plplot(3)

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

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

plcalc_world: Calculate world coordinates and
    corresponding window index from relative device coordinates

plclear: Clear current (sub)page

plcol0: Set color, map0

plcol1: Set color, map1

plcont: Contour plot

plcpstrm: Copy state parameters from the
    reference stream to the current stream

plend: End plotting session

plend1: End plotting session for current stream

plenv0: Same as plenv(3) 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 x error bar

plerry: Draw y error bar

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 character font

plfontld: Load character font

plgchr: Get character default height and current
    (scaled) height

plgcol0: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color
    from color map0

plgcolbg:  Returns the background color
    (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB 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

plgfam: Get family file parameters

plgfci: Get FCI (font characterization integer)

plgfnam: Get output file name

plglevel: Get the (current) run level

plgpage: Get page parameters

plgra: Switch to graphics screen

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

plinit: Initialize PLplot

pljoin: Draw a line between two points

pllab: Simple routine to write labels

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 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

plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot

plot3dc: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour.

plparseopts: Parse command-line arguments

plpat: Set area fill pattern

plpoin: Plots a character at the specified points

plpoin3:  Plots a character at the specified points in 3 space

plpoly3: Draw a polygon in 3 space

plprec: Set precision in numeric labels

plpsty: Select area fill pattern

plptex: Write text inside the viewport

plreplot: Replays contents of plot buffer to
    current device/file

plrgbhls: Convert RGB color to HLS

plschr: Set character size

plscmap0: Set color map0 colors by 8-bit RGB
    values

plscmap0n: Set number of colors in color map0

plscmap1: Set color map1 colors using 8-bit RGB
    values

plscmap1l: Set color map1 colors using a
    piece-wise linear relationship

plscmap1n: Set number of colors in color map1

plscol0:  Set a given color from color map0 by 8
    bit RGB value

plscolbg: Set the background color
    by 8-bit RGB 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

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

plshades: Shade regions on the basis of value

plshade:  Shade individual region on the basis of value

plshade1: Shade individual region on the basis of value

plsmaj: Set length of major ticks

plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted

plsmin: Set length of minor ticks

plsori: Set orientation

plspage: Set page parameters

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

plstripa: Add a point to a stripchart

plstripc: Create a 4-pen stripchart

plstripd: Deletes and releases memory used by a
    stripchart

plstyl: Set line style

plsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot

plsvect: Set arrow style for vector plots

plsvpa: Specify viewport in absolute coordinates

plsxax: Set x axis parameters

plsyax: Set y axis parameters

plsym: Plots a symbol at the specified points

plszax: Set z axis parameters

pltext: Switch to text screen

plvasp: Specify viewport using aspect ratio only

plvect: Vector plot

plvpas: Specify viewport using coordinates and aspect ratio

plvpor: Specify viewport using coordinates

plvsta: Select standard viewport

plw3d: Set up window for 3-d plotting

plwid: Set pen width

plwind: Specify world coordinates of viewport boundaries

plxormod: Enter or leave xor mode

AUTHORS
Geoffrey Furnish and Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot. This man page was automatically generated from the DocBook source of the PLplot documentation, maintained by Alan W. Irwin and Rafael Laboissiere.

SEE ALSO
PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sf.net/resources.