figureprep

 function fig = figureprep(pos,wantvisible)

 <pos> (optional) is a position like in setfigurepos.m
 <wantvisible> (optional) is whether to keep the window visible.  default: 0.

 make a new invisible figure window and set hold on.
 then, if <pos> is supplied, set the position of the window.
 return a handle to the figure window.

 use in conjunction with figurewrite.m.

 example:
 figureprep;
 scatter(randn(100,1),randn(100,1));
 figurewrite;

0001 function fig = figureprep(pos,wantvisible)
0002 
0003 % function fig = figureprep(pos,wantvisible)
0004 %
0005 % <pos> (optional) is a position like in setfigurepos.m
0006 % <wantvisible> (optional) is whether to keep the window visible.  default: 0.
0007 %
0008 % make a new invisible figure window and set hold on.
0009 % then, if <pos> is supplied, set the position of the window.
0010 % return a handle to the figure window.
0011 %
0012 % use in conjunction with figurewrite.m.
0013 %
0014 % example:
0015 % figureprep;
0016 % scatter(randn(100,1),randn(100,1));
0017 % figurewrite;
0018 
0019 % input
0020 if ~exist('pos','var') || isempty(pos)
0021   pos = [];
0022 end
0023 if ~exist('wantvisible','var') || isempty(wantvisible)
0024   wantvisible = 0;
0025 end
0026 
0027 % do it
0028 fig = figure; hold on;
0029 if ~wantvisible
0030   set(fig,'Visible','off');
0031 end
0032 if ~isempty(pos)
0033   setfigurepos(pos);
0034 end