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NAME

6       gle - Graphics Layout Engine
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SYNOPSIS

9       gle [options] file.gle ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       GLE  (Graphics Layout Engine) is a graphics scripting language designed
13       for creating publication quality graphs, plots, diagrams,  figures  and
14       slides.  GLE  supports various graph types (function plots, histograms,
15       bar graphs, scatter plots, contour lines, color  maps,  surface  plots,
16       ...)  through a simple but flexible set of graphing commands. More com‐
17       plex output can be created by  relying  on  GLE's  scripting  language,
18       which  is full featured with subroutines, variables, and logic control.
19       GLE relies on LaTeX for text output and supports mathematical  formulea
20       in graphs and figures. GLE's output formats include EPS, PS, PDF, JPEG,
21       and PNG.
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DOCUMENTATION

24       GLE's documentation is distrubuted in PDF format and can  be  found  at
25       the GLE website:
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27       <http://www.gle-graphics.org>
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OPTIONS

30       -help  Shows help about command line options.
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32       -info  Outputs software version, build date, GLE_TOP, GLE_BIN, etc..
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34       -verbosity
35              Sets the verbosity level of GLE console output.
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37       -device
38              Selects output device(s).
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40       -cairo Use cairo output device.
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42       -resolution
43              Sets the resolution for bitmap and PDF output.
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45       -fullpage
46              Selects full page output.
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51       -output
52              Specifies the name of the output file.
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58              Previews the output with QGLE.
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60       -gs    Previews the output with GhostScript.
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62       -version
63              Selects a GLE version to run.
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66              Selects a GLE compatibility mode.
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68       -calc  Runs GLE in "calculator" mode.
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73       -tex   Indicates that the script includes LaTeX expressions.
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75       -inc   Creates an .inc file with LaTeX code.
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101       -safemode
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104       -allowread
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110       -keep  Don't delete temporary files.
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FILES

113       /usr/share/gle-graphics/4.2.5/glerc
114              The system wide configuration file.
115       ~/.glerc
116              Per user configuration file.
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ENVIRONMENT

119       GLE_USRLIB
120              The search path for include files.
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122       GLE_TOP
123              The location of the fonts and other resources.
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1274.2.5                              JULY 2007                            GLE(1)