Annotation of OpenXM_contrib/gnuplot/os2/gnupmdrv.ipf, Revision 1.1.1.1
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4: :h1 res=5. Extended Help
5: :p.This program is a display interface for Gnuplot.
6: :p.When it starts up, it spawns a new session which contains
7: the :hp2.GNUPLOT:ehp2. program. This new session provides the usual
8: Gnuplot command line.
9:
10: :h1 res=103. Help Menu Help
11: :i1 id=mabout. Help menu
12: :i2 refid=mabout. About
13: :p.The :hp2.About:ehp2. menu item displays the About box, which
14: just identifies the program.
15:
16: :h1 res=100. Options Menu Help
17: :i1 id=mopt. Options menu
18: :i2 refid=mopt. The options menu
19: :p.The :hp2.Options:ehp2. menu enables you to change various options on the
20: displayed plot, and to control printing of the plot via the OS/2 print
21: system.
22:
23: :h1 res=104. Options Menu Help
24: :i2 refid=mopt. Fonts
25: :p.The :hp2.Fonts:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
26: pulldown menu enables you to change the font used in the displayed plot.
27: :p.You can also 'drag and drop' a font from a Font Palette onto the Gnushell
28: window.
29:
30: :h1 res=101. Options Menu Help
31: :i2 refid=mopt. Print
32: :p.The :hp2.Print:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
33: pulldown menu enables you to print the current window on the default
34: printer.
35:
36: :h1 res=115. Options Menu Help
37: :i2 refid=mopt. Printers
38: :p.The :hp2.Printers:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
39: pulldown menu enables you to select the printer to which
40: output is directed.
41:
42: :h1 res=207. Options Menu Help
43: :i2 refid=mopt. Linetype option
44: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Lines:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
45: enables you to choose various options for the lines used for the plots.
46: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Thick:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
47: menu item toggles the :hp2.thick line:ehp2. option on and off.
48: The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
49: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
50: menu item toggles the :hp2.solid line:ehp2. option on and off.
51: The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
52: :p.If the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is not active, curves on graphs will be
53: plotted in various styles of broken lines.
54:
55: :h1 res=208. Options Menu Help
56: :i2 refid=mopt. Thick line option
57: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Thick:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
58: menu item toggles the :hp2.thick line:ehp2. option on and off.
59: The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
60: :p.The thick line option can give better output on high-resolution
61: devices like laser printers.
62:
63: :h1 res=209. Options Menu Help
64: :i2 refid=mopt. Solid lines option
65: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option of the :hp2.Lines:ehp2.
66: menu item toggles the :hp2.solid line:ehp2. option on and off.
67: The selection is active if the menu item is checked.
68: :p.If the :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is not active, curves on graphs will be
69: plotted in various styles of broken lines.
70: :p.This option can be combined with the :hp2.Colours.:ehp2. option.
71: When a plot is printed on a printer that does not support colour, the
72: :hp2.Solid:ehp2. option is disabled.
73:
74: :h1 res=206. Options Menu Help
75: :i2 refid=mopt. Colours
76: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Colours:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
77: pulldown menu causes lines used for graphs to be plotted in various
78: colours. This is the default option for plotting on the screen.
79: It can be combined with the :hp2.Lines:ehp2. option.
80:
81: :h1 res=120. Options Menu Help
82: :i2 refid=mopt. Pause option
83: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Pause mode:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
84: menu enables you to choose how the Gnuplot 'pause' command is handled.
85: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Dialog box:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
86: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box,
87: and wait for you to end the dialog before continuing.
88:
89: :h1 res=121. Options Menu Help
90: :i2 refid=mopt. Pause with dialog box
91: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Dialog box:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
92: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to print a message in a dialog box,
93: and wait for you to end the dialog before continuing.
94: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Menu bar:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
95: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to enable the :hp2.Continue:ehp2.
96: menu item.
97: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
98: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot
99: program.
100:
101: :h1 res=122. Options Menu Help
102: :i2 refid=mopt. Pause with menu item
103: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Menu bar:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
104: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to enable the :hp2.Continue:ehp2.
105: menu item.
106: :p.Plotting will be resumed when this item is selected.
107: :p.Any text message is ignored.
108:
109: :h1 res=123. Options Menu Help
110: :i2 refid=mopt. Pause in Gnuplot
111: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Pause options:ehp2.
112: menu causes the Gnuplot 'pause' command to be handled by the Gnuplot
113: program.
114: :p.In order to resume plotting, you will have to select the Gnuplot command line
115: window, and press the enter key.
116:
117:
118: :h1 res=105. Options Menu Help
119: :i2 refid=mopt. gnushell.ini
120: :i2 refid=mopt. Save settings
121: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Save settings:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
122: pulldown menu causes the current line, colour and font options to be saved.
123: The positions and sizes of the windows are also saved.
124: :p.The data is saved in the file :hp2.gnushell.ini:ehp2. file in the
125: program&csq.s working directory. You can delete the file if you want to restore
126: all settings to their default values. (This file is created even if
127: no settings are saved.)
128:
129: :h1 res=210. Options Menu Help
130: :i2 refid=mopt. Pop to front
131: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Pop to front:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
132: pulldown menu causes the plot window to pop to the front of the
133: window stack each time a graph is plotted. If this item is unchecked,
134: the user will have to bring the window to the front by manual selection.
135:
136: :h1 res=500. Edit Menu Help
137: :i1 id=medit. Edit menu
138: :i2 refid=medit. The Edit menu
139: :p.The :hp2.Edit:ehp2. menu gives you access to commands
140: for copying the plot to the clipboard.
141:
142: :h1 res=501. Edit Menu Help
143: :i2 refid=medit. Copy to clipboard
144: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Copy:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Edit:ehp2.
145: pulldown menu causes the current plot to be copied to the system
146: clipboard. The plot is copied in bitmap and in metafile format.
147:
148: :h1 res=504. Edit Menu Help
149: :i2 refid=medit. Clear clipboard
150: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Clear clipboard:ehp2. menu item from the :hp2.Edit:ehp2.pulldown menu causes the clipboard to be cleared.
151: :h1 res=300. Gnuplot Menu Help
152: :i1 id=mgnu. Gnuplot menu
153: :i2 refid=mgnu. Moving to GNUPLOT window
154: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Gnuplot:ehp2. menu item causes the GNUPLOT
155: command window to be brought to the foreground. The same result can be be
156: obtained by pressing the ESC key when the Gnushell window is active.
157:
158: :h1 res=400. Continue Menu Help
159: :i1 id=mcont. Continue menu
160: :i2 refid=mcont. Continue plotting
161: :p.Selecting the :hp2.Continue:ehp2. menu item causes plotting
162: to resume after a pause command is received from Gnuplot.
163:
164: :h1 res=5000. Printer setup dialog box help
165: :i1 id=qprint. Printing
166: :i2 refid=qprint. Printer setup
167: :p.This dialog box enables you to setup the printer.
168: :p.The printer that output will be sent to is indicated in the
169: :hp2.Current printer:ehp2. field. You can select a different
170: printer by using the :hp2.Printers:ehp2. item of the :hp2.Options:ehp2.
171: menu.
172: :p.The setup can be selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
173: :p.The setup can be cancelled by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
174: :p.If your printer driver supports printing to a file, the
175: :hp2.Print to file named:ehp2. field will not be greyed out. In this case,
176: you may enter a filename here for sending output to a file rather than to
177: a printer. Some printer drivers also support this option from the
178: printer setup dialog box accessible with the :hp2.Set printer:ehp2.
179: option. You may choose either method. Some printer drivers (e.g. Postscript)
180: will not overwrite a file if you use the second method.
181: :p.The area of the page in which the plot will be displayed is
182: indicated. You can change this by selecting the :hp2.Set Page:ehp2. button.
183: You can then adjust the area with the mouse, and click on button 1
184: to select the new area. Another way of doing this is by typing
185: the appropriate data into the entry windows which give the size of the
186: plot area, either in centimeters or relative to the page size.
187: :p.If you wish to adjust the default behaviour of the printer,
188: choose the :hp2.Job properties:ehp2. option. This will bring up your
189: printer setup dialog box. This is part of the printer driver, and the
190: features you can adjust will depend on your printer. You can generally
191: use this to swich between landscape and portrait mode, for instance.
192: Note that some drivers might not have any options.
193:
194: :h1 res=2000. Printer selection dialog box help
195: :i2 refid=qprint. Printer selection
196: :p.This dialog box enables you to select the printer on which
197: your output will appear.
198: :p.Choose a printer from the displayed list. The chosen printer
199: is highlighted.
200: :p.The printer is selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
201: :p.The new selection is ignored by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
202:
203: :h1 res=3000. Pause dialog box help
204: :i1 id=pausebox. Pause
205: :p.This dialog box is (optionally) displayed when a
206: 'pause -1 <text>' command is issued to Gnuplot.
207: Plotting is paused until you:
208: :p.Select :hp2.Continue:ehp2. to resume plotting.
209: :p.Select :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. to cancel plotting and return to the Gnuplot
210: command line.
211:
212: :h1 res=6000. Fonts dialog box help
213: :i1 id=fonts. Font selection
214: :p.This dialog box enables you to change the font used on the displayed plot.
215: :p.The font is selected by clicking on the :hp2.OK:ehp2. button.
216: :p.The new selection is ignored by selecting :hp2.Cancel:ehp2. .
217: :p.Choose a font from the displayed list. The chosen font
218: is previwed in the :hp2.Example:ehp2. window.
219: :euserdoc.
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