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+// A little script to combine 3 scalar views into a single vector view 
+// (with no reinterpolation, hence the temporary creation of the 3 
+// vector views, instead of just using Plugin(Evaluate) on a vector 
+// view, with external scalar views--we should probably make the
+// plugin more intelligent instead...)
+
+// merge the 3 scalar views
+Merge "view1.pos";
+Merge "view2.pos";
+Merge "view3.pos";
+
+// create three vector views with all components set to the values of the 
+// scalar views
+Plugin(Extract).Expression0 = "v0";
+Plugin(Extract).Expression1 = "v0";
+Plugin(Extract).Expression2 = "v0";
+Plugin(Extract).iView = 0;
+Plugin(Extract).Run;
+Plugin(Extract).iView = 1;
+Plugin(Extract).Run;
+Plugin(Extract).iView = 2;
+Plugin(Extract).Run;
+
+// remove the scalar views
+Delete View[0]; Delete View[0]; Delete View[0];
+
+// set the last two components of the first vector view to
+// the components of the other two
+Plugin(Evaluate).Expression = "w0";
+Plugin(Evaluate).iView = 0;
+Plugin(Evaluate).ExternalView = 1;
+Plugin(Evaluate).Component = 1;
+Plugin(Evaluate).Run;
+Plugin(Evaluate).ExternalView = 2;
+Plugin(Evaluate).Component = 2;
+Plugin(Evaluate).Run;
+
+// remove the extra vector views
+Delete View[2]; Delete View[1];