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- Please report any errors in the SURFER manual to Tom Bresnahan at Golden
- Software, Inc.: 303-279-1021 or 1-800-333-1021.
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- In order to use the "GRID Modify Smooth Spline" option, the GRID program must
- be started without a .DAT file in memory.
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- New symbol sets have been added to the SURFER disks! Files with the letters
- "FS" in the filename indicate companion sets that are fixed spaced instead of
- the normal proportionally spaced symbols sets. For instance, SET1FS.SYM
- contains the same characters as SET1.SYM except that all the character widths
- are the same. Use the new fixed spaced symbol sets to produce aligned columns
- of data or text. Files with the letters "INT" in the filename indicate
- companion symbol sets containing international characters and letters such as Ñ
- and ¿. Use the BASIC program SYMGEN.BAS on disk to generate a .PLT file
- containing all the symbols in that symbol set. See also the ALTERSYM program
- to alter an existing symbol set or create a new one.
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- Color Zone files should be set up with the contour level in the first column
- and the color in the second row. This procedure is reversed in the manual
- on 4-36 and 5-27.
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- Subscripts and superscripts may not be used in axis titles in SURF.
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- PLOTCALL commands:
-
- Command: Move Absolute
-
- Format: MA X,Y
-
- where
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- MA is the command name to raise the pen at it's current
- position and move to (X,Y).
-
- X,Y are the coordinates to move the pen to in inches.
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-
- Command: Plot Absolute
-
- Format: PA X,Y
-
- where
-
- PA is the command to lower the pen at it's current position
- and move to (X,Y).
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- X,Y are the coordinates to move the pen to in inches.
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-
- Command: TRanslate
-
- Format: TR DX,DY
-
- where
-
- TR is the command to translate the plot.
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- DX,DY are the delta distances to move all subsequent coordinates.
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- Command: SCale
-
- Format: SC XSC,YSC
-
- where
-
- SC is the command to scale the plot.
-
- XSC is the scaling factor in the X direction.
-
- YSC is the scaling factor in the Y direction.
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- Command: Plot String
-
- Format: PS X,Y,HT,AN,STR
-
- where
-
- X,Y are the coordinates of the lower left corner of the
- first character to be plotted. If a centered symbol
- is plotted, then X,Y refers to the center of the
- symbol.
-
- HT is the height of the characters in inches.
-
- AN is the angle in degrees to plot the string.
-
- STR is the character string enclosed in double quotes.
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- Command: Set Symbol set
-
- Format: SS SYMBLSET
-
- where
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- SS is the command to set the current symbol set.
-
- SYMBLSET is the name of the file containing the desired symbol
- set enclosed in double quotes.
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- Command: ROtate
-
- Format: RO THETA
-
- where
-
- RO is the command name to set the rotation angle.
-
- THETA is the angle in degrees to rotate subsequent plot
- instructions about the current pivot point.
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- Command: PIvot
-
- Format: PI XPIV,YPIV
-
- where
-
- PI is the command to set the point about which to rotate
- and scale the plot.
-
- XPIV,YPIV are the coordinates of the pivot point.
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- Command: Select Pen
-
- Format: SP PN
-
- where
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- PN is the pen number to be selected.
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- NOTE: select Line Type command is no longer supported.