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The Plotutils Package

Table of Contents

1. The GNU Plotting Utilities
2. The graph Application

2.1 Simple examples using graph
2.2 Non-square, displaced, and rotated plots
2.3 Preparing a plot from more than one dataset
2.4 Multiplotting: placing multiple plots on a single page
2.5 Reading binary and other data formats
2.6 graph command-line options

2.6.1 Plot options
2.6.2 Dataset options
2.6.3 Multiplot options
2.6.4 Raw graph options
2.6.5 Informational options

2.7 Environment variables

3. The plot Program

3.1 How to use plot
3.2 plot command-line options
3.3 Environment variables

4. The pic2plot Program

4.1 What pic2plot is used for
4.2 pic2plot command-line options
4.3 Environment variables

5. The tek2plot Program

5.1 What tek2plot is used for
5.2 tek2plot command-line options
5.3 Environment variables

6. The plotfont Utility

6.1 How to use plotfont
6.2 plotfont command-line options
6.3 Environment variables

7. The spline Program

7.1 How to use spline
7.2 Advanced use of spline
7.3 spline command-line options

8. The ode Program

8.1 Mathematical basics
8.2 Simple examples using ode
8.3 Additional examples using ode
8.4 ode command-line options
8.5 Diagnostic messages
8.6 Numerical error and how to avoid it
8.7 Running time
8.8 The ode input language formally specified
8.9 Bibliography on ode and solving differential equations

9. libplot, a 2-D Vector Graphics Library

9.1 Programming with libplot: An overview
9.2 C Programming with libplot

9.2.1 The C application programming interface
9.2.2 Older C application programming interfaces
9.2.3 C compiling and linking
9.2.4 Sample drawings in C
9.2.5 Simple paths and compound paths
9.2.6 Drawing on a physical page
9.2.7 Animated GIFs in C
9.2.8 X Window System animations in C
9.2.9 Advanced X Window System programming

9.3 C++ Programming with libplotter

9.3.1 The Plotter class
9.3.2 C++ compiling and linking
9.3.3 Sample drawings in C++

9.4 The functions in libplot: A detailed listing

9.4.1 Control functions
9.4.2 Object-drawing functions
9.4.3 Attribute-setting functions
9.4.4 Mapping functions

9.5 Plotter parameters

A. Fonts, Strings, and Symbols

A.1 Available text fonts
A.2 Cyrillic and Japanese fonts
A.3 Available text fonts for the X Window System
A.4 Text string format and escape sequences
A.5 Available marker symbols

B. Specifying Colors by Name
C. Page Sizes and Viewport Sizes
D. The Graphics Metafile Format
E. Obtaining Auxiliary Software

E.1 How to get idraw
E.2 How to get xfig

History and Acknowledgements
Reporting Bugs