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<h3>10.11.1: Purpose of newcommands</h3>
Gri can be extended easily. Primitive commands (e.g. `<font color="#82140F"><code>set x name</code></font>')
can be supplemented with so-called "new commands." New commands are a
little like subroutines other programming languages. For example, you
might find that you often draw filled curves with a particular graylevel
(say 0.5), and then return the graylevel to the previous value. This
requires you to do the following each time:
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new .old_graylevel.
.old_graylevel. = ..graylevel..
set graylevel 0.5
draw curve filled to 0 y
set graylevel .old_graylevel.
delete .old_graylevel.
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This gets a bit tedious, and it would obviously be nicer to just say
something like
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Draw my kinda curve
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To make this shortcut, you'd tell Gri about the existence of a new
command called `<font color="#82140F"><code>Draw my kinda curve</code></font>', and tell it that the new
command can be accomplished by the longer code fragment written above.
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Once you've learned how to make new commands, you are likely to use them
a lot. The following explains how you add new commands. For advice on
programming style, etc., (see <a href="ResourceFile.html#ResourceFile">Resource File</a>).
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