The GNU Plotting Utilities

Programs and functions for drawing and data plotting

Version 2.2

• The GNU Plotting Utilities
• The graph Application
  • Simple examples using graph
  • Rotated, non-square and displaced plots
  • Preparing a plot from more than one dataset
  • Multiplotting: placing multiple plots on a single page
  • Reading binary and other data formats
  • graph command-line options
    • Plot options
    • Dataset options
    • Multiplot options
    • Raw graph options
    • Informational options
  • Environment variables
• The plot Program
  • How to use plot
  • plot command-line options
  • Environment variables
• The pic2plot Program
  • What pic2plot is used for
  • pic2plot command-line options
  • Environment variables
• The tek2plot Program
  • What tek2plot is used for
  • tek2plot command-line options
  • Environment variables
• The plotfont Utility
  • How to use plotfont
  • plotfont command-line options
  • Environment variables
• The spline Program
  • How to use spline
  • Advanced use of spline
  • spline command-line options
• The ode Program
  • Mathematical basics
  • Simple examples using ode
  • Additional examples using ode
  • ode command-line options
  • Diagnostic messages
  • Numerical error and how to avoid it
  • Running time
  • The ode input language formally specified
  • Bibliography on ode and solving differential equations
• libplot, a Function Library
  • Programming with libplot: An overview
  • C Programming with libplot
    • The C application programming interface
    • C compiling and linking
    • Sample drawings in C
    • Animated GIFs in C
    • X Window System animations in C
    • Advanced X Window System programming
  • C++ Programming with libplotter
    • The Plotter class
    • C++ compiling and linking
    • Sample drawings in C++
  • The functions in libplot: A detailed listing
    • Setup functions
    • Object-drawing functions
    • Attribute-setting functions
    • Mapping functions
  • Device driver parameters
• Fonts, Strings, and Symbols
  • Available text fonts
  • Cyrillic and Japanese fonts
  • Available text fonts for the X Window System
  • Text string format and escape sequences
  • Available marker symbols
• Specifying Colors by Name
• The Graphics Metafile Format
• Obtaining Auxiliary Software
  • How to get idraw
  • How to get xfig
• Acknowledgements

This document was generated on 20 June 1999 using the texi2html translator version 1.52.