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* Menu:

* introduction::         About the GNU graphics utilities
* graph examples::       Using Graph to create plot files from data
* graph invocation::     Command line options for Graph.
* plot2ps examples::     converting plot files to PostScript
* plot2ps invocation::   Plot2ps Command Line Options
* xplot::                a plot file previewer for X11
* xplot invocation::     xplot command line options and X11 resources
* plot2fig examples::    converting plot files to Fig graphics editor format
* plot2fig invocation::  command line options for plot2fig
* plot2tek invocation::  Tektronix 4010 output
* latex example::        Including a Figure in an Article
* psfig::                Options to `psfig' for Including Figures
* atend.pl::             A perl script for use with psfig
* dvips::                How to Get `dvips'
* idraw::                How to Get `idraw'
* ghostscript::          an X11 PostScript interpreter/previewer
* libps::                The Library of Plot Functions for PostScript Output
* files::                The Plot File Format
* Acknowledgements::     The Contributors
* Function Index::       An Index to the libps Functions


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The GNU Graphics Utilities
**************************

   The GNU graphics utilities are a set of programs for plotting
scientific data.  The program `graph' reads data files and writes a
stream of plotting commands in a device independent format refered to
below as a GNU plot file.  The remaining programs provide support for
displaying GNU plot files on tektronix 4010, PostScript (TM)*, and X
window system compatible output devices.

   `graph' reads both ascii and binary data files and writes a plot
file with or without axes and labels.  You can specify labels and ranges
for the axes, and you can set the sizes and position of the plot on the
page.  Each invocation of graph produces a plot with single set of axes
and data.  You can place an arbitrary number of plots on the page by
concatenating the plot output of several invocations.

   `plot2ps' is a utility for converting plot files into PostScript.
The `plot2ps' utility reads plotting commands from named files or the
standard input and writes PostScript to the standard output.  You can
then print the PostScript output on a printer, or edit it using the
`idraw' graphics editor.  You can also easily include the output in
LaTeX documents using `dvips' and the LaTeX command `psfig'.

   Why is this useful? The plot file format is a common standard on un*x
systems.  To produces figures for publication, you might need to take
data sets, and produce labeled figures from them.  This can be done
using `graph', `plot2ps' and the `idraw' editor.  You can also include
these figures in LaTeX documents using the `dvips' utility.  All of
these utilities, as well as the plot file format and plot library, are
discussed in the following sections.

   This documentation is under revision.  Any comments, suggestions, or
additions would greatly benifit GNU users.  Please mail them to either
`bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu' or `Rich@Rice.edu'.

   * PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.


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`graph' Examples
================

   Each invocation of `graph' plots data read from stdin or named files
togeather in a single plot with or without axes and labels.  The
following sections show common usage of `graph'.

* Menu:

* Invocation::		Simple examples using graph
* Input Files::		What the input looks like
* Overlaying::		Combining several data sets in one plot
* Multiple Plots::	Multiple plots on one page
* Binary Data::		Reading other data formats


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Simple examples using graph
===========================

   By default, `graph' reads ascii data from the standard input or
files specified on the command line.  `graph' reads pairs of values, x
and y coordinates:

     0.0  0.0
     1.0  0.2
     2.0  0.0
     3.0  0.4
     4.0  0.2
     5.0  0.6

   To plot this data, you might use

     graph < ascii_data_file |plot

   where ascii_data_file could contain data similar to the above
example.  You can replace the command `plot' with `plot2tek' if you have
a tektronix 4010 compatible graphics terminal, `plot2ps' if you have a
postscript compatible printer or previewer, or `xplot' if you have an X
window system display.

   Note that `graph' is commonly supplied with some operating systems.
If so, some confusion may arise if the system supplied version is
executed mistakenly.  On unix systems, you can determine which version
you invoke by typing the command `which graph', which prints the file
name of the version you invoke by default.

   To reduce the change the size of the plot and position it in the
middle of the display, you could use

     graph -h .4 -w .4 -r .2 -u .2 < ascii_data_file |plot

   where `h' and `w' are the height and width of the plot and `r' and
`u' indicate how far up and to the right the plot is positioned.

   You can put symbols at each data point using

     graph -S 2 .01 < ascii_data_file |plot

   where 2 indicates which symbol to plot, and .01 indicates it's size.

   You can choose the type of line draw on each curve:

     graph -m 2 < ascii_data_file |plot

   where 2 indicates what kind of line connects the data points.


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The format of input to `graph'
==============================

   As mentioned above, by default `graph' reads ascii pairs of values,
x and y coordinates, from the standard input or files specified on the
command line.  Optional labels may be placed after each coordinate in
the data file.  The label ends at the end of the line:

     3.0  0.4 this is a label for point (3.0, 0.4).

   The label must be enclosed in double quotes if it would otherwise be
appear to be a coordinate:

     3.0  0.4 "5.0 looks like a value."

   You can use the `-b' to break lines after each label in the input.
Use a pair of empty double quotes if you need to break a line, but do
not need a label.

     0.0  0.0
     2.0  0.0
     1.0  0.2
     ""
     0.0  0.1
     2.0  0.2
     4.0  0.3

   You can also break cuves using `-M' option to break lines whenever
the abscissal values between successive pairs of points decrease.  When
using `-M', each continuous curve has monotonicly increasing abscissal
values.

     0.0  0.0 first data set
     2.0  0.0
     4.0  0.2
     0.0  0.1 second data set
     2.0  0.2
     4.0  0.3

   `graph' will automaticly generate abscissal values for you if you
specify the `-a' option.  Only ordinate values are given in the data,
and the data is then assumed to be equally sampled along the abscissa.
The values following `-a' on the command line specify the sampling
interval and the abscissal value of the first data point.

     0.0
     0.1
     0.2 label for point (2.0, 0.2)
     0.3
     0.2
     0.3


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Combining several data sets in one plot
=======================================

   There are cases where you will want to superimpose several data sets
or several plots on top of each other.  If for example, the data sets
are in seperate files, you can specify each by it's name on the command
line.  Since `graph' reads the standard input only if no files are
named on the command line, you must add the name `--' if you want
`graph' to read the standard input as well.

     graph data-file-one data-file-two data-file-three |plot

   For comparison sake, you might wish to distinguish the data in one
set from another either by using different symbols at each point or by
distinguishing the type of line draw.  You can do this by preceeding
each file name with options affecting the synbol or line style used to
plot that data.

     graph -S 1 data-file-one -S 3 data-file-two -S 4 data-file-three |plot
     
     or
     
     graph -m 1 data-file-one -m 3 data-file-two -S 4 data-file-three |plot

   If you need to superimpose several data sets, but must invoke graph
seperately for each, you will have to specify the limits of the axes.

     graph -x 0 100 -y -3 3 -S 3 -m -1 < ascii_data_file_1 >> plot_file

   where `-x 0 100' specifies the limits on the x axis, `-y -3 3'
specifies the limits on the y axis, `-S 2' specifies a box to be drawn
at each point, and `-m -1' specifies that no line is to be draw
connecting the points.  You can overlay a second data set on the first
by using:

     graph -s -g 0 -x 0 100 -y -3 3 -m 0 < ascii_data_file_1 >> plot_file

   where `-s' avoids erasing the page, `-g 0' avoids drawing the axis,
tick marks and labels which were drawn previously, and `-m 0' specifies
that solid lines are draw connecting the points.


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How to put multiple plots on one page
=====================================

   The command
     graph -h .4 -w .4 -r .1 -u .1 < ascii_data_file_1 >  plot_file

   will put a single box containing the plot in the lower left hand
quarter of the page.  You can add another plot to the upper left hand
corner of the page using the command

     graph -s -h .4 -w .4 -r .1 -u .6 < ascii_data_file_2 >> plot_file

   Be sure you use the `-s' option so the the first plot isn't erased.

   Likewise you can add plots to the right hand side of the page using

     graph -s -h .4 -w .4 -r .6 -u .1 < ascii_data_file_3 >> plot_file
     graph -s -h .4 -w .4 -r .6 -u .6 < ascii_data_file_4 >> plot_file

   The tick marks can be moved inside the box and labels moved to the
opposite sides using

     graph -T -.005 < ascii_data_file >> plot_file


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Reading other data formats
==========================

   `graph' will read binary data in integer, short integer, float, and
double float format when you use the `-d' option followed by `f', or
`d', respectively.  There are two advantage to using binary data: 1)
`graph' runs significantly faster because the computational overhead
for converting data from ascii to binary is eliminated, and 2) the
input files can be significantly smaller than the ascii format would
be.  Double float is the fastest format to read, while short integer is
the most space conservative.  If you have very large data sets, using a
binary format can reduce storage and runtime costs.

   For example, you can create double float data as output from C
language programs:

     #include <stdio.h>
     void write_point (x, y)
       double x, y;
     {
       fwrite(&x, sizeof (double), 1, stdout);
       fwrite(&y, sizeof (double), 1, stdout);
     }

   You can then plot data written this way using:

     graph -d d <datafile >plotfile


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Graph Command Line Options
==========================

   The following table describes each of the command line arguments to
graph.  Each option which takes an argument is followed by the type and
default values of the argument in parentheses.

`-a [STEP_SIZE [LOWER_LIMIT]]'
`+auto-abscissa [STEP_SIZE [LOWER_LIMIT]]'
     (floats, defaults 1 and 0) Automaticly generate abscissa (x)
     values.  This option specifies that the data contains only
     ordinate (y) values.  The difference between successive x values
     will be STEP_SIZE, and the first x value will be LOWER_LIMIT.  To
     return to reading abscissal values from the input you can specify
     `-a 0', which disables automatic generation of the abscissa and
     returns STEP_SIZE and LOWER_LIMIT to their default values.

`-b'
`+break-on-labels'
     Assumes multiple data sets are in the data file, and the data sets
     are separated by a label.  The default is don't break on labels.

`-M'
`+break-non-monotone'
     When successive abscissa (x) values decrease, a separate data set
     is assumed.  This allows multiple data sets in each file.  Similar
     to `-b'.

`-f SIZE'
`+fontsize SIZE'
     Specify the size of the desired font as SIZE points.  Not all
     display devices will honor this command.

`-N X|Y'
`+no-label X|Y'
     By default, values at each tick mark are labeled beside the axis.
     This option removes the labeling of the tick marks on the specified
     axis.

`-R'
`+dont-round-to-next-tick'
     By default, the ends of the axes are extended to the next tick
     mark.  This option prohibits rounding the limits of the axes to
     the next tick mark.

`-c STRING'
`+point-label STRING'
     This option defines STRING as the default label for each point.
     Any label in the input will override this default.

`-S SYMBOL_NUMBER [SYMBOL_SIZE]'
`+symbol SYMBOL_NUMBER [SYMBOL_SIZE]'
     (integer and float, defaults -1 and 0.01) Draw a symbol at each
     point in the data. SYMBOL_NUMBER specifies the shape of the symbol
     according to the following table and SYMBOL_SIZE specifies the
     fractional size of the symbol with respect to the height and width
     of the plot.  Note that you can specify symbols to be drawn
     without any line connecting them by specifying the option `-m -1'.
    -1 no symbol at all
    0 plus sign (+)
    1 cross (x)
    2 star (*)
    3 box
    4 diamond
    5 circle
`-T TICK_SIZE'
`+ticksize TICK_SIZE'
     (float, default .01) TICK_SIZE is the fractional size of the tick
     marks on each axis.  A value of 1.0 produces tick marks on the x
     (y) axis whose length is equal to the width (height) of the plot.

`-X X_LABEL'
`+xtitle X_LABEL'
     (string, default blank) X_LABEL is a label printed below the x
     axis.

`-Y Y_LABEL'
`+ytitle Y_LABEL'
     (string, default blank) Y_LABEL is a label printed to the right of
     the y axis.

`-d DATA-FORMAT'
`+data-format DATA-FORMAT'
     This specifies what format the input data is in.  Note labels can
     be used only in ascii format input files.
    `a'
    `A'
          ascii data

    `i'
    `I'
          binary integer data

    `s'
    `S'
          binary short integer data

    `f'
    `F'
          binary float data

    `d'
    `D'
          binary double data

`+debug'
     Debugging information, including the data read in, is sent to the
     standard error output.

`-g GRID_STYLE'
`+grid GRID_STYLE'
     (integer, default 1) GRID_STYLE specifies the type of box framing
     the plot and whether grid lines are drawn inside the box.
    0 no box around plot, no axes, no labels.
    1 box containing a grid and axes with tick marks and labels.
    2 box around plot, tick marks around the box and labels.
    3 box around plot, ticks on left and lower sides only and labels.
    4 axes intersect at the origin without a box or grid.
`-h HEIGHT'
`+height-plot HEIGHT'
     (float, default 0.8) HEIGHT specifies the fractional height of the
     plot with respect to the height of the plotting area.  A value of
     1.0 will produce a box which fills the available area.  Note that
     the tick marks and labels are outside this area so that values
     less than 1.0 are generally used.

`-L TOP_LABEL'
`+toptitle TOP_LABEL'
     (string, default blank) TOP_LABEL is a label placed above the plot.

`-m LINE_MODE'
`+linestyle LINE_MODE'
     (integer, default 0) LINE_MODE specifies the mode (or style) of
     lines drawn between data points.
    -1 no line at all
    0 solid
    1 dotted
    2 shortdashed
    3 dotdashed
    4 longdashed
    5 disconnected
`-r RIGHT'
`+right-margin-posn RIGHT'
     (float, default 0.1) Move the plot to the right by a fractional
     amount RIGHT with respect to the width of the plotting area.  This
     produces a margin on the left hand side of the plot.  A value of
     0.5 will produce a margin half the width of the available area.
     Note that the tick marks and labels are drawn in the margin.

`-u UP'
`+bottom-margin-posn UP'
     (float, default 0.1) Move the plot up by a fractional amount UP
     with respect to the height of the plotting area.  This produces a
     margin below the plot.  A value of 0.5 will produce a margin half
     the height of the available area.  Note that the tick marks and
     labels are drawn in the margin.

`-s'
`+save-screen'
     Save the screen. This option prevent graph from erasing the
     previous contents of the graphics window or device.

`-t'
`+transpose'
     Transpose the abscissa and ordinate.  This option causes the axes
     to be interchanged, and the options which apply to each axis to be
     applied to the opposite axis.  That is, data is read in as (y, x)
     pairs and `-x', `-X' and `-lx' apply to the y axis.

`-w WIDTH'
`+width-plot WIDTH'
     (float, default 0.8) WIDTH specifies the fractional width of the
     plot with respect to the width of the plotting area.  A value of
     1.0 will produce a box which fills the available area.  Note that
     the tick marks and labels are outside this area, so values less
     than 1.0 are generally used.

`-x LOWER_LIMIT UPPER_LIMIT'
`+xlimits LOWER_LIMIT UPPER_LIMIT'
     (floats) The arguments LOWER_LIMIT and UPPER_LIMIT specify the
     limits of the x axis. By default the upper and lower limits are
     taken from the data.  If unspecified the limits of the data are
     used.

`-y LOWER_LIMIT UPPER_LIMIT'
`+ylimits LOWER_LIMIT UPPER_LIMIT'
     These arguments specify the scale and limits of the y axis as for
     the x axis above.

`-l X|Y'
`+log-axis X|Y'
     The argument indicates which axis should be a log axis.  Either
     one or both x- and y-axes can be specified by using the
     appropriate letter.  Use XY or YX to specify both.

`+high-byte-first'
`+low-byte-first'
     These options force graph to use the specified byte order when
     writing out the plot file.  By default the byte order is host
     dependent.


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Examples Using `plot2ps'
========================

   To produce a plot of data arranged in ordered pairs of x and y
coordinates in an ASCII file, you can use:

     graph <asciiDataFile | plot2ps | lpr -Plw

   To create a simple PostScript figure you can use:

     echo 0 0 1 1 2 0 | spline | graph | plot2ps > test.ps

   To edit the plot:

     idraw test.ps

   To use the previewer to look at the plot:

     gs test.ps


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Plot2ps Command Line Options
============================

   `plot2ps' is a relatively simple utility in that there are few
command line options to choose from.  The plot file format does not
contain methods for specifying font or font size, so you must specify
these things with options.  There are no other options for controlling
the picture.

   The plot file format is machine dependent on the byte order of
unformatted, signed, two byte integer coordinates contained in plot
commands.  The `-high-byte-first' or `-low-byte-first' option specifies
this order explicitly.  `plot2ps' attempts to determine the byte order
from commands early in the plot file, but the method is heuristic and
is not foolproof.  Several standard plot sizes specified by the `open'
command are used to recognize byte order by `plot2ps'.  If these sizes
are recognized in byte reversed order, `plot2ps' adjusts accordingly.
These sizes include 504x504, 2048x2048 (versatek plotters), 2100x2100,
3120x3120(tektronix 4010 terminals) and 4096x4096 (gsi 300 terminals).

   The remaining command line options may be used specify an alternate
PostScript prologue and to print the licensing information.

   Input plot files names may be specified anywhere on the command line.
If no file names are specified, or the name `-' is specified, the
standard input is read for plotting instructions.  Only the font or
font size options which precede a file name will affect the text for
that file.
`-H'
`+help'
     The help option prints a summary of command line syntax for
     `plot2ps', a list of the font names (the standard builtin
     PostScript fonts), and version, copyright and warranty information.
     Specifying this options causes plot2ps to ignore files on the
     standard input.  You can specify a file on the standard input
     explicitly with the option `-' if you want it to read the standard
     input as well.

`-v'
`-V'
`+version'
     This option prints version, copyright and warranty information.

`-fontsize SIZE'
`-f SIZE'
     The fontsize options specifies the default size in printer's points
     (1/72 inch) of all text appearing in the plot.  If unspecified, the
     size defaults to 14 points.

     Some sizes are supported better than others under X windows.  The
     standard sizes distributed with X windows are 8, 10, 12, 14, 18,
     and 24 points.  Text at these point sizes will display correctly
     in the `idraw' editor.  Other font sizes will print correctly on a
     PostScript device such as the laserwriter, but may not appear at
     the correct size in the `idraw' editor.

`-font NAME'
`-fo NAME'
     The font name option specifies the name of the default font for all
     text appearing in the plot.  `plot2ps -help' prints a listing of
     the font names on the standard output.  These names include the
     available builtin fonts on standard PostScript printers.

`-high-byte-first'
`-h'
     The high-byte-first option specifies explicitly that the higher
     order byte of each signed, two byte integer occurs first in the
     file.  It disables determination of byte order from the file
     itself.

`-line-width WIDTH'
     WIDTH is the width of lines drawn in the plot, and defaults to a
     value of 0.  A value of 0 will produce the thinest line possible
     in a device dependent fashion, however this is known to cause
     problems for older versions of idraw.  The line width is device
     independent for a positive values of WIDTH.

`-low-byte-first'
`-l'
     The low-byte-first option specifies explicitly that the lower order
     byte of each signed, two byte integer occurs first in the file.  It
     disables determination of byte order from the file itself.

`-prologue FILENAME'
`-p FILENAME'
     The prologue option specifies the name of an alternate PostScript
     prologue FILENAME to be used in place of the default `idraw'
     prologue.  The prologue declares procedures used to draw each
     graphic object.  The default prologue was generously provided by
     John Interante and is a part of the InterViews distribution,
     version 2.5.

`-copying'
`-warranty'
     The copying and warranty options print a copy of the GNU General
     Public License on the standard error output.  Included is
     conditions for copying `plot2ps' and information on the lack of any
     warranty.

     These conditions do not cover the output of `plot2ps'.  The only
     conditions imposed on the output are those which come from the
     prologue that you are using.

`-signed'
`-unsigned'
     The signed and unsigned options specify whether coordinates in the
     plot file are signed.  By convention, coordinates are always
     signed.  Some plot files do not follow this convention, and you
     can use the unsigned option to convert those files.

`-bbox'
     The bbox option specifies that a bounding box comment will be
     written at the end of the output file.  This information is useful
     for document preparation systems which determine how to size and
     place the figure using the bounding box.  See also the atend
     script.


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A plot file previewer for X11
=============================

   `xplot' is a plot file previewer for the X window system.  It reads
GNU plot commands from its standard input and draws the resulting
graphics in an X window.

   After xplot reaches the end-of-file on the input, it puts itself in
the background (forks).  Control returns to the calling program, while
xplot continues, remaining on screen.

   To exit, click the left mouse button in the xplot window.  Note that
xplot ignores SIGHUP signals, so you must use another signal to kill
xplot if necessary.


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Xplot Options
=============

   `xplot' accepts all of the standard X toolkit command line options,
and the initial geometry specification determines the resolution, with a
default geometry of 500x500 pixels.

   The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments may be used
with `xplot':
`-bg COLOR'
     This specifies the color to use for the background of the window.
     The default is WHITE.

`-bd COLOR'
     This specifies the color to use for the border of the window.  The
     default is BLACK.

`-bw NUMBER'
     This specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the
     window.

`-fg COLOR'
     This specifies the color to use for displaying text.  The default
     is BLACK.

`-fn FONT'
     This specifies the font to be used for displaying normal text.  The
     default is 6X10.

`-rv'
     This indicates that reverse video should be simulated by swapping
     the foreground and background colors.

`-geometry GEOMETRY'
     This specifies the preferred size and position of the plot window.

`-display HOST:DISPLAY'
     This specifies the X server to contact.

`-xrm RESOURCESTRING'
     This specifies a toolkit resource property.  See the manual page
     for xrdb.

   `xplot' uses the athena Command widget in the X Toolkit.  So, it
understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as:
`reverseVideo'
     (class ReverseVideo) Specifies that the foreground and background
     colors should be reversed.

Example
-------

   The resources:

     Xplot.font: 6x9
     Xplot.geometry: 300x300

   will set the font used in the plot window to `6x9' and the size of
the window to 300 by 300 pixels.


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Using Plot2fig
==============

   To create a simple plot file one can use:

     echo 0 0 1 1 2 0 | spline | graph | plot2fig > test.fig

   To edit the plot:

     fig test.fig

   To convert the fig file into dvi code, create a latex file containing
a document which includes the figure:

     \\documentstyle\[\]{article}
     \\begin{document}
     \\input{test}
     \\end{document}

   Then, run transfig on the figure and latex on the document:

     % transfig -L latex test.fig
     % make test.tex
     % latex t.tex

   To edit a plot of data arranged in ordered pairs of x and y
coordinates in an ascii file, one can use:

     % graph <asciiDataFile | plot2fig >file.fig
     % fig file.fig


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A plot file to fig file translator
==================================

   `plot2fig' reads plotting instructions from the specified input
files and/or the standard input and produces `Fig' compatible code on
it's standard output.  This output file can be edited with the fig
(Facility for Interactive Generation of figures) graphics editor.  The
output can subsequently be converted to pictex, PostScript, latex, epic,
eepic, and tpic languages using the `transfig' translator.

   Any unrecognized options on the command line are assumed to be input
files.  The standard input is read by default only if no other files
specified on the command line are successfully opened.  A single dash
(-) on the command line indicates the standard input is to be read.
Each option is set and each file read in the order they are specified on
the command line.

   For compatibility with pic2fig, plot2fig ignores leading white space
in labels.  Labels containing all white space are ignored.

`-fn NAME'
`-fontname NAME'
     Default: the default font of the transfig output device.  This
     option sets the font for all subsequent text to NAME.  Recognized
     font names are typewriter, modern, italic, bold, and times.  In
     addition, courier is an alias for typewriter and roman is an alias
     for times.  Note that the fonts are device dependent.

`-fs SIZE'
`-fontsize SIZE'
     Default: 12. This option sets the size of subsequent text to SIZE
     (in printer's points).

`-h'
`-high-byte-first'
     This option specifies that the byte ordering of two byte integers
     in the input plot file is high byte first.

`-l'
`-low-byte-first'
     This option specifies that the byte ordering of two byte integers
     in the input plot file is low byte first.

`-warranty'
`-copying'
     This option prints out the copying conditions and warranty
     information.

`-signed'
`-unsigned'
     Default: signed.  This option specifies whether two byte integers
     in the input plot file are unsigned or signed.

`-'
     This option specifies explicitly that the standard input should be
     read for plotting instructions.


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Tektronix 4010 output
=====================

`-H'
`+help'
     The help option prints a summary of command line syntax, a list of
     the known font names, and version, copyright and warranty
     information.  Specifying this options causes plot to ignore the
     standard input, so you must specify the option `-' if you want it
     to read the standard input as well.

`-v'
`-V'
`+version'
     This option prints version, copyright and warranty information.

`-f SIZE'
`+fontsize SIZE'
     The fontsize options specifies the default size in printer's points
     (1/72 inch) of all text appearing in the plot.  If unspecified, the
     size defaults to 14 points.

`+high-byte-first'
`+low-byte-first'
     These options force graph to use the specified byte order when
     writing out the plot file.  By default the byte order is host
     dependent.

`-F NAME'
`+fontname NAME'
     The font name option specifies the name of the default font for all
     text appearing in the plot.  `plot -help' prints a listing of the
     font names on the standard output.  These names include the
     available builtin fonts on standard PostScript printers.

`-h'
`+high-byte-first'
     The high-byte-first option specifies explicitly that the higher
     order byte of each signed, two byte integer occurs first in the
     file.  It disables determination of byte order from the file
     itself.

`-l'
`+low-byte-first'
     The low-byte-first option specifies explicitly that the lower order
     byte of each signed, two byte integer occurs first in the file.  It
     disables determination of byte order from the file itself.

`-p FILENAME'
`+prologue FILENAME'
     The prologue option specifies the name of an alternate PostScript
     prologue FILENAME to be used in place of the default `idraw'
     prologue.  The prologue declares procedures used to draw each
     graphic object.  The default prologue was generously provided by
     John Interante and is a part of the InterViews distribution,
     version 2.5.

`+copying'
`+C'
`+warranty'
`+W'
     The copying and warranty options print a copy of the GNU General
     Public License on the standard error output.  Included is
     conditions for copying `plot' and information on the lack of any
     warranty.

`-s'
`+signed-input'
`-u'
`+unsigned-input'
     The signed and unsigned options specify whether coordinates in the
     plot file are signed.  By convention, coordinates are always
     signed.  Some plot files do not follow this convention, and you
     can use the unsigned option to convert those files.


File: graphics.info,  Node: latex example,  Next: psfig,  Prev: plot2tek invocation,  Up: Top

Including a Figure in an Article
================================

   This is an example of LaTeX code which places the figure generated in
the previous example in a page of text.

     \documentstyle[]{article}
     \input{psfig}
     \begin{document}
     \title{Title of the article.}
     \author{The Author's name}
     \maketitle
     This is an example of how to include PostScript figures in LaTeX documents.
     \begin{figure}[h]
     \centerline{\psfig{figure=test.ps,height=3in}}
     \caption{Here is a description of the figure which will appear below it.}
     \end{figure}
     Note that the above figure was included using dvips.
     \end{document}

   If the above LaTeX code is contained in a file called `mytext.tex'
you can use the commands

     latex mytext
     dvips mytext.dvi >mytext.ps
     lpr -Plw mytext.ps

   to format and print the example text.


File: graphics.info,  Node: psfig,  Next: atend.pl,  Prev: latex example,  Up: Top

Options to `psfig' for Including Figures
========================================

   `psfig' is a LaTeX command used to insert a PostScript figure into a
document.

   `psfig' can be used to insert `plot2ps' generated PostScript into a
LaTeX document.  The placement of the `psfig' command tells LaTeX where
in the document to place the PostScript, and arguments to the command
give the name of the file containing the PostScript, and the desired
size of the figure.  Arguments are separated by commas or blanks, and
are of the form `KEYWORD=VALUE'.  The following is a list of valid
arguments for the `psfig' command:

`file=NAME'
     The file name of the PostScript figure.

`height=SIZE'
     The height of the figure (eg. 3in).  If you specify only a height
     or only a width, the width and height are scaled equally.  If you
     specify both a width and a height the aspect ratio will be
     affected.

`width=SIZE'
     The width of the figure (eg. 3in).

`bbllx=COORDINATE'
     The bounding box lower left-hand x coordinate.  Any PostScript file
     which conforms to the PostScript Document Structuring Conventions
     version 2.0 should contain a bounding box information at the head
     of the file.  `plot2ps' output conforms to the version 2.0
     conventions so that you should not need to use any of the bounding
     box options.

`bblly=COORDINATE'
     The bounding box lower left-hand y coordinate.

`bburx=COORDINATE'
     The bounding box upper right-hand x coordinate.

`bbury=COORDINATE'
     The bounding box upper right-hand y coordinate.

`rheight=SIZE'
     Horizontal space to reserve for the figure.

`rwidth=SIZE'
     Vertical space to reserve for the figure.

`clip='
     Clip the figure.  `clip=' is a switch and takes no value, but the
     `=' must be present.  This option is useful for including
     PostScript figures which use the size of the clipping path to size
     themselves.


File: graphics.info,  Node: atend.pl,  Next: dvips,  Prev: psfig,  Up: Top

A perl script for use with psfig
================================

   `atend.pl' is a perl script which moves the bounding box comment
from the trailer to the header.  Although either is legal, most document
preparation software, such as `psfig', will only accept bounding box
comments in the header.  If you use `psfig' and the `-bbox' option
togeather, run `atend.pl' on the output of `plot2ps' before importing
the graphics using `psfig'.

   `atend.pl' can be used as a filter:

     echo 0 0 1 1 2 0 | spline | graph >spline.pl
     plot2ps -bbox |atend.pl - >spline.ps

   Or, `atend.pl' can be used to fix the output file in place:

     echo 0 0 1 1 2 0 | spline | graph |plot2ps -bbox >spline.ps
     atend.pl spline.ps


File: graphics.info,  Node: dvips,  Next: idraw,  Prev: atend.pl,  Up: Top

How to Get `dvips'
==================

   The `dvips' utility mentioned previously is used convert dvi files
generated by LaTeX into post-script.  It also has support for inclusion
of PostScript figures into LaTeX documents.  It is available via
anonymous ftp from `labrea.stanford.edu' (36.8.0.47).  Look for
`pub/dvips.tar.Z'.


File: graphics.info,  Node: idraw,  Next: ghostscript,  Prev: dvips,  Up: Top

How to Get `idraw'
==================

   The `idraw' utility mentioned previously is an interactive graphics
editor which is distributed with InterViews.  InterViews is available
via anonymous ftp from `interviews.stanford.edu' (36.22.0.175) in the
file `InterViews/2.5.tar.Z'.


File: graphics.info,  Node: ghostscript,  Next: libps,  Prev: idraw,  Up: Top

How to Get `ghostscript'
========================

   Ghostscript is a previewer which is intended to be compatible with
the PostScript language.  It supports several output devices including
the X window system and ega displays.  Version 2.0 is suitable for
previewing LaTeX documents with imbedded encapsulated PostScript
figures, the type of PostScript figures generated by plot2ps and idraw.
It is available via anonymous ftp from `prep.ai.mit.edu' (18.71.0.38)
- Look for `pub/gnu/ghostscript.tar.Z'.


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`libps', a Library of Plot Functions
====================================

   Libps is a library of plot functions for drawing graphic object
using PostScript.  Before drawing any objects or using any of the other
functions, a program should call `openpl'.  Before exiting and after
all other libps calls a program should call `closepl'.

* Menu:

The standard plot library includes:

* arc::          draw an arc
* circle::       draw a circle
* closepl::      close the device for output
* cont::	 continue a line
* erase::        erase the page
* label::        print a label
* line::         draw a line
* linemod::      change the line mode (style)
* move::         move to a new coordinate
* openpl::       open the device for output
* point::        draw a point
* space::        define the user's plot space (size)

The extensions provided only in libps to take advantage of PostScript
features include:

* alabel::       print a vertically or horizontally justified label
* color::        change the color
* fill::         fill pattern for closed paths
* fontname::     set the font name
* fontsize::     set the font size
* rotate::       rotate subsequent text


File: graphics.info,  Node: alabel,  Next: arc,  Up: libps

`alabel'
--------

   int `alabel' (char X_JUSTIFY, char Y_JUSTIFY, char *LABEL);

   `alabel' takes three arguments X_JUSTIFY, Y_JUSTIFY, and LABEL and
places the label according to the x and y axis adjustments specified in
X_JUSTIFY and Y_JUSTIFY respectively.  X_JUSTIFY is a character
containing either `l', `c', or `r' for left, center or right justified
with respect to the current x coordinate.  Y_JUSTIFY is a character
containing either `b', `c', or `t' for placing the bottom center or top
of the label even with the current y coordinate.  *LABEL is a string
containing the label.  The current point is moved to follow the end of
the text.

   *Note fontname:: on how to change the default font.  *Note
fontsize:: on how to change the font size.


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`arc'
-----

   int `arc' (int X, int Y, int X0, int Y0, int X1, int Y1)

   `arc' takes six integer arguments specifying the coordinates of the
center (X, Y), beginning (X0, Y0), and ending (X1, Y1) of a circular
arc.  The current point becomes (X, Y).


File: graphics.info,  Node: circle,  Next: closepl,  Prev: arc,  Up: libps

`circle'
--------

   int `circle' (int X, int Y, int R)

   `circle' takes three integer arguments specifying the center (X, Y)
of the circle and its radius (R).  The current point becomes (X, Y).


File: graphics.info,  Node: closepl,  Next: color,  Prev: circle,  Up: libps

`closepl'
---------

   int `closepl' ()

   `closepl' takes no arguments.  It merely outputs the PostScript
trailer containing a `showpage' command.


File: graphics.info,  Node: color,  Next: cont,  Prev: closepl,  Up: libps

`color'
-------

   int `color' (int RED, int GREEN, int BLUE);

   `color' sets the foreground color of all the following objects.  The
arguments RED, GREEN and BLUE indicate the intensity of red, green and
blue components of the foreground color respectively.  Each is a
unsigned integer specifying an intensity in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF.
A value of (0, 0, 0) represents black and a value of (0xFFFF, 0xFFFF,
0xFFFF) indicates white.


File: graphics.info,  Node: cont,  Next: erase,  Prev: color,  Up: libps

`cont'
------

   int `cont' (int X, int Y)

   `cont' takes two integer arguments specifying the coordinate (X, Y)
for the continuation of a line.  This draws a line segment from the
current point to the point (X, Y).  The current point then becomes (X,
Y).


File: graphics.info,  Node: erase,  Next: fill,  Prev: cont,  Up: libps

`erase'
-------

   int `erase' ()

   `erase' normally erases all the graphics from the display before a
plot is viewed.  Since we start off with a blank page in PostScript and
`idraw' this function does nothing.


File: graphics.info,  Node: fill,  Next: fontname,  Prev: erase,  Up: libps

`fill'
------

   int `fill' (int LEVEL);

   `fill' sets the intensity of the filler for closed paths.  The
argument LEVEL indicates the grey level of the fill pattern.  It's
value ranges from 1 to 0xFFFF.  A value of 1 represents black and a
value of 0xFFFF indicates white.  A value of 0 represents no fill, or
transparent.


File: graphics.info,  Node: fontname,  Next: fontsize,  Prev: fill,  Up: libps

`fontname'
----------

   int `fontname' (char *FONT_NAME);

   `fontname' takes a single string argument, FONT_NAME, specifying the
name of the font to be used for following text.  The laser writer
builtin fonts are supported:

             courier-bold
             courier-boldoblique
             courier-oblique
             courier
             helvetica-bold
             helvetica-boldoblique
             helvetica-oblique
             helvetica
             symbol
             times-bold
             times-bolditalic
             times-italic
             times-roman


File: graphics.info,  Node: fontsize,  Next: label,  Prev: fontname,  Up: libps

`fontsize'
----------

   int `fontsize' (int SIZE);

   `fontsize' takes a single integer argument SIZE in printer's points
(1/72 inch) and sets the font size accordingly.


File: graphics.info,  Node: label,  Next: line,  Prev: fontsize,  Up: libps

`label'
-------

   int `label' (char *S)

   `label' takes a single string argument S and draws the text
contained in S at the most recently used coordinate in the current
font.  By default the text is left justified and centered vertically
with respect to the current coordinate.


File: graphics.info,  Node: line,  Next: linemod,  Prev: label,  Up: libps

`line'
------

   int `line' (int X1, int y1, int X2, int Y2)

   `line' takes four integer arguments specifying the beginning (X1,
Y1) and ending (X2, Y2) points of a line.  The current point becomes
(X2, Y2).

   *Note linemod:: for how to specify the style or pattern of line.


File: graphics.info,  Node: linemod,  Next: move,  Prev: line,  Up: libps

`linemod'
---------

   int `linemod' (char *S)

   `linemod' takes a single string argument S containing the name of
the line style desired.  The names supported are longdashed,
disconnected, dotdashed, dotted, solid and shortdashed.  These
correspond to the following sixteen bit patterns:

     solid             --------------------------------
     longdashed        -------         -------
     disconnected      -               -
     dotdashed         -----------  -  -----------  -
     dotted            - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
     shortdashed       --              --


File: graphics.info,  Node: move,  Next: openpl,  Prev: linemod,  Up: libps

`move'
------

   int `move' (int X, int Y)

   `move' takes two integer arguments specifying the coordinate (X, Y)
for the beginning of a new line.  This is equivalent to lifting the pen
on a plotter and moving it to a new position without drawing any line.
The current point becomes (X, Y).


File: graphics.info,  Node: openpl,  Next: point,  Prev: move,  Up: libps

`openpl'
--------

   int `openpl' ()

   `openpl' normally opens the device.  For PostScript we just print
out the PostScript prologue.  The following global variables defined in
`openpl' specify what prologue is written to the output.

   USER_HAS_PROLOGUE is a flag.  If it is non-zero then the open
routine should output the user specified prologue contained in the file
specified in the string USERS_PROLOGUE.

   USERS_PROLOGUE is a string containing the file name for any user
specified PostScript prologue.  This file is a substitute for the
default prologue.


File: graphics.info,  Node: point,  Next: rotate,  Prev: openpl,  Up: libps

`point'
-------

   int `point' (int X, int Y)

   `point' takes a pair of integer arguments specifying the coordinate
(X, Y) for a single point.  The current point then becomes (X, Y).


File: graphics.info,  Node: rotate,  Next: space,  Prev: point,  Up: libps

`rotate'
--------

   int `rotate' (int ANGLE);

   `rotate' takes three integer arguments.  The last argument, ANGLE,
specifies the angle in degrees counter-clockwise from the x
(horizontal) axis following text.


File: graphics.info,  Node: space,  Prev: rotate,  Up: libps

`space'
-------

   int `space' (int X0, int Y0, int X1, int Y1)

   `space' takes two pair of integers arguments specifying the lower,
left-hand and upper, right-hand limits of the range of plot
coordinates.  The scaling of input to output coordinate conversion is
adjusted to fit these ranges into the page.  Note however that if the
ranges of x and y coordinates are different the smallest scaling of the
two is used to avoid affecting the aspect ratio of the plot.  This
means that although the plot is scaled to fit on the page, the axes are
not stretched with respect to each other.


File: graphics.info,  Node: files,  Next: Acknowledgements,  Prev: libps,  Up: Top

The Plot File Format
====================

   The plot file is a set of plotting commands and data.  Each command
is a single ascii character indicating which operation is to be
performed.  The data following a command is either a newline terminated
ascii string or several signed, two byte integers in binary format.
For example, the command to move the current point to the coordinate
(3,5) would be `m\000\003\000\005'.

   Note that the byte order of the binary representation of the signed,
two byte integers is machine dependent, so on some machines, this
command might appear as `m\003\000\005\000'.  `plot2ps' tries to guess
the byte order from the arguments to the `openpl' command and adjust
the order accordingly.

   The following table lists each single character commands followed by
the name of the corresponding libps function called to handle the data
and a description of the command and data.

`Command'
     Description

`a'
     The arc command is followed by three pair of signed, two byte
     integers indicating the center, starting and ending points for a
     circular arc.  The center becomes the the current point.  This is
     equivalent to the `arc' function (*note arc::.).

`c'
     The circle command is followed by three signed, two byte integers.
     The first two indicate the x and y coordinates of the center of
     the circle and the third indicates the radius of the circle.  The
     center becomes the the current point.  This is equivalent to the
     `circle' function (*note circle::.).

`C'
     The color command is followed by three unsigned, two byte integer
     which indicate the intensity of RED, GREEN and BLUE components
     respectively of the background color.  For each component the
     range of intensity is from 0 to 65535.  A value of (0, 0, 0)
     represents black and (65535, 65535, 65535) represents white. This
     is equivalent to the `color' function (*note color::.).

`e'
     The erase command is followed by no data.  The erase command is not
     needed since in `idraw' and PostScript we start off with a blank
     page.  For this reason the erase command does not actually output
     any PostScript. This is equivalent to the `erase' function (*note
     erase::.).

`f'
     The linemod command is followed by a newline terminated string
     containing the name of the line mode (or style) for all subsequent
     lines, circles and arcs. This is equivalent to the `linemod'
     function (*note linemod::.) which describes the line styles and
     their names.

`F'
     The the fontname command is followed by a newline terminated string
     containing the name of the font to be used for all subsequent
     text. This is equivalent to the `fontname' function (*note
     fontname::.).

`l'
     The line command is followed by two pair of signed, two byte
     integers which indicate the starting and ending points of the
     line.  The second pair becomes the the current point. This is
     equivalent to the `line' function (*note line::.).

`L'
     The fill command is followed by an unsigned, two byte integer
     indicating the intensity of the fill for closed paths.  A value of
     1 represents black and a value of 0xFFFF indicates white.  The
     value 0 is special in that is indicates that no solid fill should
     occur, and that the interior of the respective path is
     transparent. This is equivalent to the `fill' function (*note
     fill::.).

`m'
     The move command is followed by a pair of signed, two byte integers
     containing the location of the new current point.  No line is
     drawn to this point as opposed to the continue command (`c') which
     draws a line.  This is equivalent to the `move' function (*note
     move::.).

`n'
     The continue command is followed by pair of signed, two byte
     integers containing the coordinates of the endpoint of a line
     segment.  A line is drawn from the previous current point if it
     was set using a command such as move or continue.  This then
     becomes the the current point. This is equivalent to the `cont'
     function (*note cont::.).

`p'
     The point command is followed by pair of signed, two byte integers
     containing the location of single point to be drawn.  This then
     becomes the the current point. This is equivalent to the `point'
     function (*note point::.).

`r'
     The rotate command is followed by one signed, two byte integer.  It
     indicates the rotation of all subsequent text.  The rotation is in
     degrees counter-clockwise from the x (horizontal) axis. This is
     equivalent to the `rotate' function (*note rotate::.).

`s'
     The space command is followed by two pair of signed, two byte
     integers which indicate the the lower right-hand and upper
     left-hand corners of the range of plot coordinate space.
     `plot2ps' uses the third signed, two byte integer (the right-hand
     limit) to try to determine the byte order. This is equivalent to
     the `space' function (*note space::.) which describes the
     recognized sizes.

`S'
     The fontsize command is followed by an signed, two byte integer
     containing the size in printers points of all subsequent text.
     This is equivalent to the `fontsize' function (*note fontsize::.).

`t'
     The label command is followed by a newline terminated string
     contains a label which is printed at the current point.  It is
     left justified and centered vertically with respect to the current
     point.  The current point is then set at the end of the text. This
     is equivalent to the `label' function (*note label::.).

`T'
     The adjusted label command is followed by two characters which
     indicate the horizontal and vertical justification respectively
     and a newline terminated string containing the label.  The label
     is drawn with the specified justification and the current point is
     set at the end of the text.  This is equivalent to the `alabel'
     function (*note alabel::.) which describes how to specify
     justification.


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Acknowledgements
================

   Rich Murphey <Rich@Rice.edu> wrote the first version of the graph,
plot2tek, plot2ps and tek2plot and the documentation.  Richard Stallman
<Rms@ai.mit.edu> further directed development of the programs and
editorial support for the documentation.  John Interrante generously
provided the PostScript prologue and helpful comments on the program.

   Arthur Smith (Lassp, Cornell University)
<arthur@helios.tn.cornell.edu> has generously provided his code for the
xplot utility.

   Ray Toy <toy@dino.ecse.rpi.edu> provided code for graph and tek 4011
and rewrote the tick mark spacing code, incorporated gnu getopt and
provided the statistics package.

   David B. Rosen <rosen@bu.edu>, jeffrey templon
<templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> and David W. Forslund
<dwf%hope.ACL@lanl.gov> tested alpha versions.


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Function Index
==============

* Menu:

* alabel (char X_JUSTIFY, char Y_JUSTIFY, char *LABEL): alabel.
* arc (int X, int Y, int X0, int Y0, int X1, int Y1): arc.
* circle (int X, int Y, int R):         circle.
* closepl ():                           closepl.
* color (int RED, int GREEN, int BLUE): color.
* cont (int X, int Y):                  cont.
* erase():                              erase.
* fill (int LEVEL):                     fill.
* fontname (char *FONT_NAME):           fontname.
* fontsize (int SIZE):                  fontsize.
* label (char *S):                      label.
* linemod (char *S):                    linemod.
* line (int X1, int y1, int X2, int Y2): line.
* move (int X, int Y):                  move.
* openpl():                             openpl.
* point (int X, int Y):                 point.
* rotate (int W, int H, int ANGLE):     rotate.
* space (int X0, int Y0, int X1, int Y1): space.



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