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1993-10-17
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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This program is a display interface for Gnuplot.
When it starts up, it spawns a new session which contains the GNUPLOT program.
This new session provides the usual Gnuplot command line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The About menu item displays the About box, which just identifies the program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Options menu enables you to change various options on the displayed plot,
and to control printing of the plot via the OS/2 print system.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Fonts menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to change the
font used in the displayed plot.
You can also 'drag and drop' a font from a Font Palette onto the Gnushell
window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Print menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to print the
current window on the default printer.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The Printers menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to select the
printer to which output is directed.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Lines menu item from the Options enables you to choose various
options for the lines used for the plots.
Selecting the Thick option of the Lines menu item toggles the thick line option
on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
Selecting the Solid option of the Lines menu item toggles the solid line option
on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
If the Solid option is not active, curves on graphs will be plotted in various
styles of broken lines.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Thick option of the Lines menu item toggles the thick line option
on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
The thick line option can give better output on high-resolution devices like
laser printers.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Solid option of the Lines menu item toggles the solid line option
on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
If the Solid option is not active, curves on graphs will be plotted in various
styles of broken lines.
This option can be combined with the Colours. option. When a plot is printed on
a printer that does not support colour, the Solid option is disabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Colours menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes lines
used for graphs to be plotted in various colours. This is the default option
for plotting on the screen. It can be combined with the Lines option.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Pause mode menu item from the Options menu enables you to choose
how the Gnuplot 'pause' command is handled.
Selecting the Dialog box menu item from the Pause options menu causes the
Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box, and wait for you to
end the dialog before continuing.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Dialog box menu item from the Pause options menu causes the
Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box, and wait for you to
end the dialog before continuing.
Selecting the Menu bar menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
'pause' command to enable the Continue menu item.
Selecting the Gnuplot menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot program.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Menu bar menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
'pause' command to enable the Continue menu item.
Plotting will be resumed when this item is selected.
Any text message is ignored.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Gnuplot menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot program.
In order to resume plotting, you will have to select the Gnuplot command line
window, and press the enter key.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Save settings menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes the
current line, colour and font options to be saved. The positions and sizes of
the windows are also saved.
The data is saved in the file gnushell.ini file in the program's working
directory. You can delete the file if you want to restore all settings to their
default values. (This file is created even if no settings are saved.)
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Pop to front menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes the
plot window to pop to the front of the window stack each time a graph is
plotted. If this item is unchecked, the user will have to bring the window to
the front by manual selection.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Gnuplot Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Gnuplot menu item causes the GNUPLOT command window to be brought
to the foreground. The same result can be be obtained by pressing the ESC key
when the Gnushell window is active.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Continue Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Selecting the Continue menu item causes plotting to resume after a pause
command is received from Gnuplot.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Printer setup dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box enables you to setup the printer.
The printer that output will be sent to is indicated in the Current printer
field. You can select a different printer by using the Printers item of the
Options menu.
The setup can be selected by clicking on the OK button.
The setup can be cancelled by selecting Cancel .
If your printer driver supports printing to a file, the Print to file named
field will not be greyed out. In this case, you may enter a filename here for
sending output to a file rather than to a printer. Some printer drivers also
support this option from the printer setup dialog box accessible with the Set
printer option. You may choose either method. Some printer drivers (e.g.
Postscript) will not overwrite a file if you use the second method.
The area of the page in which the plot will be displayed is indicated. You can
change this by selecting the Set Page button. You can then adjust the area with
the mouse, and click on button 1 to select the new area. Another way of doing
this is by typing the appropriate data into the entry windows which give the
size of the plot area, either in centimeters or relative to the page size.
If you wish to adjust the default behaviour of the printer, choose the Job
properties option. This will bring up your printer setup dialog box. This is
part of the printer driver, and the features you can adjust will depend on your
printer. You can generally use this to swich between landscape and portrait
mode, for instance. Note that some drivers might not have any options.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Printer selection dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box enables you to select the printer on which your output will
appear.
Choose a printer from the displayed list. The chosen printer is highlighted.
The printer is selected by clicking on the OK button.
The new selection is ignored by selecting Cancel .
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Pause dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box is (optionally) displayed when a 'pause -1 <text>' command is
issued to Gnuplot. Plotting is paused until you:
Select Continue to resume plotting.
Select Cancel to cancel plotting and return to the Gnuplot command line.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Fonts dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box enables you to change the font used on the displayed plot.
The font is selected by clicking on the OK button.
The new selection is ignored by selecting Cancel .
Choose a font from the displayed list. The chosen font is previwed in the
Example window.