From ed45d1e02fbbd0ea0dc0862eb8a404652f747515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Walter <th.walter42@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 22:48:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Enable the output shortcuts 'svg', 'pdf', 'ps', 'eps'.

---
 src/Plots.jl | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index ea7ff92d..fb26477f 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -62,8 +62,13 @@ export
     ylims,
     zlims,
 
+    # output.jl
     savefig,
     png,
+    svg,
+    pdf,
+    ps,
+    eps,
     gui,
     inline,
     closeall,

From bbd3a4f92ffe34575f03c56b58e4e6e46d301a45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Walter <TomWal_devel@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 22:14:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Undo export of 'svg', 'pdf', 'ps', 'eps'. too common
 short words. Implement and export the output shortcuts 'save_svg',
 'save_pdf', 'save_ps', 'save_eps'.

Think about: Extend the function names with prefix 'plots_' to make it much more unique.
---
 src/Plots.jl  |  9 +++++----
 src/output.jl | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index fb26477f..e8db3eb3 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ export
     # output.jl
     savefig,
     png,
-    svg,
-    pdf,
-    ps,
-    eps,
+    save_png,
+    save_svg,
+    save_pdf,
+    save_ps,
+    save_eps,
     gui,
     inline,
     closeall,
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 3932d94b..2ee44d75 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ function png(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   close(io)
 end
 png(fn::AbstractString) = png(current(), fn)
+save_png(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString) = png(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
+save_png(fn::AbstractString) = png(current(), fn)
 
 function svg(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   fn = addExtension(fn, "svg")
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ function svg(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   close(io)
 end
 svg(fn::AbstractString) = svg(current(), fn)
+save_svg(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString) = svg(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
+save_svg(fn::AbstractString) = svg(current(), fn)
 
 
 function pdf(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ function pdf(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   close(io)
 end
 pdf(fn::AbstractString) = pdf(current(), fn)
+save_pdf(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString) = pdf(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
+save_pdf(fn::AbstractString) = pdf(current(), fn)
 
 
 function ps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ function ps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   close(io)
 end
 ps(fn::AbstractString) = ps(current(), fn)
+save_ps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString) = ps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
+save_ps(fn::AbstractString) = ps(current(), fn)
 
 function eps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   fn = addExtension(fn, "eps")
@@ -43,6 +51,8 @@ function eps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   close(io)
 end
 eps(fn::AbstractString) = eps(current(), fn)
+save_eps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString) = eps(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
+save_eps(fn::AbstractString) = eps(current(), fn)
 
 function tex(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
   fn = addExtension(fn, "tex")