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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
plbtime
: Calculate broken-down time from continuous time for the
current stream
plcalc_world
: Calculate world coordinates and corresponding window
index from relative device coordinates
plclear
: Clear current (sub)page
plcol0
: Set color, cmap0
plcol1
: Set color, cmap1
plcolorbar
: Plot color bar for image, shade or gradient plots
plconfigtime
: Configure the transformation between continuous and
broken-down time for the current stream
plcont
: Contour plot
plcpstrm
: Copy state parameters from the reference stream to the
current stream
plctime
: Calculate continuous time from broken-down time for 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 error bars in x direction
plerry
: Draw error bars in the y direction
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 font
plfontld
: Load Hershey fonts
plGetCursor
: Wait for graphics input event and translate to world
coordinates.
plgchr
: Get character default height and current (scaled) height
plgcmap1_range
: Get the cmap1 argument range for continuous color plots
plgcol0
: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color index from cmap0
plgcol0a
: Returns 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha transparency value
for given color index from cmap0
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 PLFLT alpha transparency 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
plgdrawmode
: Get drawing mode (depends on

device support!)

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 cmap1
plimage
: Plot a 2D matrix using cmap1 with automatic color 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 or shapefile data in world coordinates
plmapfill
: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data, filling the polygons
plmapline
: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data using lines in world
coordinates
plmapstring
: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data using strings or
points in world coordinates
plmaptex
: Draw text at points defined by Shapefile data 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
plot3dcl
: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour for z[x][y] with
y index limits
plparseopts
: Parse command-line arguments
plpat
: Set area line 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 cmap0 colors by 8-bit RGB values
plscmap0a
: Set cmap0 colors by 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha
transparency value
plscmap0n
: Set number of colors in cmap0
plscmap1_range
: Set the cmap1 argument range for continuous color plots
plscmap1
: Set opaque RGB cmap1 colors values
plscmap1a
: Set semitransparent cmap1 RGBA colors.
plscmap1l
: Set cmap1 colors using a piece-wise linear relationship
plscmap1la
: Set cmap1 colors and alpha transparency using a piece-wise
linear relationship
plscmap1n
: Set number of colors in cmap1
plscol0
: Set 8-bit RGB values for given cmap0 color index
plscol0a
: Set 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha transparency value for
given cmap0 color index
plscolbg
: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value
plscolbga
: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value and PLFLT alpha
transparency 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
plsdrawmode
: Set drawing mode (depends on device support!)
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
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 cmap0 palette using the specified cmap0*.pal format
file
plspal1
: Set the cmap1 palette using the specified cmap1*.pal format
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 strip chart
plstripc
: Create a 4-pen strip chart
plstripd
: Deletes and releases memory used by a strip chart
plstyl
: Set line style
plsurf3d
: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
plsurf3dl
: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot for z[x][y] with y index limits
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 normalized subpage coordinates
plvsta
: Select standard viewport
plw3d
: Configure the transformations required for projecting a 3D
surface on a 2D window
plwidth
: Set pen width
plwind
: Specify window
plxormod
: Enter or leave xor mode

AUTHORS

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.

SEE ALSO

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.org/documentation.php.

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