add 'automatic' option for saving views

Common/DefaultOptions.h

@@ -1313,9 +1313,10 @@ StringXNumber PostProcessingOptions_Number[] = {
   { F|O, "CombineRemoveOriginal" , opt_post_combine_remove_orig , 1. ,
     "Remove original views after a Combine operation" },
 
-  { F|O, "Format" , opt_post_file_format , 2. ,
+  { F|O, "Format" , opt_post_file_format , 10. ,
     "Default file format for post-processing views (0=ASCII view, 1=binary "
-    "view, 2=parsed view, 3=STL triangulation, 4=raw text, 5=Gmsh mesh, 6=MED file)" },
+    "view, 2=parsed view, 3=STL triangulation, 4=raw text, 5=Gmsh mesh, 6=MED file, "
+    "10=automatic)" },
 
   { F|O, "HorizontalScales" , opt_post_horizontal_scales , 1. , 
     "Display value scales horizontally" },

Post/PView.cpp

@@ -318,8 +318,10 @@ void PView::registerBindings(binding *b) {
   methodBinding *cm;
   cm = cb->addMethod("write",&PView::write);
   cm->setArgNames("fileName","format","append",NULL);
-  cm->setDescription("write data to a file. Format can be : 0 for ascii pos file, 1 for binary pos file, 2 for parsed pos file, 3 for STL, 4 for TXT, 5 for MSH and 6 for MED files. 'append' option is only supported for pos format.");
-
+  cm->setDescription("write data to a file. Format can be: 0 for ascii pos file, "
+                     "1 for binary pos file, 2 for parsed pos file, 3 for STL, "
+                     "4 for TXT, 5 for MSH, 6 for MED files, or 10 for automatic. "
+                     "'append' option is only supported for pos format.");
   cm = cb->addMethod("getData",&PView::getData);
   cm->setArgNames("useAdaptiveIfAvailable",NULL);
   cm->setDescription("return the structure containing the data of this view.");

Post/PViewIO.cpp

@@ -266,6 +266,21 @@ bool PView::write(std::string fileName, int format, bool append)
   case 4: ret = _data->writeTXT(fileName); break;
   case 5: ret = _data->writeMSH(fileName); break;
   case 6: ret = _data->writeMED(fileName); break;
+  case 10: 
+    {
+      std::string ext = SplitFileName(fileName)[2];
+      if(ext == ".pos")
+        ret = _data->writePOS(fileName, false, true, append);
+      else if(ext == ".stl")
+        ret = _data->writeSTL(fileName);
+      else if(ext == ".msh")
+        ret = _data->writeMSH(fileName);
+      else if(ext == ".med") 
+        ret = _data->writeMED(fileName);
+      else
+        ret = _data->writeTXT(fileName);
+      break;
+    }
   default: ret = false; Msg::Error("Unknown view format %d", format); break;
   }
   

doc/texinfo/opt_plugin.texi

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 @c
 
 @ftable @code
+@item Plugin(AnalyseCurvedMesh)
+Plugin(AnalyseCurvedMesh) computes AnalyseCurvedMeshs to boundaries in a mesh.
+
+Plugin(AnalyseCurvedMesh) creates a bunch of files.
+
 @item Plugin(Annotate)
 Plugin(Annotate) adds the text string `Text', in font `Font' and size `FontSize', in the view `View'. The string is aligned according to `Align'.
 
@@ -177,9 +182,37 @@ Default value: @code{-1}
 @end table
 
 @item Plugin(Distance)
-Plugin(Distance) computes distances to boundaries in a mesh.
+Plugin(Distance) computes distances to physical entities in a mesh.
+
+Define the physical entities to which the distance is computed. If Point=0, Line=0, and Surface=0, then the distance is computed to all the boundaries of the mesh (edges in 2D and faces in 3D).
+
+Computation<0. computes the geometrical euclidian distance (warning: different than the geodesic distance), and  Computation=a>0.0 solves a PDE on the mesh with the diffusion constant mu = a*bbox, with bbox being the max size of the bounding box of the mesh (see paper Legrand 2006).
 
-Plugin(Distance) creates a bunch of files.
+Min Scale and max Scale, scale the distance function. If min Scale<0 and max Scale<0, then no scaling is applied to the distance function.
+
+Plugin(Distance) creates a new distance view and also saves the view in the fileName.pos file.
+String options:
+@table @code
+@item Filename
+Default value: @code{"distance.pos"}
+@end table
+Numeric options:
+@table @code
+@item PhysPoint
+Default value: @code{0}
+@item PhysLine
+Default value: @code{0}
+@item PhysSurface
+Default value: @code{0}
+@item Computation
+Default value: @code{-1}
+@item MinScale
+Default value: @code{-1}
+@item MaxScale
+Default value: @code{-1}
+@item Orthogonal
+Default value: @code{-1}
+@end table
 
 @item Plugin(Divergence)
 Plugin(Divergence) computes the divergence of the field in the view `View'.
@@ -594,6 +627,18 @@ Default value: @code{1}
 Default value: @code{-1}
 @end table
 
+@item Plugin(NearestNeighbor)
+Plugin(NearestNeighbor) computes the distance from each point in `View' to its nearest neighbor.
+
+If `View' < 0, the plugin is run on the current view.
+
+Plugin(NearestNeighbor) is executed in-place.
+Numeric options:
+@table @code
+@item View
+Default value: @code{-1}
+@end table
+
 @item Plugin(Particles)
 Plugin(Particles) computes the trajectory of particules in the force field given by the `TimeStep'-th time step of a vector view `View'.
 
@@ -707,13 +752,15 @@ Default value: @code{-1}
 @end table
 
 @item Plugin(Skin)
-Plugin(Skin) extracts the boundary (skin) of the view `View'.
+Plugin(Skin) extracts the boundary (skin) of the view `View'. If `Visible' is set, the plugin only extracts the skin of visible entities.
 
 If `View' < 0, the plugin is run on the current view.
 
 Plugin(Skin) creates one new view.
 Numeric options:
 @table @code
+@item Visible
+Default value: @code{1}
 @item View
 Default value: @code{-1}
 @end table

doc/texinfo/opt_post.texi

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 @ftable @code
 @item PostProcessing.AnimationDelay
 Delay (in seconds) between frames in automatic animation mode@*
-Default value: @code{0.25}@*
+Default value: @code{0.1}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
 @item PostProcessing.AnimationCycle
-Cycle through views instead of time steps in automatic animation mode@*
+Cycle through time steps (0) or views (1) for animations@*
 Default value: @code{0}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Default value: @code{1}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
 @item PostProcessing.Format
-Default file format for post-processing views (0=ASCII view, 1=binary view, 2=parsed view, 3=STL triangulation, 4=raw text, 5=Gmsh mesh, 6=MED file)@*
-Default value: @code{2}@*
+Default file format for post-processing views (0=ASCII view, 1=binary view, 2=parsed view, 3=STL triangulation, 4=raw text, 5=Gmsh mesh, 6=MED file, 10=automatic)@*
+Default value: @code{10}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
 @item PostProcessing.HorizontalScales

doc/texinfo/opt_print.texi

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Composite all window tiles in the same output image (for bitmap output only)@*
 Default value: @code{0}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
+@item Print.DeleteTemporaryFiles
+Delete temporary files used during printing@*
+Default value: @code{1}@*
+Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
+
 @item Print.EpsBackground
 Save image background in PostScript/PDF output@*
 Default value: @code{1}@*