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
12 format of numerical label for contours
13 pl_setcontlabelparam: Set parameters of
14 contour labelling other than format of numerical label
15 pladv: Advance the (sub-)page
16 plaxes: Draw a box with axes, etc. with arbitrary
17 origin
18 plbin: Plot a histogram from binned data
19 plbop: Begin a new page
20 plbox: Draw a box with axes, etc
21 plbox3: Draw a box with axes, etc, in 3-d
22 plcalc_world: Calculate world coordinates and
23 corresponding window index from relative device coordinates
24 plclear: Clear current (sub)page
25 plcol0: Set color, map0
26 plcol1: Set color, map1
27 plcont: Contour plot
28 plcpstrm: Copy state parameters from the
29 reference stream to the current stream
30 plend: End plotting session
31 plend1: End plotting session for current stream
32 plenv0: Same as plenv(3plplot) but if in multiplot mode does not
33 advance the subpage, instead clears it.
34 plenv: Set up standard window and draw box
35 pleop: Eject current page
36 plerrx: Draw x error bar
37 plerry: Draw y error bar
38 plfamadv: Advance to the next family file on the
39 next new page
40 plfill: Draw filled polygon
41 plfill3: Draw filled polygon in 3D
42 plflush: Flushes the output stream
43 plfont: Set character font
44 plfontld: Load character font
45 plgchr: Get character default height and current
46 (scaled) height
47 plgcol0: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color
48 from color map0
49 plgcolbg: Returns the background color
50 (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value
51 plgcompression: Get the current device-compression setting
52 plgdev: Get the current device (keyword) name
53 plgdidev: Get parameters that define current device-space window
54 plgdiori: Get plot orientation
55 plgdiplt: Get parameters that define current plot-space window
56 plgfam: Get family file parameters
57 plgfci: Get FCI (font characterization integer)
58 plgfnam: Get output file name
59 plglevel: Get the (current) run level
60 plgpage: Get page parameters
61 plgra: Switch to graphics screen
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
67 device coordinates
68 plgvpw: Get viewport limits in world coordinates
69 plgxax: Get x axis parameters
70 plgyax: Get y axis parameters
71 plgzax: Get z axis parameters
72 plhist: Plot a histogram from unbinned data
73 plhlsrgb: Convert HLS color to RGB
74 plinit: Initialize PLplot
75 pljoin: Draw a line between two points
76 pllab: Simple routine to write labels
77 pllightsource: Sets the 3D position of the light
78 source
79 plline: Draw a line
80 plline3: Draw a line in 3 space
81 pllsty: Select line style
82 plmap: Plot continental outline in world coordinates.
83 plmeridians: Plot latitude and longitude lines.
84 plmesh: Plot surface mesh
85 plmeshc: Magnitude colored plot surface mesh with contour.
86 plmkstrm: Creates a new stream and makes it the
87 default
88 plmtex: Write text relative to viewport boundaries
89 plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot
90 plot3dc: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour.
91 plparseopts: Parse command-line arguments
92 plpat: Set area fill pattern
93 plpoin: Plots a character at the specified points
94 plpoin3: Plots a character at the specified points in 3 space
95 plpoly3: Draw a polygon in 3 space
96 plprec: Set precision in numeric labels
97 plpsty: Select area fill pattern
98 plptex: Write text inside the viewport
99 plreplot: Replays contents of plot buffer to
100 current device/file
101 plrgbhls: Convert RGB color to HLS
102 plschr: Set character size
103 plscmap0: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB
104 values
105 plscmap0n: Set number of colors in color map0
106 plscmap1: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB
107 values
108 plscmap1l: Set color map1 colors using a
109 piece-wise linear relationship
110 plscmap1n: Set number of colors in color map1
111 plscol0: Set a given color from color map0 by 8
112 bit RGB value
113 plscolbg: Set the background color
114 by 8-bit RGB value
115 plscolor: Used to globally turn color output on/off
116 plscompression: Set device-compression level
117 plsdev: Set the device (keyword) name
118 plsdidev: Set parameters that define current device-space window
119 plsdimap: Set up transformation from metafile
120 coordinates
121 plsdiori: Set plot orientation
122 plsdiplt: Set parameters that define current plot-space window
123 plsdiplz: Set parameters incrementally (zoom mode) that define current
124 plot-space window
125 plsesc: Set the escape character for text strings
126 plsetopt: Set any command-line option
127 plsfam: Set family file parameters
128 plsfci: Set FCI (font characterization integer)
129 plsfnam: Set output file name
130 plshades: Shade regions on the basis of value
131 plshade: Shade individual region on the basis of value
132 plshade1: Shade individual region on the basis of value
133 plsmaj: Set length of major ticks
134 plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted
135 plsmin: Set length of minor ticks
136 plsori: Set orientation
137 plspage: Set page parameters
138 plspause: Set the pause (on end-of-page) status
139 plsstrm: Set current output stream
140 plssub: Set the number of subpages in x and y
141 plssym: Set symbol size
142 plstar: Initialization
143 plstart: Initialization
144 plstripa: Add a point to a stripchart
145 plstripc: Create a 4-pen stripchart
146 plstripd: Deletes and releases memory used by a
147 stripchart
148 plstyl: Set line style
149 plsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
150 plsvect: Set arrow style for vector plots
151 plsvpa: Specify viewport in absolute coordinates
152 plsxax: Set x axis parameters
153 plsyax: Set y axis parameters
154 plsym: Plots a symbol at the specified points
155 plszax: Set z axis parameters
156 pltext: Switch to text screen
157 plvasp: Specify viewport using aspect ratio only
158 plvect: Vector plot
159 plvpas: Specify viewport using coordinates and aspect ratio
160 plvpor: Specify viewport using coordinates
161 plvsta: Select standard viewport
162 plw3d: Set up window for 3-d plotting
163 plwid: Set pen width
164 plwind: Specify world coordinates of viewport boundaries
165 plxormod: Enter or leave xor mode
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168 Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot. This
169 man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the
170 PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael
171 Laboissiere.
173 PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources.
174 March, 2007 plplot(3plplot)