save(...; update=false) removed in 0.16

[t-bltg]

Using [email protected]:
#1393 removed the ability to save a figure without updating it (e.g. zoomed in figure) which was added in #1118.
The keyword update is still present in the docstring though.

May I ask why this was removed and what is the alternative now ?

[SimonDanisch]

It should now never call update/center! on save, so any zoom/pan operation should be preserved.
If one wants the old behavior of update=true, one needs to call center!(scene) manually, to reset the zoom...

[t-bltg]

Thanks for the explanation.

[edljk]

Using Makie v0.16.1 and GLMakie v0.5.0
The following classical way to save a figure is ok

using GLMakie
xs = cos.(1:0.5:20)
ys = sin.(1:0.5:20)
zs = LinRange(0, 3, length(xs))
meshscatter(xs, ys, zs, markersize = 0.1, color = zs)
Makie.save("/tmp/test1.png", Makie.current_figure())

but the more recent way (from the documentation)

using GLMakie
xs = cos.(1:0.5:20)
ys = sin.(1:0.5:20)
zs = LinRange(0, 3, length(xs))
fig = Figure()
meshscatter(xs, ys, zs, markersize = 0.1, color = zs)
Makie.save("/tmp/test2.png", fig)

produces a blank image since the last fig call seams to clear the scene..

[SimonDanisch]

What's the problem? That's the expected behaviour, you're not plotting into that fig with meshscatter

[edljk]

Oups, sorry, all my apologize

using GLMakie
xs = cos.(1:0.5:20)
ys = sin.(1:0.5:20)
zs = LinRange(0, 3, length(xs))
fig = Figure()
meshscatter(fig[1, 1], xs, ys, zs, markersize = 0.1, color = zs)
Makie.save("/tmp/test3.png", fig)

is perfectly ok. My mistake