3.1.3 The Construction of Large Multiplots

By default, whenever an item is added to a multiplot, or an existing item moved or replotted, the whole multiplot is replotted to show the change. This can be a time consuming process on large and complex multiplots. For this reason, the set nodisplay command is provided, which stops PyXPlot from producing any output. The set display command can subsequently be issued to return to normal behaviour.

This can be especially useful in scripts which produce large multiplots. There is no point in producing output at each step in the construction of a large multiplot, and a great speed increase can be achieved by wrapping the script with:

set nodisplay
[...prepare large multiplot...]
set display
refresh