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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PLOT 5
        !             2: .CT 1  graphics
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: plot \- graphics interface
        !             5: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             6: Files of this format are produced by routines
        !             7: described in
        !             8: .IR  plot (3),
        !             9: and are interpreted for various devices
        !            10: by commands described in
        !            11: .IR  plot (1).
        !            12: A graphics file is an ASCII stream of
        !            13: instruction lines.
        !            14: Arguments are delimited by spaces, tabs, or commas.
        !            15: Numbers may be floating point.
        !            16: Punctuation marks (except 
        !            17: .LR : )
        !            18: ,
        !            19: spaces, and tabs at the beginning of lines are ignored.
        !            20: Comments run from  
        !            21: .L :
        !            22: to newline.
        !            23: Extra letters appended to a valid instruction are ignored.
        !            24: Thus
        !            25: .LR ...line ,
        !            26: .LR line , and 
        !            27: .L li
        !            28: all mean the same thing.
        !            29: Arguments are interpreted as follows:
        !            30: .TP
        !            31: 1.
        !            32: If an instruction requires no arguments, the rest of the line is ignored.
        !            33: .TP
        !            34: 2.
        !            35: If it requires a string argument, then all the line
        !            36: after the first field separator is passed as argument.
        !            37: Quote marks may be used to preserve leading blanks.
        !            38: Strings may include newlines represented as
        !            39: .LR \en .
        !            40: .TP
        !            41: 3.
        !            42: Between numeric arguments alphabetic characters and
        !            43: punctuation marks are ignored.
        !            44: Thus
        !            45: .L
        !            46: line from 5 6 to 7 8
        !            47: draws a line from (5, 6) to (7, 8).
        !            48: .TP
        !            49: 4.
        !            50: Instructions with numeric arguments remain in effect until
        !            51: a new instruction is read.
        !            52: Such commands may spill over many lines. Thus
        !            53: the following sequence will draw a polygon
        !            54: with vertices
        !            55: (4.5, 6.77), (5.8, 5.6), (7.8, 4.55), and (10.0, 3.6).
        !            56: .IP
        !            57: .EX
        !            58: move 4.5 6.77
        !            59: vec 5.8, 5.6 7.8
        !            60: 4.55 10.0, 3.6 4.5, 6.77
        !            61: .EE
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: The instructions are executed in order.
        !            64: The last designated point in a
        !            65: .BR line ", " move ", " rmove ,
        !            66: .BR vec ", " rvec ", " arc ,
        !            67: or
        !            68: .B point
        !            69: command becomes the `current point'
        !            70: .RI ( X,Y )
        !            71: for the next command.
        !            72: Each of the following descriptions
        !            73: corresponds to a routine in
        !            74: .IR  plot (3).
        !            75: .SS "Open & Close"
        !            76: .PD0
        !            77: .TP 10
        !            78: .BI o " string"
        !            79: Open plotting device.
        !            80: For 
        !            81: .I troff,
        !            82: .I string
        !            83: specifies the size of the plot
        !            84: (default is
        !            85: .LR 6i. )
        !            86: .TP 10
        !            87: .B cl
        !            88: Close plotting device.
        !            89: .PD
        !            90: .SS "Basic Plotting Commands"
        !            91: .PD0
        !            92: .TP 10
        !            93: .B e
        !            94: Start another frame of output
        !            95: or erase the screen on CRT terminals without scroll.
        !            96: .TP 10
        !            97: .BI m " x y"
        !            98: (move) Current point becomes
        !            99: .I "x y."
        !           100: .TP 10
        !           101: .BI rm " dx dy"
        !           102: Current point becomes
        !           103: .I "X+dx Y+dy."
        !           104: .TP 10
        !           105: .BI poi " x y"
        !           106: Plot the point
        !           107: .I "x y"
        !           108: and make it the current point.
        !           109: .TP 10
        !           110: .BI v " x y"
        !           111: Draw a vector from the current point to
        !           112: .I "x y."
        !           113: .TP 10
        !           114: .BI rv " dx dy"
        !           115: Draw vector from current point to
        !           116: .RI X + dx
        !           117: .RI Y + dy
        !           118: .TP 10
        !           119: .BI li " x1 y1 x2 y2"
        !           120: Draw a line from
        !           121: .I "x1 y1"
        !           122: to
        !           123: .I "x2 y2."
        !           124: Make the current point
        !           125: .I "x2 y2."
        !           126: .TP 10
        !           127: .BI t " string"
        !           128: Place the
        !           129: .I string
        !           130: so that its
        !           131: first character is centered on the current point (default).
        !           132: If
        !           133: .I string
        !           134: begins with
        !           135: .L \eC
        !           136: .RL ( \eR ),
        !           137: it is centered (right-adjusted) on the current point.
        !           138: A backslash at the beginning of the string may
        !           139: be escaped with another backslash.
        !           140: .TP 10
        !           141: .BI a " x1 y1 x2 y2 xc yc r"
        !           142: Draw a circular arc from
        !           143: .I "x1 y1"
        !           144: to
        !           145: .I "x2 y2"
        !           146: with center
        !           147: .I "xc yc"
        !           148: and radius
        !           149: .I r.
        !           150: If the radius is positive, the arc is drawn counterclockwise;
        !           151: negative, clockwise.
        !           152: The starting point is exact but the ending point is approximate.
        !           153: .TP 10
        !           154: .BI ci " xc yc r"
        !           155: Draw a circle centered at
        !           156: .I "xc yc"
        !           157: with radius
        !           158: .I r.
        !           159: If the range and frame parameters do not specify a square,
        !           160: the `circle' will be elliptical.
        !           161: .TP 10
        !           162: .BI di " xc yc r"
        !           163: Draw a disc centered at
        !           164: .I "xc yc"
        !           165: with radius
        !           166: .I r
        !           167: using the filling color (see 
        !           168: .B cfill
        !           169: below).
        !           170: Only works on the 5620; on other devices
        !           171: is the same as
        !           172: .BR circle .
        !           173: .TP 10
        !           174: .BI bo " x1 y1 x2 y2"
        !           175: Draw a box with lower left corner at
        !           176: .I "x1 y1"
        !           177: and upper right corner at
        !           178: .I "x2 y2."
        !           179: .TP 10
        !           180: .BI sb " x1 y1 x2 y2"
        !           181: Draw a solid box with lower left corner at
        !           182: .I "x1 y1"
        !           183: and upper right corner at
        !           184: .I "x2 y2"
        !           185: using the filling color (see 
        !           186: .B cfill
        !           187: below).
        !           188: .TP 10
        !           189: .BI par " x1 y1 x2 y2 xg yg"
        !           190: Draw a parabola from
        !           191: .I "x1 y1"
        !           192: to
        !           193: .I "x2 y2"
        !           194: `guided' by
        !           195: .I "xg yg."
        !           196: The parabola passes through the midpoint of the line joining
        !           197: .I "xg yg"
        !           198: with the midpoint of the line
        !           199: joining
        !           200: .I "x1 y1"
        !           201: and
        !           202: .I "x2 y2"
        !           203: and is tangent to the lines from
        !           204: .I "xg yg"
        !           205: to the endpoints.
        !           206: .TP 10
        !           207: .BI "pol { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\fP} }\fI"
        !           208: Draw polygons with vertices
        !           209: .I "x1 y1 ... xn yn"
        !           210: and
        !           211: .I "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym."
        !           212: If only one polygon is specified, the inner brackets are
        !           213: not needed.
        !           214: .TP 10
        !           215: .BI "fi { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\fP} }\fI"
        !           216: Fill a polygon.
        !           217: The arguments are the same as those for
        !           218: .B pol
        !           219: except that the first vertex is automatically repeated to
        !           220: close each polygon.
        !           221: The polygons do not have to be connected.
        !           222: Enclosed polygons appear as holes.
        !           223: .TP 10
        !           224: .BI "sp { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\f5} }\fI"
        !           225: Draw a parabolic spline guided by
        !           226: .I "x1 y1 ... xn yn"
        !           227: with simple endpoints.
        !           228: .TP 10
        !           229: .BI "fsp { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\f5} }\fI"
        !           230: Draw a parabolic spline guided by
        !           231: .I "x1 y1 ... xn yn"
        !           232: with double first endpoint.
        !           233: .TP 10
        !           234: .BI "lsp { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\f5} }\fI"
        !           235: Draw a parabolic spline guided by
        !           236: .I "x1 y1 ... xn yn"
        !           237: with double last endpoint.
        !           238: .TP 10
        !           239: .BI "dsp { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\f5} }\fI"
        !           240: Draw a parabolic spline guided by
        !           241: .I "x1 y1 ... xn yn"
        !           242: with double endpoints.
        !           243: .TP 10
        !           244: .BI "csp { {" "x1 y1 ... xn yn" } " ... " { "X1 Y1 ... Xm Ym\f5} }\fI"
        !           245: .TP 10
        !           246: .BI in " filename"
        !           247: (include) Take commands from
        !           248: .I filename.
        !           249: .TP 10
        !           250: .BI de " string " { " commands " }
        !           251: Define
        !           252: .I string
        !           253: as
        !           254: .I commands.
        !           255: .TP 10
        !           256: .BI ca " string scale"
        !           257: Invoke commands defined as
        !           258: .I string
        !           259: applying
        !           260: .I scale
        !           261: to all coordinates.
        !           262: .PD
        !           263: .SS "Commands Controlling the Environment"
        !           264: .PD0
        !           265: .TP 10
        !           266: .BI co " string"
        !           267: Draw lines with color
        !           268: .I string.
        !           269: Available colors depend on the device.
        !           270: .I String
        !           271: may contain definitions for several devices separated by 
        !           272: .LR / .
        !           273: Colors possible for the various devices are:
        !           274: .RS
        !           275: .IP pen
        !           276: .BR black ,
        !           277: .BR red ,
        !           278: .BR green ,
        !           279: .BR blue ,
        !           280: .BR Tblack ,
        !           281: .BR Tred ,
        !           282: .BR Tgreen ,
        !           283: .B Tblue
        !           284: (assumes default carousel, 
        !           285: .BR T =thick)
        !           286: .br
        !           287: .BR 1 -  8
        !           288: (pen number)
        !           289: .br
        !           290: .BI /S number
        !           291: character size as % of plotting area
        !           292: .IP troff
        !           293: .BI /F font
        !           294: .br
        !           295: .BI /P "point size"
        !           296: .IP 2621
        !           297: .BI /H character
        !           298: for plotting
        !           299: .RE
        !           300: .PD
        !           301: .TP 10
        !           302: .BI pe " string"
        !           303: Use
        !           304: .I string
        !           305: as the style for drawing lines.
        !           306: Not all pen styles are implemented for all devices.
        !           307: .I String
        !           308: may contain definitions for several devices separated by
        !           309: .LR / .
        !           310: The available pen styles are:
        !           311: .RS
        !           312: .IP pen
        !           313: .BR solid ,
        !           314: .BR  dott [ed],
        !           315: .BR short ,
        !           316: .BR long ,
        !           317: .BR dotd [ashed] ,
        !           318: .BR cdash ,
        !           319: .BR ddash
        !           320: .PD0
        !           321: .IP 4014
        !           322: solid ,
        !           323: .BR dott [ed] ,
        !           324: .BR short ,
        !           325: .BR long ,
        !           326: .BR dotd [ashed] ,
        !           327: .BR ddash
        !           328: .IP troff
        !           329: .BR solid ,
        !           330: .BR dash
        !           331: only straight lines will be dashed
        !           332: .IP 5620
        !           333: .BI /B number
        !           334: line thickness
        !           335: .IP 2621
        !           336: .BI /H character
        !           337: for plotting
        !           338: .fi
        !           339: .PD
        !           340: .RE
        !           341: .TP 10
        !           342: .BI cf " string"
        !           343: Color for filling;
        !           344: may contain the definitions for several devices.
        !           345: separated by 
        !           346: .LR / .
        !           347: The following colors are available on the specified devices:
        !           348: .RS
        !           349: .IP pen
        !           350: .BR black ,
        !           351: .BR red ,
        !           352: .BR green ,
        !           353: .BR blue ,
        !           354: .BR Tblack ,
        !           355: .BR Tred ,
        !           356: .BR Tgreen ,
        !           357: .BR Tblue
        !           358: .br
        !           359: .BR 1 - 8
        !           360: pen number
        !           361: .PD0
        !           362: .IP 5620
        !           363: .BI B texture
        !           364: string with octal numbers for texture; see
        !           365: .IR types (9.5).
        !           366: The 16 words of texture should be followed by one word for the mode used by
        !           367: .IR texture() ;
        !           368: see
        !           369: .IR bitblt (9.3).
        !           370: .IP 2621
        !           371: .BI H character
        !           372: for filling
        !           373: .IP All devices
        !           374: .BI /A degrees
        !           375: slant of shading lines
        !           376: .br
        !           377: .BI /G number
        !           378: gap between shading lines (in user units)
        !           379: .RE
        !           380: .PD
        !           381: .TP 10
        !           382: .BI ra " x1 y1 x2 y2"
        !           383: The data will fall between
        !           384: .I "x1 y1"
        !           385: and
        !           386: .I "x2 y2."
        !           387: The plot will be magnified or reduced to fit
        !           388: the device as closely as possible.
        !           389: .IP
        !           390: Range settings that exactly fill the plotting area
        !           391: with unity scaling appear below for
        !           392: devices supported by the filters of
        !           393: .IR  plot (1).
        !           394: The upper limit is just outside the plotting area.
        !           395: In every case the plotting area is taken to be square;
        !           396: points outside may be displayable on
        !           397: devices with nonsquare faces.
        !           398: .RS
        !           399: .TP 10n
        !           400: 4014
        !           401: .L range 0. 0. 3120. 3120.
        !           402: .br
        !           403: .ns
        !           404: .TP 10n
        !           405: troff
        !           406: .L range 0. 0. 6144. 6144.
        !           407: .br
        !           408: .ns
        !           409: .TP 10n
        !           410: 2621
        !           411: .L range 0. 0. 22. 22.
        !           412: .br
        !           413: .ns
        !           414: .TP 10n
        !           415: 5620
        !           416: range dependent on layer size
        !           417: .br
        !           418: .ns
        !           419: .TP 10n
        !           420: pen
        !           421: range dependent on paper size
        !           422: .RE
        !           423: .TP 10
        !           424: .BI fr " px1 py1 px2 py2"
        !           425: Plot the data in the fraction of the display
        !           426: specified by
        !           427: .I "px1 py1"
        !           428: for lower left corner
        !           429: and
        !           430: .I "px2 py2"
        !           431: for upper right corner.
        !           432: Thus  
        !           433: .L frame .5 0 1. .5
        !           434: plots in the lower right
        !           435: quadrant of the display;
        !           436: .L frame 0. 1. 1. 0.
        !           437: uses the whole display but
        !           438: inverts the
        !           439: .I y
        !           440: coordinates.
        !           441: .TP 10
        !           442: .B sa
        !           443: Save the current environment, and move to a new one.
        !           444: The new environment inherits the old one.
        !           445: There are 7 levels.
        !           446: .TP 10
        !           447: .B re
        !           448: Restore previous environment.
        !           449: .PD
        !           450: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           451: .IR plot (1), 
        !           452: .IR plot (3), 
        !           453: .IR graph (1)

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