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
- plarc: Draw a circular or elliptical arc
- 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(3plplot) 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
- plgcol0a: Returns 8-bit RGB values and double alpha
value for given color from color map0.
- plgcolbg: Returns the background color (cmap0[0]) by
8-bit RGB value
- plgcolbga: Returns the background color (cmap0[0])
by 8-bit RGB value and double alpha 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
- plgfont: Get family, style and weight of the current
font
- plglevel: Get the (current) run level
- plgpage: Get page parameters
- plgra: Switch to graphics screen
- plgradient: Draw linear gradient inside polygon
- 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
- plimagefr: Plot a 2D matrix using color map1
- plimage: Plot a 2D matrix using color map1 with
automatic colour adjustment
- plinit: Initialize PLplot
- pljoin: Draw a line between two points
- pllab: Simple routine to write labels
- pllegend: Plot legend using discretely annotated
filled boxes, lines, and/or lines of symbols
- 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
- plpath: Draw a line between two points, accounting
for coordinate transforms.
- plpoin: Plot a glyph at the specified points
- plpoin3: Plot a glyph at the specified 3D
points
- 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.
- plrandd: Random number generator returning a real
random number in the range [0,1].
- 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
- plscmap0a: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB values
and double alpha value.
- plscmap0n: Set number of colors in color map0
- plscmap1: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB
values
- plscmap1a: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB
values and double alpha values.
- plscmap1l: Set color map1 colors using a piece-wise
linear relationship
- plscmap1la: 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
- plscol0a: Set a given color from color map0 by 8 bit
RGB value and double alpha value.
- plscolbg: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB
value
- plscolbga: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB
value and double alpha 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
- plseed: Set seed for internal random number
generator.
- 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
- plsfont: Set family, style and weight of the current
font
- 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
- plslabelfunc: Assign a function to use for
generating custom axis labels
- plsmaj: Set length of major ticks
- plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted (RGB)
- plsmema: Set the memory area to be plotted
(RGBA)
- plsmin: Set length of minor ticks
- plsori: Set orientation
- plspage: Set page parameters
- plspal0: Set the colors for color table 0 from a
cmap0 file
- plspal1: Set the colors for color table 1 from a
cmap1 file
- 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
- plstransform: Set a global coordinate transform
function
- plstring: Plot a glyph at the specified points
- plstring3: Plot a glyph at the specified 3D
points
- 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
- plfsurf3d: 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: Plot a glyph at the specified points
- plszax: Set z axis parameters
- pltext: Switch to text screen
- pltimefmt: Set format for date / time labels
- 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
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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.