%% Convenient saving of figures
% A common issue you run into when working with Matlab and the tools
% provided by OpenEarth is the printing of figures that result from your
% scripting efforts. Especially when running the same script a number of
% times, figuring out a new savename for your picture can be a drag. 
%
% The printFigure routine is the simplest routine to just quickly save a
% plot you made without worrying about save location and name.

%% generate data to be plotted
x = 0:2*pi/100:2*pi;
y = sin(x);

%% plot data
figure(1)
ph = plot(x/pi, y, 'displayname', 'sin(x)');axis tight
lh = legend(ph);

title('Just a simple arbitrary plot')
xlabel('x [n \cdot \pi]  \rightarrow')
ylabel('y = sin(x)  \rightarrow')

%% save the plot
% You may notice that the savename of the figure is derived from the
% mfilename from which the printFigure call is made. 

printFigure

%% apply a minor change
% For example change the line color from blue to red.

set(ph,'color','r')

%% save the plot again
% You may notice that the savename of the figure has automatically recieved
% an additional number to ensure the naming stays unique. NB: this option
% can be disable by setting the 'permission' argument to 'overwrite'. All
% figures will then be saved using the same name.

printFigure