Plot command sequence behavior

[Daniel J Sebald]

I want to confirm the behavior of plot commands.  I've noticed that doing a 
"plot()" wipes away the settings for plot elements.  For example, I get

title("hi");
<a plot appears with no data but a title saying "hi">
plot([0:50]);
<the plot is updated with the data appearing, but the title "hi" is gone>

This isn't very nice.  It means after setting up a bunch of plot elements a fresh 
"plot()" to change the data means having to re-enter the plot elements.

Is the above behavior correct?

Dan