the-dc x y) > (plot/dc ... the-dc x y ...)) ...)) > > It seems to work just fine. *crosses fingers* There may be some parameters that slideshow uses that I'm not aware of, though... > > But I think I *want* to save every parameter value. If a user plots a function that uses a parameter, I want the function to use the value as it was on the call to 'plot-pict', not its value later. > > Neil T > > On 10/18/2011 01:48 PM, Robby Findler wrote: >> >> There are parameterizations, but they pick up all parameters and that >> may make other things go wrong (or you have to be more careful how you >> look up your parameter values but I think you might object to that on >> similar grounds to the below). >> >> I would probably use the solution you have below, but with some macro >> help. Specifically, in the place where you define all those paramters, >> use a macro to define them, and then have other macros that >> collaborate with the defining macros to capture and restore the >> parameter values. >> >> Robby >> >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Neil Toronto<<a href="mailto:neil.toronto@gmail.com">neil.toronto@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >>> >>> Executive summary: Is there a good way to save a large set of parameter >>> values, or *all* the parameter values, and then restore them when needed? >>> >>> In the new PLoT, much of a plot's appearance is controlled by parameters. I >>> use parameters because there are so many appearance-controlling values that >>> passing them into the plot area as arguments would get silly very quickly. I >>> dislike functions with 20 arguments, and I *really* dislike duplicating all >>> those arguments in every function in a call chain. Parameters are a perfect >>> remedy. >>> >>> There's one problem, though: to produce a slideshow pict of a plot, I need >>> to do this: >>> >>> (dc (lambda (the-dc x y) >>> (plot/dc ... the-dc x y ...)) ...) >>> >>> where 'plot/dc' draws a plot on a device context. Because the call to >>> 'plot/dc' is in a thunk, it gets the *current* parameter values, which is >>> very wrong. That makes it impossible to, for example, change the background >>> color of only one plot in a slideshow by doing >>> >>> (parameterize ([plot-background "red"]) >>> (plot-pict ...)) >>> >>> The problem is that the pict returned by 'dc' calls the drawing thunk >>> *after* the dynamic scope in which 'plot-background' is "red". >>> >>> To fix the problem, I'm doing this: >>> >>> (define foreground (plot-foreground)) >>> (define background (plot-background)) >>> (define foreground-alpha (plot-foreground-alpha)) >>> (define background-alpha (plot-background-alpha)) >>> (define font-size (plot-font-size)) >>> ... >>> (define animating? (plot-animating?)) >>> >>> (dc (lambda (the-dc x y) >>> (parameterize ([plot-foreground foreground] >>> [plot-background background] >>> [plot-foreground-alpha foreground-alpha] >>> [plot-background-alpha background-alpha] >>> [plot-font-size font-size] >>> ... >>> [plot-animating? animating?]) >>> (plot/dc ... the-dc x y ...))) ...) >>> >>> Besides looking evil, it's barely maintainable. Every time I add an >>> appearance-controlling parameter, I have to remember to add it to the above >>> incantation. (Actually, there are two.) >>> >>> I've had a similar problem with the click-and-drag-to-rotate 3D plots. >>> Because I was already using threads for that, I just made sure the render >>> thread is always (transitively) a child of the thread in which the call to >>> 'plot3d' was made. It therefore inherits the original parameter values. >>> >>> So I can use threads to save parameter values. I could make a render thread >>> to solve my 'plot-pict' problem. But is there a better way? >>> >>> Neil T >>> _________________________________________________ >>> For list-related administrative tasks: >>> <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users">http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users</a> >>> > >