Start-up of the new window is controlled by the xdatplotCommand and childResources resources. xdatplotCommand is the base command used to start the new xdatplot. By default it is "xdatplot -read_commands -no_control_panel". The "-read_commands" option is necessary to make the new xdatplot window listen to the original. "-no_control_panel" is used because many of the control panel functions are unnecessary in the new window, since it is subordinate to the original, and the control panel would occupy valuable real estate on your screen. If you want subwindows to have control panels, set the xdatplotCommand resource to "xdatplot -read_commands".
The childResources resources controls which properties of the original window are set in the subwindow when it starts. The default set is chosen so that the new window will start off pretty similar to the window from which it was launched.
Leon Avery (leon@eatworms.swmed.edu)