17.5 The display command

This command is used to display a XAS data file in a new window/page, i.e. the window is cleared and a new set of axes and annotations is plotted using the current colours.

This command is used for all kind of displayable data files (i.e. spectra of any type, time profile of any type and images of any type including response matrices).

The command can be invoked with slightly different syntaxes.

specifying explicitly what has to be plotted
the simplest form of issuing the command is one of
```
display image [ ifile
```
```
display spectrum [ sfile
```
```
display time [ tfile
```
```
display window [ wfile
```
one does not have to add the file type to the file name, if it is the default .image, .spectrum, .time, .window, while one MUST add the file type if it is non-standard
using the file type
another simple form relies on the file type (which MUST be one of the standard ones
```
display [ ifile.image
```
```
display  [ sfile.spectrum
```
```
display  [ tfile.time
```
```
display  [ wfile.window
```
using the context
For convenience a shortcut form is possible if one works with only one kind of files, in this case ona can set the context to the wished type and let the program default to that.
```
xasset context context
display [ file
```

Finally note that the syntax display window is provided for compatibility, but actually overtraces the time windows on the current page.

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17.5 The display command

specifying explicitly what has to be plotted

using the file type

using the context

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