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- 'paus:h1 res=5. Extended Help
- :p.This program is a display interface for Gnuplot.
- :p.When it starts up, it spawns a new session which contains
- the :hp2.GNUPLOT:ehp2. program. This new session provides the usual
- Gnuplot command line.
-
- :h1 res=103. Help Menu Help
- :i1 id=mabout. Help menu
- :i2 refid=mabout. About
- :p.The :hp2.About:ehp2. menu item displays the About box, which
- just identifies the program.
-
- :h1 res=100. Options Menu Help
- :i1 id=mopt. Options menu
- :i2 refid=mopt. The options menu
- :p.The :hp2.Options:ehp2. menu enables you to change various options on the
- displayed plot, and to control printing of the plot via the OS/2 print
- system.
-
- :h1 res=104. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Fonts
- :p.The :hp2.Fonts:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- pulldown menu enables you to change the font used in the displayed plot.
- :p.You can also 'drag and drop' a font from a Font Palette onto the Gnushell
- window.
-
- :h1 res=101. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Print
- :p.The :hp2.Print:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- pulldown menu enables you to print the current window on the default
- printer.
-
- :h1 res=115. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Printers
- :p.The :hp2.Printers:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- pulldown menu enables you to select the printer to which
- output is directed.
-
- :h1 res=207. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Linetype option
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Lines:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- enables you to choose various options for the lines used for the plots.
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Thick:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
- menu item toggles the :hp2.thick line:ehp2. option on and off.
- The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
- menu item toggles the :hp2.solid line:ehp2. option on and off.
- The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
- :p.If the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is not active, curves on graphs will be
- plotted in various styles of broken lines.
-
- :h1 res=208. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Thick line option
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Thick:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
- menu item toggles the :hp2.thick line:ehp2. option on and off.
- The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
- :p.The thick line option can give better output on high-resolution
- devices like laser printers.
-
- :h1 res=209. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Solid lines option
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
- menu item toggles the :hp2.solid line:ehp2. option on and off.
- The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
- :p.If the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is not active, curves on graphs will be
- plotted in various styles of broken lines.
- :p.This option can be combined with the :hp2.Colours.:ehp2. option.
- When a plot is printed on a printer that does not support colour, the
- :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is disabled.
-
- :h1 res=206. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Colours
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Colours:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- 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 :hp2.Lines:ehp2. option.
-
- :h1 res=120. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Pause option
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Pause mode:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- menu enables you to choose how the Gnuplot 'pause' command is handled.
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Dialog box:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box,
- and wait for you to end the dialog before continuing.
-
- :h1 res=121. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Pause with dialog box
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Dialog box:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box,
- and wait for you to end the dialog before continuing.
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Menu bar:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to enable the :hp2.Continue:ehp2.
- menu item.
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot
- program.
-
- :h1 res=122. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Pause with menu item
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Menu bar:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to enable the :hp2.Continue:ehp2.
- menu item.
- :p.Plotting will be resumed when this item is selected.
- :p.Any text message is ignored.
-
- :h1 res=123. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Pause in Gnuplot
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
- menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot
- program.
- :p.In order to resume plotting, you will have to select the Gnuplot command line
- window, and press the enter key.
-
-
- :h1 res=105. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. gnushell.ini
- :i2 refid=mopt. Save settings
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Save settings:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- pulldown menu causes the current line, colour and font options to be saved.
- The positions and sizes of the windows are also saved.
- :p.The data is saved in the file :hp2.gnushell.ini:ehp2. file in the
- program&csq.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.)
-
- :h1 res=210. Options Menu Help
- :i2 refid=mopt. Pop to front
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Pop to front:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- 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.
-
- :h1 res=500. Edit Menu Help
- :i1 id=medit. Edit menu
- :i2 refid=medit. The Edit menu
- :p.The :hp2.Edit:ehp2. menu gives you access to commands
- for copying the plot to the clipboard.
-
- :h1 res=501. Edit Menu Help
- :i2 refid=medit. Copy to clipboard
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Copy:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Edit:ehp2.
- pulldown menu causes the current plot to be copied to the system
- clipboard. The plot is copied in bitmap and in metafile format.
-
- :h1 res=504. Edit Menu Help
- :i2 refid=medit. Clear clipboard
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Clear clipboard:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Edit:ehp2.pulldown menu causes the clipboard to be cleared.
- :h1 res=300. Gnuplot Menu Help
- :i1 id=mgnu. Gnuplot menu
- :i2 refid=mgnu. Moving to GNUPLOT window
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. 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.
-
- :h1 res=400. Continue Menu Help
- :i1 id=mcont. Continue menu
- :i2 refid=mcont. Continue plotting
- :p.Selecting the :hp2.Continue:ehp2. menu item causes plotting
- to resume after a pause command is received from Gnuplot.
-
- :h1 res=5000. Printer setup dialog box help
- :i1 id=qprint. Printing
- :i2 refid=qprint. Printer setup
- :p.This dialog box enables you to setup the printer.
- :p.The printer that output will be sent to is indicated in the
- :hp2.Current printer:ehp2. field. You can select a different
- printer by using the :hp2.Printers:ehp2. item of the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
- menu.
- :p.The setup can be selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
- :p.The setup can be cancelled by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
- :p.If your printer driver supports printing to a file, the
- :hp2.Print to file named:ehp2. 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 :hp2.Set printer:ehp2.
- option. You may choose either method. Some printer drivers (e.g. Postscript)
- will not overwrite a file if you use the second method.
- :p.The area of the page in which the plot will be displayed is
- indicated. You can change this by selecting the :hp2.Set Page:ehp2. 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.
- :p.If you wish to adjust the default behaviour of the printer,
- choose the :hp2.Job properties:ehp2. 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.
-
- :h1 res=2000. Printer selection dialog box help
- :i2 refid=qprint. Printer selection
- :p.This dialog box enables you to select the printer on which
- your output will appear.
- :p.Choose a printer from the displayed list. The chosen printer
- is highlighted.
- :p.The printer is selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
- :p.The new selection is ignored by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
-
- :h1 res=3000. Pause dialog box help
- :i1 id=pausebox. Pause
- :p.This dialog box is (optionally) displayed when a
- 'pause -1 <text>' command is issued to Gnuplot.
- Plotting is paused until you:
- :p.Select :hp2.Continue:ehp2. to resume plotting.
- :p.Select :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. to cancel plotting and return to the Gnuplot
- command line.
-
- :h1 res=6000. Fonts dialog box help
- :i1 id=fonts. Font selection
- :p.This dialog box enables you to change the font used on the displayed plot.
- :p.The font is selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
- :p.The new selection is ignored by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
- :p.Choose a font from the displayed list. The chosen font
- is previwed in the :hp2.Example:ehp2. window.
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