Help Text: ' The ╥File╙ menu (the second one from the left edge of the screen) provides commands that allow you to open datafiles for plotting, save formats or plots, close plot windows, and print plots, as well as commands to leave FzzPlot. The commands covered are: New Format╔ Open╔ Close Save Format╔ Save Plot╔ Revert╔ Page Setup╔ Print╔ Transfer╔ Quit-------- The ╥New Format╔╙ command ╥New Format╔╙ will set an existing plot to FzzPlot's ╥default format╙, that is, the format that is applied when a textfile is opened. This format is the following: X Axis Label : ╥Horizontal Axis╙ Y Axis Label : ╥Vertical Axis╙ Plot Title : ╥Untitled Plot╙ Linear axis scaling on both axes Label ticks with integral values only Show tick labels to 2 decimal places on both axes Show point markersThis command is convenient when you╒ve made a number of changes, don't like the result, and you want to start from scratch. ╥New Format╔╙ is dimmed if you don╒t have any plot windows open, or if the frontmost window is a Desk Accessory window.-------- The ╥Open╔╙ command ╥Open╔╙ presents a list of files. In this list are textfiles and binary data files (created by FzzPlot) that can be opened. If you pick a file and open it, FzzPlot will read the file and draw a plot. If the file is a binary data file, the plot's format will also be restored. Be aware that FzzPlot will allow you to open any text file. If you open a text file that doesn't have any plot data in it, FzzPlot will display an error message. Also, a message will be displayed if there╒s not enough memory to load a file.-------- The ╥Close╙ command The functionality of ╥Close╙ depends on what kind of window is the frontmost window; if a Desk Accesory window is frontmost, then the Desk Accessory will be closed. (For you concerned programmers, a call to CloseDeskAcc(WindowPeek(FrontWindow)^.windowKind) is issued, so the DA gets closed normally.) If a plot window is frontmost, then the plot window is closed, and all of the information about the plot and the plot╒s data is forgotten. The memory occupied by the plot is released. If no windows are open, the ╥Close╙ command is dimmed.-------- The ╥Save Format╔╙ command The ╥Save Format╔╙ command saves the current plot╒s formatting information to a file. This command is useful if you have a number of plots that you wish to have the same format, or if you prefer not to save the plot as a binary file, you can save the format so that you won╒t have to go through the whole formatting process when you reload the data.-------- The ╥Save Plot╔╙ command The ╥Save Plot╔╙ command saves the current plot╒s data and all of the formatting information in a binary file. The advantage of a binary file is that it can be re-loaded very quickly, which is useful if you╒re dealing with large amounts of data. A note: when you save an entire plot as a binary file, only the currently plotted data is saved. This means that if you reload a binary file, you won╒t be able to change the axis scales. A semi-log plot that gets saved will always be a semi-log plot.-------- The ╥Revert╙ command The ╥Revert╙ command does nothing, and is always disabled. It may be used in future versions of FzzPlot that support the creating and editing of data.-------- The ╥Page Setup╔╙ command The ╥Page Setup╔╙ command presents the Page Setup dialog box for the printer that you╒re using. The current settings of the Page Setup box apply to all plots that get printed out. It╒s recommended that you set the page orientation to sideways (╥Landscape╙) for better looking printouts. Do NOT change the scaling (or ╥reduction╙) setting. The results will be undesirable.-------- The ╥Print╔╙ command The ╥Print╔╙ command prints out your plot according to the current settings of the Page Setup box. The ╥Print╔╙ command will be dimmed if there are no plot windows open or if a Desk Accessory window is the front window.-------- The ╥Transfer╔╙ command The ╥Transfer╔╙ command allows you to leave FzzPlot and run another application, without having to return to the Finder. All open windows will be closed, as described under ╥The "Close" command╙, above. WARNING: Do NOT use ╥Transfer╔╙ when running under the Switcher, Servant, or Juggler.-------- The ╥Quit╙ command The ╥Quit╙ command closes all open windows and quits to the Finder (or Switcher/Servant/Juggler if you╒re using them instead).--------'
