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1993-03-08
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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. 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 3. Help Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The About menu item displays the About box, which just identifies the program.
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.
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
Selecting
the Lines menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes lines used for graphs
to be plotted in various line types, such as dotted or dashed. It can be
combined with the Colours. option. When a plot is printed on a printer that
does not support colour, the Lines. option is enabled.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. 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 8. Print dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box enables you to print the displayed plot.
The plot may be printed by selecting the OK button.
The print option can be cancelled by selecting Cancel .
If you wish to adjust the default behaviour of the printer, choose the Setup
printer option. This will pop up a dialog box enabling you to adjust the print
area. From this box you can also change printer defaults. Note that printing to
a file is an option of the printer driver you have loaded, and must be enabled
via the Set Printer option of the Printer setup dialog box.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Printer setup dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This dialog box enables you to setup the printer.
The setup can be selected by clicking on the OK button.
The setup can be cancelled by selecting Cancel .
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 Set
printer 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 10. 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.