Command: modify_ls

Syntax

modify_ls { <elist> ... } {
    <old_linestyle> => <new_linestyle>
    ...
}

Description

Modify linestyles of entities.

Parameters

• <elist>
  A group/entity list defining which entities are to be modified. If omitted, the current contents of the these group are modified.

• <old_linestyle>
  A linestyle to be modified, This can be a linestyle or a color.

• <new_linestyle>
  A replacement linestyle. All occurrences of <old_linestyle> are replaced with <new_linestyle>.

Switches

• -ef=<filter>
  A filter to be applied to all entities within <elist>, further qualifying which entities are to be modified. If omitted, the filter current_filter is used.

Notes

<old_linestyle> => <new_linestyle> phrases must be specified one per input line.

Sub-entities of compounds may be modified in isolation from their parent entities.

An entity can also have all linestyles changed into a constant linestyle en-bloc via the modify command.

Examples

Modify several linestyles of all entities within a group.

modify_ls mygroup {
   ~myapp.ls1 => green
   green => brown
   ~myapp.ls2 => null
}

See Also