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author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-05-14 15:14:21 +0000 |
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committer | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-05-14 15:14:21 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man1/graph.1 b/man/man1/graph.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4cdc6b24 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/graph.1 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +.TH GRAPH 1 +.CT 1 numbers graphics +.SH NAME +graph \- draw a graph +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B graph +[ +.I option ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Graph +with no options takes pairs of numbers from the +standard input as abscissas +.RI ( x -values) +and ordinates +.RI ( y -values) +of a graph. +Successive points are connected by straight lines. +The graph is encoded on the standard output +for display by +.IR plot (1) +filters. +.PP +If an ordinate is followed by +a nonnumeric string, that string is printed as a +label beginning on the point. +Labels may be surrounded with quotes +.L +" " +in which case they may be empty or contain blanks +and numbers; +labels never contain newlines. +.PP +The following options are recognized, +each as a separate argument. +.TP +.B -a +Supply abscissas automatically; no +.IR x -values +appear in the input. +Spacing is given by the next +argument (default 1). +A second optional argument is the starting point for +automatic abscissas (default 0, or 1 +with a log scale in +.IR x , +or the lower limit given by +.BR -x ). +.TP +.B -b +Break (disconnect) the graph after each label in the input. +.TP +.B -c +Character string given by next argument +is default label for each point. +.TP +.B -g +Next argument is grid style, +0 no grid, 1 frame with ticks, 2 full grid (default). +.TP +.B -l +Next argument is a legend to title the graph. +Grid ranges +are automatically printed as part +of the title unless a +.B -s +option is present. +.TP +.B -m +Next argument is mode (style) +of connecting lines: +0 disconnected, 1 connected. +Some devices give distinguishable line styles +for other small integers. +Mode \-1 (default) begins with style 1 and +rotates styles for successive curves under option +.BR -o . +.TP +.B -o +(Overlay.) +The ordinates for +.I n +superposed curves appear in the input +with each abscissa value. +The next argument is +.IR n . +.TP +.B -s +Save screen; no new page for this graph. +.TP +.B -x l +If +.B l +is present, +.IR x -axis +is logarithmic. +Next 1 (or 2) arguments are lower (and upper) +.I x +limits. +Third argument, if present, is grid spacing on +.I x +axis. +Normally these quantities are determined automatically. +.TP +.B -y l +Similarly for +.IR y . +.TP +.B -e +Make automatically determined +.I x +and +.I y +scales equal. +.TP +.B -h +Next argument is fraction of space for height. +.TP +.B -w +Similarly for width. +.TP +.B -r +Next argument is fraction of space to move right before plotting. +.TP +.B -u +Similarly to move up before plotting. +.TP +.B -t +Transpose horizontal and vertical axes. +(Option +.B -a +now applies to the vertical axis.) +.PP +If a specified lower limit exceeds the upper limit, +the axis +is reversed. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/cmd/graph +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR plot (1), +.IR grap (1) +.SH BUGS +Segments that run out of bounds are dropped, not windowed. +Logarithmic axes may not be reversed. +Option +.B -e +actually makes automatic limits, rather than automatic scaling, +equal. |