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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Extended Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This program is a display interface for Gnuplot.
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- When it starts up, it spawns a new session which contains the GNUPLOT program.
- This new session provides the usual Gnuplot command line.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Help Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The About menu item displays the About box, which just identifies the program.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Options menu enables you to change various options on the displayed plot,
- and to control printing of the plot via the OS/2 print system.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Fonts menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to change the
- font used in the displayed plot.
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- You can also 'drag and drop' a font from a Font Palette onto the Gnushell
- window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Print menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to print the
- current window on the default printer.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Printers menu item from the Options pulldown menu enables you to select the
- printer to which output is directed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Lines menu item from the Options enables you to choose various
- options for the lines used for the plots.
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- Selecting the Thick option of the Lines menu item toggles the thick line option
- on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
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- Selecting the Solid option of the Lines menu item toggles the solid line option
- on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
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- If the Solid option is not active, curves on graphs will be plotted in various
- styles of broken lines.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Thick option of the Lines menu item toggles the thick line option
- on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
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- The thick line option can give better output on high-resolution devices like
- laser printers.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Solid option of the Lines menu item toggles the solid line option
- on and off. The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
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- If the Solid option is not active, curves on graphs will be plotted in various
- styles of broken lines.
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- This option can be combined with the Colours. option. When a plot is printed on
- a printer that does not support colour, the Solid option is disabled.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Colours menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes lines
- used for graphs to be plotted in various colours. This is the default option
- for plotting on the screen. It can be combined with the Lines option.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Pause mode menu item from the Options menu enables you to choose
- how the Gnuplot 'pause' command is handled.
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- Selecting the Dialog box menu item from the Pause options menu causes the
- Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box, and wait for you to
- end the dialog before continuing.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Dialog box menu item from the Pause options menu causes the
- Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box, and wait for you to
- end the dialog before continuing.
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- Selecting the Menu bar menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
- 'pause' command to enable the Continue menu item.
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- Selecting the Gnuplot menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
- 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot program.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Menu bar menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
- 'pause' command to enable the Continue menu item.
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- Plotting will be resumed when this item is selected.
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- Any text message is ignored.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Gnuplot menu item from the Pause options menu causes the Gnuplot
- 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot program.
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- In order to resume plotting, you will have to select the Gnuplot command line
- window, and press the enter key.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Save settings menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes the
- current line, colour and font options to be saved. The positions and sizes of
- the windows are also saved.
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- The data is saved in the file gnushell.ini file in the program's working
- directory. You can delete the file if you want to restore all settings to their
- default values. (This file is created even if no settings are saved.)
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Options Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Pop to front menu item from the Options pulldown menu causes the
- plot window to pop to the front of the window stack each time a graph is
- plotted. If this item is unchecked, the user will have to bring the window to
- the front by manual selection.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Gnuplot Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Gnuplot menu item causes the GNUPLOT command window to be brought
- to the foreground. The same result can be be obtained by pressing the ESC key
- when the Gnushell window is active.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Continue Menu Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selecting the Continue menu item causes plotting to resume after a pause
- command is received from Gnuplot.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Printer setup dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box enables you to setup the printer.
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- The printer that output will be sent to is indicated in the Current printer
- field. You can select a different printer by using the Printers item of the
- Options menu.
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- The setup can be selected by clicking on the OK button.
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- The setup can be cancelled by selecting Cancel .
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- If your printer driver supports printing to a file, the Print to file named
- field will not be greyed out. In this case, you may enter a filename here for
- sending output to a file rather than to a printer. Some printer drivers also
- support this option from the printer setup dialog box accessible with the Set
- printer option. You may choose either method. Some printer drivers (e.g.
- Postscript) will not overwrite a file if you use the second method.
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- The area of the page in which the plot will be displayed is indicated. You can
- change this by selecting the Set Page button. You can then adjust the area with
- the mouse, and click on button 1 to select the new area. Another way of doing
- this is by typing the appropriate data into the entry windows which give the
- size of the plot area, either in centimeters or relative to the page size.
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- If you wish to adjust the default behaviour of the printer, choose the Job
- properties option. This will bring up your printer setup dialog box. This is
- part of the printer driver, and the features you can adjust will depend on your
- printer. You can generally use this to swich between landscape and portrait
- mode, for instance. Note that some drivers might not have any options.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Printer selection dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box enables you to select the printer on which your output will
- appear.
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- Choose a printer from the displayed list. The chosen printer is highlighted.
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- The printer is selected by clicking on the OK button.
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- The new selection is ignored by selecting Cancel .
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Pause dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box is (optionally) displayed when a 'pause -1 <text>' command is
- issued to Gnuplot. Plotting is paused until you:
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- Select Continue to resume plotting.
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- Select Cancel to cancel plotting and return to the Gnuplot command line.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Fonts dialog box help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This dialog box enables you to change the font used on the displayed plot.
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- The font is selected by clicking on the OK button.
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- The new selection is ignored by selecting Cancel .
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- Choose a font from the displayed list. The chosen font is previwed in the
- Example window.