Ploticus Handbook - Contents

Ploticus data display engine Copyright Steve Grubb

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Ploticus Handbook - Contents

This handbook and reference describes all programs, plotting procedures and attributes.

PROGRAMS

The pl program
The pltab program

GENERAL INFO

What's new
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
User comments and feedback
Scripts syntax
Plot data file formats
Scaling and various types of units
Producing paper-based reports (PostScript, EPS)
Producing web-based graphics (PNG, GIF)
Producing posters
Producing slides
Interactive graphics (X11)
Controlling ploticus from other programs

PLOTTING PROCEDURES

Proc Annotate - add annotation
Proc Areadef - define a plotting area
Proc Axis (Xaxis/Yaxis) - render an axis
Proc Bars - produce bar graphs or histograms
Proc Curvefit - generate a curve from data points
Proc Drawcommands - draw using command set
Proc Getdata - get or specify plot data
Proc Legend - render a legend
Proc Line - draw arbitrary lines
Proc Lineplot - produce a line plot
Proc Page - set page-wide attributes/ break page
Proc Pie - produce a pie graph
Proc Rangebar - produce a rangebar / boxplot
Proc Rangesweep - produce a range sweep
Proc Scatterplot - produce a scatterplot

UTILITY PROCEDURES

Proc Bevelrect - draw a bevelled rectangle
Proc Breakaxis - break an axis for display of extreme values
Proc Catslide - adjust placement of categories
Proc Datesettings - control details of date handling
Proc Defineunits - explicitly define scaling units
Proc Endproc - mark the end of a proc's attributes
Proc Import - import an external PNG image file
Proc Legendentry - define a legend entry explicitly
Proc Originaldata - reference original data set
Proc Print - show outliers, contents of variables, etc.
Proc Processdata - process data set in various ways
Proc Tabulate - perform tabulations & frequency distributions
Proc Trailer - specify data at end of control file
Proc Transform - renamed to proc processdata in version 1.39

ATTRIBUTE TYPES

Attribute types - reference
Color
Conditional expressions
Linedetails
Symboldetails
Textdetails

APPENDIX

Working with date data
Working with time data
Working with missing data
System @variables
Available $functions
Special characters
Ploticus configuration files
Program limitations
Copyright and permissions
Home page (www.sgpr.net)
Downloading the software
Where to ask questions & report problems