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README file for MS Windows version of gnuplot.
6th October 1992
The EXE is called WGNUPLOT.EXE.
WGNUPLOT.HLP must be in the same directory as WGNUPLOT.EXE.
COMMDLG.DLL (available with Windows 3.1 or Borland C++ 3.1)
must be in the windows directory.
It runs in standard and enhanced modes on a 386SX.
It won't run in real mode for obvious reasons - not enough memory.
The "gnuplot graph" window has two options on the system menu -
"Print" and "Copy to Clipboard". The "Print" option allows selection
of the printer and scaling of the output.
"Copy to Clipboard" copies a bitmap and a Metafile picture.
If 'set output "PRN"' is used, output will go to a temporary file.
When gnuplot is exited or when the output is changed with another
'set output' command, a dialog box will appear for you to select
a Windows printer. If you choose OK, the output will be printed
on the selected printer, passing unmodified through the print
manager. It is possible to accidently (or deliberately) send
printer output meant for one printer to an incompatible printer,
thus printing garbage.
An extra command 'screendump' selects the "Print" command from
the "gnuplot graph" window.
The makefile is makefile.win. Windows gnuplot can only be created with
Borland C++ 3.1. Before making wgnuplot you will need to edit the
TC = line to specify the location of your compiler.
Before creating wgnuplot, the files wingraph.uue and wintext.uue will
need to be uudecoded to wingraph.ico and wintext.ico respectively.
Windows help is provided but is limited by the original gnuplot.doc file.
Text justification depends on the default screen size and default
system font. Changing either of these will stuff up the justification.
Menu Bar:
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If the menu file WGNUPLOT.MNU is found in the same directory as
WGNUPLOT.EXE, then the menu specified in WGNUPLOT.MNU will
be loaded.
Menu commands are:
[Menu] Start a new menu with the name on the following line
[EndMenu] End current menu.
-- Insert a horizontal menu separator
| Insert a vertical menu separator
Macros take two lines with the macro name (menu entry) on the first
line and the macro on the second line. Leading spaces are ignored.
Macros commands are:
[INPUT] Input string with prompt terminated by [EOS] or {ENTER}
[EOS] End Of String terminator. Generates no output.
[FILELIST] Get filename from list box, with title of list box
terminated by [EOS], followed by default filename
terminated by [EOS] or {ENTER}
This uses COMMDLG.DLL from Windows 3.1.
Macros character substitutions are:
{ENTER} Carriage Return '\r'
{TAB} Tab '\011'
{ESC} Escape '\033'
{^A} '\001'
...
{^_} '\031'
Macros are limited to 256 characters after expansion.