# show_pixmap

send the pixmap buffer to the screen This function is obsolete.

## Calling Sequence

    show_pixmap()

## Description

If a graphic window `pixmap` property is `"on"` the drawings are send to a pixmap memory instead of the screen display.

The `show_pixmap()` instruction send the pixmap to the screen.

The pixmap mode can be used to obtain smooth animations. This property can be found among the figure entity fields (see figure_properties).

WARNING: Obsolete function.from Scilab 5.4.0 and is going to be removed with Scilab 5.4.1 Please use drawlater/drawnow instead.

## Examples

    f=gcf();
    f.pixmap='on'; //set the pixmap mode
    a=gca();
    a.data_bounds=[0 0; 10 10];
    //construct two rectangles
    xrects([0;10;1;1],5);
    r1=gce();
    r1=r1.children;
    xrects([0;1;1;1],13);
    r2=gce();
    r2=r2.children;
    //animation loop
    for k=1:1000
      //draw the rectangles in the pixmap buffer
      move(r1,[0.01,-0.01]);
      move(r2,[0.01,0.01])
      //show the pixmap buffer
      show_pixmap()
      xpause(10000)
    end

## See Also

- figure_properties
- clear_pixmap
- drawlater
- drawnow

## History

5.4.0
Function show_pixmap is obsolete.