The File menu

Open...
Open a new file for display in the plot window. See File formats for more information on the kinds of files xdatplot reads. See the file selection dialog for more information on the dialog box.

Save...
Save an xdp file. Note: this file does not contain the data displayed in the plot window -- it only has a pointer to the data file. For more information, see xdp files. See the file selection dialog for more information on the dialog box.

Print...
File Print has a simple dialog box:

The meaning of the choices should be pretty obvious, but if not, try them out. It assumes 8.5 X 11 inch paper, but should work about right for A4. (The plots won't be centered quite right.) Someday I should make this a configurable resource.

Export MIF...
Export MIF writes the current plot window in Maker Interchange Format. The resulting file can be read into FrameMaker, a desktop publishing package from Frame Technology. See the file selection dialog for more information on the dialog box.

Export Postscript...
File Export Postscript... writes the current plot window as Postscript. The file can be sent to a printer, or converted to encapsulated postscript by ghostscript, then imported into many other graphics and publishing programs. (ghostscript is a display postscript available free from GNU. It would be nice if xdatplot produced encapsulated postscript directly; it may happen someday.) The dialog box is just a File Print... dialog inside a file selection dialog box.

Quit
Quit xdatplot. Close or Alt+F4 is equivalent.
Leon Avery (leon@eatworms.swmed.edu)