plplot(3)                         PLplot API                         plplot(3)



NAME
       PLplot - Advanced 2D and 3D scientific plotting library

DESCRIPTION
       Available API man pages:

       pl_setcontlabelformat: Set
              format of numerical label for contours
       pl_setcontlabelparam: Set parameters of
              contour labelling other than format of numerical label
       pladv: Advance the (sub-)page
       plaxes: Draw a box with axes, etc. with arbitrary
              origin
       plbin: Plot a histogram from binned data
       plbop: Begin a new page
       plbox: Draw a box with axes, etc
       plbox3: Draw a box with axes, etc, in 3-d
       plcalc_world: Calculate world coordinates and
              corresponding window index from relative device coordinates
       plclear: Clear current (sub)page
       plcol0: Set color, map0
       plcol1: Set color, map1
       plcont: Contour plot
       plcpstrm: Copy state parameters from the
              reference stream to the current stream
       plend: End plotting session
       plend1: End plotting session for current stream
       plenv0: Same as plenv(3) but if in multiplot mode does not advance the
       subpage, instead clears it.
       plenv: Set up standard window and draw box
       pleop: Eject current page
       plerrx: Draw x error bar
       plerry: Draw y error bar
       plfamadv: Advance to the next family file on the
              next new page
       plfill: Draw filled polygon
       plfill3: Draw filled polygon in 3D
       plflush: Flushes the output stream
       plfont: Set character font
       plfontld: Load character font
       plgchr: Get character default height and current
              (scaled) height
       plgcol0: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color
              from color map0
       plgcolbg:  Returns the background color
              (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value
       plgcompression: Get the current device-compression setting
       plgdev: Get the current device (keyword) name
       plgdidev: Get parameters that define current device-space window
       plgdiori: Get plot orientation
       plgdiplt: Get parameters that define current plot-space window
       plgfam: Get family file parameters
       plgfci: Get FCI (font characterization integer)
       plgfnam: Get output file name
       plglevel: Get the (current) run level
       plgpage: Get page parameters
       plgra: Switch to graphics screen
       plgriddata: Grid data from irregularly sampled data
       plgspa: Get current subpage parameters
       plgstrm: Get current stream number
       plgver: Get the current library version number
       plgvpd: Get viewport limits in normalized
              device coordinates
       plgvpw: Get viewport limits in world coordinates
       plgxax: Get x axis parameters
       plgyax: Get y axis parameters
       plgzax: Get z axis parameters
       plhist: Plot a histogram from unbinned data
       plhlsrgb: Convert HLS color to RGB
       plinit: Initialize PLplot
       pljoin: Draw a line between two points
       pllab: Simple routine to write labels
       pllightsource: Sets the 3D position of the light
              source
       plline: Draw a line
       plline3: Draw a line in 3 space
       pllsty: Select line style
       plmap: Plot continental outline in world coordinates.
       plmeridians: Plot latitude and longitude lines.
       plmesh: Plot surface mesh
       plmeshc: Magnitude colored plot surface mesh with contour.
       plmkstrm: Creates a new stream and makes it the
              default
       plmtex: Write text relative to viewport boundaries
       plmtex3: Write text relative to viewport boundaries in 3D plots.
       plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot
       plot3dc: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour.
       plparseopts: Parse command-line arguments
       plpat: Set area fill pattern
       plpoin: Plots a character at the specified points
       plpoin3:  Plots a character at the specified points in 3 space
       plpoly3: Draw a polygon in 3 space
       plprec: Set precision in numeric labels
       plpsty: Select area fill pattern
       plptex: Write text inside the viewport
       plptex3: Write text inside the viewport of a 3D plot.
       plreplot: Replays contents of plot buffer to
              current device/file
       plrgbhls: Convert RGB color to HLS
       plschr: Set character size
       plscmap0: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB
              values
       plscmap0n: Set number of colors in color map0
       plscmap1: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB
              values
       plscmap1l: Set color map1 colors using a
              piece-wise linear relationship
       plscmap1n: Set number of colors in color map1
       plscol0:  Set a given color from color map0 by 8
              bit RGB value
       plscolbg: Set the background color
              by 8-bit RGB value
       plscolor: Used to globally turn color output on/off
       plscompression: Set device-compression level
       plsdev: Set the device (keyword) name
       plsdidev: Set parameters that define current device-space window
       plsdimap: Set up transformation from metafile
              coordinates
       plsdiori: Set plot orientation
       plsdiplt: Set parameters that define current plot-space window
       plsdiplz: Set parameters incrementally (zoom mode) that define current
       plot-space window
       plsesc: Set the escape character for text strings
       plsetopt: Set any command-line option
       plsfam: Set family file parameters
       plsfci: Set FCI (font characterization integer)
       plsfnam: Set output file name
       plshades: Shade regions on the basis of value
       plshade:  Shade individual region on the basis of value
       plshade1: Shade individual region on the basis of value
       plsmaj: Set length of major ticks
       plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted
       plsmin: Set length of minor ticks
       plsori: Set orientation
       plspage: Set page parameters
       plspause: Set the pause (on end-of-page) status
       plsstrm: Set current output stream
       plssub: Set the number of subpages in x and y
       plssym: Set symbol size
       plstar: Initialization
       plstart: Initialization
       plstripa: Add a point to a stripchart
       plstripc: Create a 4-pen stripchart
       plstripd: Deletes and releases memory used by a
              stripchart
       plstyl: Set line style
       plsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
       plsvect: Set arrow style for vector plots
       plsvpa: Specify viewport in absolute coordinates
       plsxax: Set x axis parameters
       plsyax: Set y axis parameters
       plsym: Plots a symbol at the specified points
       plszax: Set z axis parameters
       pltext: Switch to text screen
       plvasp: Specify viewport using aspect ratio only
       plvect: Vector plot
       plvpas: Specify viewport using coordinates and aspect ratio
       plvpor: Specify viewport using coordinates
       plvsta: Select standard viewport
       plw3d: Set up window for 3-d plotting
       plwid: Set pen width
       plwind: Specify world coordinates of viewport boundaries
       plxormod: Enter or leave xor mode

AUTHORS
       Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot.  This
       man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the
       PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael
       Laboissiere.
SEE ALSO
       PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources.




                                November, 2007                       plplot(3)
