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diff --git a/man/man1/grap.1 b/man/man1/grap.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b098f822 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/grap.1 @@ -0,0 +1,416 @@ +.TH GRAP 1 +.SH NAME +grap \- pic preprocessor for drawing graphs +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B grap +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Grap +is a +.IR pic (1) +preprocessor for drawing graphs on a typesetter. +Graphs are surrounded by the +.I troff +`commands' +.B \&.G1 +and +.BR \&.G2 . +Data are scaled and plotted, +with tick marks supplied automatically. +Commands exist to modify the frame, +add labels, override the default ticks, +change the plotting style, +define coordinate ranges and transformations, +and include data from files. +In addition, +.I grap +provides the same loops, conditionals, and macro processing that +.I pic +does. +.PP +.BI frame +.B ht +.I e +.B wid +.I e +.B top +.B dotted +.IR ... : +Set the frame around the graph to specified +.B ht +and +.BR wid ; +default is 2 by 3 (inches). +The line +.I styles +.RB ( dotted , +.BR dashed , +.BR invis , +.BR solid +(default)) +of the +.I sides +.RB ( top , +.BR bot , +.BR left , +.BR right ) +of the frame can be set +independently. +.PP +.B label +.I side +.B \&"a label" +.B \&"as a set of strings" +.IR adjust : +Place label on specified side; default side is bottom. +.I adjust +is +.B up +(or +.B down +.B left +.BR right ) +.I expr +to shift default position; +.B width +.I expr +sets the width explicitly. +.PP +.BI ticks +.I side +.B in +.B at +.IR "optname expr, expr, ..." : +Put ticks on +.I side +at +.I "expr, ..., +and label with +.I \&"expr"\f1. +If any +.I expr +is followed by "...", label tick with "...", +and turn off all automatic labels. +If "..." contains +.BR %f 's, +they will be interpreted as +.B printf +formatting instructions for the tick value. +Ticks point +.B in +or +.B out +(default out). +Tick iterator: instead of +.B at +.IR \&... , +use +.BI from +.I expr +.B to +.I expr +.B by +.I "op expr +where +.I op +is optionally +.B +-*/ +for additive or multiplicative steps. +.B by +can be omitted, to give steps of size 1. +If no ticks are requested, they are supplied automatically; +suppress this with +.B ticks +.BR off . +Automatic ticks normally +leave a margin of 7% on each side; set this to anything by +.B margin +.B = +.IR expr . +.PP +.B grid +.I "side linedesc" +.B at +.IR "optname expr, expr, ..." : +Draw grids perpendicular to +.I side +in style +.I linedesc +at +.I "expr, ....\& +Iterators and labels work as with ticks. +.PP +.B coord +.I optname +.B x +.I "min, max" +.B y +.I "min, max" +.B "log x +.BR " log y" : +Set range of coords and optional log scaling on either or both. +This overrides computation of data range. +Default value of +.I optname +is current coordinate system +(each +.B coord +defines a new coordinate system). +.PP +.B plot +.I \&"str" +.B at +.IR point ; +.B +.I \&"str" +.B at +.IR point : +Put +.I str +at +.IR point . +Text position can be qualified with +.BR rjust , +.BR ljust , +.BR above , +.BR below +after "...". +.PP +.B line +.B from +.I point +.B to +.IR "point linedesc" : +Draw line from here to there. +.B arrow +works in place of +.BR line . +.PP +.B next +.I optname +.B at +.IR "point linedesc" : +Continue plot of data in +.I optname to +.IR point ; +default is current. +.PP +.BI draw +.IR "optname linedesc ..." : +Set mode for +.BR next : +use this style from now on, +and plot "..." at each point (if given). +.PP +.BI new +.IR "optname linedesc ..." : +Set mode for +.BR next , +but disconnect from previous. +.PP +A list of numbers +.I "x y1 y2 y3 ... +is treated as +.B plot +.B bullet +.B at +.IR x,y1 ; +.B plot +.B bullet +.B at +.IR x,y2 ; +etc., or as +.B next +.B at +.I x,y1 +etc., if +.B draw +is specified. +Abscissae of 1,2,3,... are provided if there is only one input number per line. +.PP +A +point +.I "optname expr, expr +maps the point to the named coordinate system. +A +.I linedesc +is one of +.B dot +.B dash +.B invis +.B solid +optionally followed by an expression. +.PP +.BI define +.I name +.BI { whatever } \f1: +Define a macro. +There are macros already defined for standard plotting +symbols like +.BR bullet , +.BR circle , +.BR star , +.BR plus , +etc., in +.BR /sys/lib/grap.defines , +which is included if it exists. +.PP +.I var +.B = +.IR expr : +Evaluate an expression. +Operators are +.B= +.B + +.B - +.B * +and +.BR / . +Functions are +.B log +and +.B exp +(both base 10), +.BR sin , +.BR cos , +.BR sqrt ; +.B rand +returns random number on [0,1); +.BI max( e , e )\f1, +.BI min( e , e )\f1, +.BI int( e )\f1. +.PP +.B print +.IR expr ; +.B print +\fL"\f2...\fL"\f1: +As a debugging aid, print +.I expr +or +.I string +on the standard error. +.PP +.B copy +\fL"\fIfile name\fL"\fR: +Include this file right here. +.PP +.B copy +.B thru +.IR macro : +Pass rest of input (until +.BR \&.G2 ) +through +.IR macro , +treating each field (non-blank, or "...") as an argument. +.I macro +can be the name of a macro previously defined, +or the body of one in place, like +.BR "/plot $1 at $2,$3/" . +.PP +.B copy +.B thru +.I macro +.B until +\fL"\fIstring\fL"\fR: +Stop copy when input is +.I string +(left-justified). +.PP +.BI pic +.IR "remainder of line" : +Copy to output with leading blanks removed. +.PP +.BI graph +.IR "Name pic-position" : +Start a new frame, place it at specified position, +e.g., +.B graph +.B Thing2 +.BR "with .sw at Thing1.se + (0.1,0)" . +.I Name +must be capitalized to keep +.I pic +happy. +.PP +.BI \&. "anything at beginning of +.IR line : +Copied verbatim. +.PP +.B sh +.BI % anything +.BR % : +Pass everything between the +.BR % 's +to the shell; +as with macros, +.B % +may be any character and +.I anything +may include newlines. +.PP +.B # +.IR anything : +A comment, which is discarded. +.PP +Order is mostly irrelevant; no category is mandatory. +Any arguments on the +.B \&.G1 +line are placed on the generated +.B \&.PS +line for +.IR pic . +.SH EXAMPLES +.EX +.ps -1 +.vs -1 +\&.G1 +frame ht 1 top invis right invis +coord x 0, 10 y 1, 3 log y +ticks left in at 1 "bottommost tick", 2,3 "top tick" +ticks bot in from 0 to 10 by 2 +label bot "silly graph" +label left "left side label" "here" +grid left dashed at 2.5 +copy thru / circle at $1,$2 / +1 1 +2 1.5 +3 2 +4 1.5 +10 3 +\&.G2 +.G1 +frame ht 1 top invis right invis +coord x 0, 10 y 1, 3 log y +ticks left in at 1 "bottommost tick", 2,3 "top tick" +ticks bot in from 0 to 10 by 2 +label bot "silly graph" +label left "left side label" "here" +grid left dashed at 2.5 +copy thru / circle at $1,$2 / +1 1 +2 1.5 +3 2 +4 1.5 +10 3 +.G2 +.ps +.vs +.EE +.SH FILES +.TF /sys/lib/grap.defines +.TP +.B /sys/lib/grap.defines +definitions of standard plotting characters, e.g., bullet +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/grap +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR pic (1), +.IR troff (1) +.br +J. L. Bentley and B. W. Kernighan, +``GRAP\(emA Language for Typesetting Graphs'', +.I +Unix Research System Programmer's Manual, +Tenth Edition, Volume 2. |