1plplot(3plplot) PLplot API plplot(3plplot)
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6 PLplot - Advanced 2D and 3D scientific plotting library
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9 Available API man pages:
10 pl_setcontlabelformat: Set format of numerical label for contours
12 pl_setcontlabelparam: Set parameters of contour labelling other than
13 format of numerical label
14 pladv: Advance the (sub-)page
15 plaxes: Draw a box with axes, etc. with arbitrary origin
16 plbin: Plot a histogram from binned data
17 plbop: Begin a new page
18 plbox: Draw a box with axes, etc
19 plbox3: Draw a box with axes, etc, in 3-d
20 plcalc_world: Calculate world coordinates and corresponding window
21 index from relative device coordinates
22 plclear: Clear current (sub)page
23 plcol0: Set color, map0
24 plcol1: Set color, map1
25 plcont: Contour plot
26 plcpstrm: Copy state parameters from the reference stream to the cur‐
27 rent stream
28 plend: End plotting session
29 plend1: End plotting session for current stream
30 plenv0: Same as plenv(3plplot) but if in multiplot mode does not
31 advance the subpage, instead clears it.
32 plenv: Set up standard window and draw box
33 pleop: Eject current page
34 plerrx: Draw x error bar
35 plerry: Draw y error bar
36 plfamadv: Advance to the next family file on the next new page
37 plfill: Draw filled polygon
38 plfill3: Draw filled polygon in 3D
39 plflush: Flushes the output stream
40 plfont: Set character font
41 plfontld: Load character font
42 plgchr: Get character default height and current (scaled) height
43 plgcol0: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color from color map0
44 plgcol0a: Returns 8-bit RGB values and double alpha value for given
45 color from color map0.
46 plgcolbg: Returns the background color (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value
47 plgcolbga: Returns the background color (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value
48 and double alpha value.
49 plgcompression: Get the current device-compression setting
50 plgdev: Get the current device (keyword) name
51 plgdidev: Get parameters that define current device-space window
52 plgdiori: Get plot orientation
53 plgdiplt: Get parameters that define current plot-space window
54 plgfam: Get family file parameters
55 plgfci: Get FCI (font characterization integer)
56 plgfnam: Get output file name
57 plgfont: Get family, style and weight of the current font
58 plglevel: Get the (current) run level
59 plgpage: Get page parameters
60 plgra: Switch to graphics screen
61 plgradient: Draw linear gradient inside polygon
62 plgriddata: Grid data from irregularly sampled data
63 plgspa: Get current subpage parameters
64 plgstrm: Get current stream number
65 plgver: Get the current library version number
66 plgvpd: Get viewport limits in normalized device coordinates
67 plgvpw: Get viewport limits in world coordinates
68 plgxax: Get x axis parameters
69 plgyax: Get y axis parameters
70 plgzax: Get z axis parameters
71 plhist: Plot a histogram from unbinned data
72 plhlsrgb: Convert HLS color to RGB
73 plimagefr: Plot a 2D matrix using color map1
74 plimage: Plot a 2D matrix using color map1 with automatic colour
75 adjustment
76 plinit: Initialize PLplot
77 pljoin: Draw a line between two points
78 pllab: Simple routine to write labels
79 pllightsource: Sets the 3D position of the light source
80 plline: Draw a line
81 plline3: Draw a line in 3 space
82 pllsty: Select line style
83 plmap: Plot continental outline in world coordinates.
84 plmeridians: Plot latitude and longitude lines.
85 plmesh: Plot surface mesh
86 plmeshc: Magnitude colored plot surface mesh with contour.
87 plmkstrm: Creates a new stream and makes it the default
88 plmtex: Write text relative to viewport boundaries
89 plmtex3: Write text relative to viewport boundaries in 3D plots.
90 plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot
91 plot3dc: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour.
92 plparseopts: Parse command-line arguments
93 plpat: Set area fill pattern
94 plpath: Draw a line between two points, accounting for coordinate
95 transforms.
96 plpoin: Plots a character at the specified points
97 plpoin3: Plots a character at the specified points in 3 space
98 plpoly3: Draw a polygon in 3 space
99 plprec: Set precision in numeric labels
100 plpsty: Select area fill pattern
101 plptex: Write text inside the viewport
102 plptex3: Write text inside the viewport of a 3D plot.
103 plrandd: Random number generator returning a real random number in the
104 range [0,1].
105 plreplot: Replays contents of plot buffer to current device/file
106 plrgbhls: Convert RGB color to HLS
107 plschr: Set character size
108 plscmap0: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB values
109 plscmap0a: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB values and double alpha
110 value.
111 plscmap0n: Set number of colors in color map0
112 plscmap1: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB values
113 plscmap1a: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB values and double
114 alpha values.
115 plscmap1l: Set color map1 colors using a piece-wise linear relationship
116 plscmap1la: Set color map1 colors using a piece-wise linear relation‐
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118 plscmap1n: Set number of colors in color map1
119 plscol0: Set a given color from color map0 by 8 bit RGB value
120 plscol0a: Set a given color from color map0 by 8 bit RGB value and
121 double alpha value.
122 plscolbg: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value
123 plscolbga: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value and double alpha
124 value.
125 plscolor: Used to globally turn color output on/off
126 plscompression: Set device-compression level
127 plsdev: Set the device (keyword) name
128 plsdidev: Set parameters that define current device-space window
129 plsdimap: Set up transformation from metafile coordinates
130 plsdiori: Set plot orientation
131 plsdiplt: Set parameters that define current plot-space window
132 plsdiplz: Set parameters incrementally (zoom mode) that define current
133 plot-space window
134 plseed: Set seed for internal random number generator.
135 plsesc: Set the escape character for text strings
136 plsetopt: Set any command-line option
137 plsfam: Set family file parameters
138 plsfci: Set FCI (font characterization integer)
139 plsfnam: Set output file name
140 plsfont: Set family, style and weight of the current font
141 plshades: Shade regions on the basis of value
142 plshade: Shade individual region on the basis of value
143 plshade1: Shade individual region on the basis of value
144 plslabelfunc: Assign a function to use for generating custom axis
145 labels
146 plsmaj: Set length of major ticks
147 plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted
148 plsmin: Set length of minor ticks
149 plsori: Set orientation
150 plspage: Set page parameters
151 plspause: Set the pause (on end-of-page) status
152 plsstrm: Set current output stream
153 plssub: Set the number of subpages in x and y
154 plssym: Set symbol size
155 plstar: Initialization
156 plstart: Initialization
157 plstransform: Set a global coordinate transform function
158 plstripa: Add a point to a stripchart
159 plstripc: Create a 4-pen stripchart
160 plstripd: Deletes and releases memory used by a stripchart
161 plstyl: Set line style
162 plsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
163 plsvect: Set arrow style for vector plots
164 plsvpa: Specify viewport in absolute coordinates
165 plsxax: Set x axis parameters
166 plsyax: Set y axis parameters
167 plsym: Plots a symbol at the specified points
168 plszax: Set z axis parameters
169 pltext: Switch to text screen
170 pltimefmt: Set format for date / time labels
171 plvasp: Specify viewport using aspect ratio only
172 plvect: Vector plot
173 plvpas: Specify viewport using coordinates and aspect ratio
174 plvpor: Specify viewport using coordinates
175 plvsta: Select standard viewport
176 plw3d: Set up window for 3-d plotting
177 plwid: Set pen width
178 plwind: Specify world coordinates of viewport boundaries
179 plxormod: Enter or leave xor mode
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182 Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot. This
183 man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the
184 PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael
185 Laboissiere.
187 PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources.
188 July, 2010 plplot(3plplot)