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.TH Ploticus_Handbook_-_Contents PL "17-SEP-2001   PL www.sgpr.net"

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<b>GENERAL INFO</b><br>
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<a href="Welcome.html">Welcome - introduction</a><br>
<a href="Faq.html">FAQ</a><br>
<a href="Versions.html">What's new</a><br>
<a href="dataformat.html">Plot data file formats</a><br>
<a href="scaleunits.html">Scaling and various types of plottable units</a><br>
<a href="web.html">Notes on rendering: &nbsp; web</a> &nbsp;
<a href="cgi.html">CGI</a> &nbsp;
<a href="paper.html">paper reports</a> &nbsp;
<a href="posters.html">posters</a> &nbsp;
<a href="slides.html">slides</a> &nbsp;
<a href="interactive.html">interactive display</a>
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<a href="../gallery/index.html">Gallery of examples</a>
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<b>PROGRAMS</b> - command line utilities 
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<a href="pl.1.html">The pl program</a><br>
<a href="pltab.1.html">The pltab program</a><br>
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<b>PREFABS</b><img src="new.gif"> - 
produce graphs quickly from the command line without coding scripts
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<a href="prefabs.html">Intro to prefabs</a><br>
<a href="prefab_chron.html">chron</a> - display chronological data<br>
<a href="prefab_dist.html">dist</a> - frequency distribution histograms<br>
<a href="prefab_lines.html">lines</a> - line plots<br>
<a href="prefab_pie.html">pie</a> - pie graphs<br>
<a href="prefab_scat.html">scat</a> - scatterplots with correlations<br>
<a href="prefab_stack.html">stack</a> - stacked bar graphs<br>
<a href="prefab_vbars.html">vbars</a> - bar graphs<br>
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<b>SCRIPTS</b> - 
for maximum flexibility and customization.
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<a href="scripts.html">Introduction to scripts</a><br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="scripts.html#procs">Using procs and attributes; #proc, #procdef, #saveas, #clone</a><br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="scripts.html#syntax">Syntax and variables</a><br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="scripts.html#directives">Flow of control directives such as #set and #if</a><br>
<a href="variables.html">Reserved variables</a><br>
<a href="functions.html">Functions</a><br>
<a href="../gallery/Listall.html">Script examples: &nbsp; Index</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;
<a href="../thumbpng/Viewall.html">PNG thumbnails</a> &nbsp; &nbsp;
<a href="../thumbnails/Viewall.html">GIF thumbnails</a>
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<b>PLOTTING PROCS</b><br>
<a href="annotate.html">Proc Annotate</a> - add annotation<br>
<a href="areadef.html">Proc Areadef</a> - define a plotting area<br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="autorange.html">Automatic scaling</a><br>
<a href="axis.html"> Proc Axis (Xaxis/Yaxis)</a> - render an axis<br>
<a href="bars.html">Proc Bars</a> - bar graphs, histograms, error bars<br>
<a href="curvefit.html">Proc Curvefit</a> - generate a curve from data points<br>
<a href="drawcommands.html">Proc Drawcommands</a> - draw using command set<br>
<a href="getdata.html">Proc Getdata</a> - get or specify plot data<br>
<a href="legend.html">Proc Legend</a> - render a legend<br>
<a href="line.html">Proc Line</a> - draw arbitrary lines<br>
<a href="lineplot.html">Proc Lineplot</a> - produce a line plot<br>
<a href="page.html">Proc Page</a> - set page-wide attributes/ break page<br>
<a href="pie.html">Proc Pie</a> - produce a pie graph<br>
<a href="rangebar.html">Proc Rangebar</a> - produce a rangebar / boxplot<br>
<a href="rangesweep.html">Proc Rangesweep</a> - produce a range sweep<br>
<a href="scatterplot.html">Proc Scatterplot</a> - produce a scatterplot<br>
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<b>UTILITY PROCS</b><br>
<a href="bevelrect.html">Proc Bevelrect</a> - draw a bevelled rectangle <br>
<a href="breakaxis.html">Proc Breakaxis</a> - break an axis for display of extreme values<br>
<a href="catslide.html">Proc Catslide</a> - adjust placement of categories<br>
<a href="datesettings.html">Proc Datesettings</a> - control details of date handling<br>
<a href="defineunits.html">Proc Defineunits</a> - explicitly define scaling units<br>
<a href="endproc.html">Proc Endproc</a> - mark the end of a proc's attributes<br>
<a href="import.html">Proc Import</a> - import an external PNG image file<br>
<a href="legendentry.html">Proc Legendentry</a> - define a legend entry explicitly<br>
<a href="originaldata.html">Proc Originaldata</a> - reference original data set<br>
<a href="print.html">Proc Print</a> - show outliers, contents of variables, etc.<br>
<a href="processdata.html">Proc Processdata</a> - process data set in various ways<br>
<a href="tabulate.html">Proc Tabulate</a> - perform tabulations & frequency distributions<br>
<a href="trailer.html">Proc Trailer</a> - specify data at end of control file<br>
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<b>ATTRIBUTES</b><br>
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<a href="attributetypes.html">Basic attribute types</a><br>
<a href="color.html">Colors</a><br>
<a href="condex.html">Conditional expressions</a><br>
<a href="linedetails.html">Linedetails</a><br>
<a href="symboldetails.html">Symboldetails</a><br>
<a href="textdetails.html">Textdetails</a><br>
<a href="fonts.html">Fonts</a><img src="new.gif"><br>
<a href="dates.html">Dates</a><br>
<a href="times.html">Times</a><br>
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<b>APPENDIX</b><br>
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<a href="config.html">Ploticus configuration files</a><br>
<a href="nonunix.html">Notes for non-unix environments</a> <img src="new.gif"><br>
<a href="specialchars.html">Special characters</a><br>
<a href="limits.html">Program limitations</a><br>
<a href="Copyright.html">Copyright and permissions <img src="../doc/gpl.gif" border=0></a><br>
<a href="http://www.sgpr.net">Home page (www.sgpr.net)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sgpr.net/doc/Download.html">Downloading the software</a><br>
<a href="Feedback.html">User comments and feedback</a><br>
<a href="Problems.html">Where to ask questions & report problems</a><br>
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