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9.2 Functional list of commands

Program control


Command   Description 
@ Execution of a macrofile
= Assigns the value of an expression to a variable
break Interrupts a loop or conditional statement
continue Continues KUPLOT after 'stop' command
do Start of a do loop
else Default block in an if construction
elseif Alternative block in an if construction
enddo End of a do loop
endif End of an if construction
exit Ends the KUPLOT program
if Begin of an if construction
learn Starts a learn sequence
lend Ends a learn sequence
rdef Read KUPLOT settings from file
rese Reset KUPLOT
sdef Write current KUPLOT settings to file
seed Initialize the random number generator
set Set various parameters
stop Stops KUPLOT macro, resume with 'cont'
system Executes a shell command
wait Wait for user input

Changing plot


Command   Description 

achx/y/z Changes label for x-, y- or z-axis
angl Sets the angle between x- and y-axis
aver Sets the aspect ratio between the y- and the x-axis
buff Sets buffer space around plot for labels etc.
fnam Toggles the plotting of the filenames within the plot
font Sets font, font size and font colour
fset Sets type of frame and axis labeling
frames * Check this help entry for summary on the usage of frames
grid Toggles plotting of a grid at major tick mark positions
mark Sets interval and starting value for axis labeling
mass Sets plot size with respect to its the world coordinates
orient Sets orientation of the plot (landscape, portrait)
sann Define annotations for plot
skal Defines plot area
sleg Define optional caption for given data set
tit1/2 Sets first/second title line

Changing appearance 1D data


Command   Description 

etyp Selects the type of error bars to be plotted
lart Sets line plotting style (line, steps, spline)
lcol Sets line colour
ltyp Sets line type
lwid Sets line width
mcol Sets marker colour
mtyp Sets marker type
msiz Sets marker size
ptyp Sets type for peak markers

Changing appearance 2D data


Command   Description 

cmap Selects colourmap for bitmap plots
hart Defines plotting mode for 2D data (contours, bitmap)
hcol Sets colour of contour lines
hlab Enables contour line labelling (new)
hlin Sets contour line starting level and intervals
hpak Sets number of contour line definitions
htyp Sets line type for contour lines
lart Sets line plotting style (line, steps, spline)
lwid Sets line width

Data analysis and manipulation


Command   Description 

ccal Mathematical manipulation of a data set
eval Evaluates an expression for interactive display
fit * Enters least square fit sublevel
func Create data set from given functional expression
glat Smoothing of data sets (German: glätten)
inte Calculates integral of specified data set
kcal Mathematical operations between data sets
match Matches two data sets via scale and offset (new)
mean Calculates average and standard deviation of specified data set
merge Merges several data sets (new)
mouse Enters 'mouse' input mode (new)
smax Determine maxima of specified data set
sort Sort specified data set with respect to its x-values
rebin Rebins data to a new grid (new)
smooth Smoothes data (weighted smoothing) (new)

Input and Output


Command   Description 

alloc Allocates space for new data set without reading a file
fclose Closes i/o file (new)
fget Gets data from file (new)
fopen Opens file for 'fget' or 'fput' (new)
fput Writes user variables to file (new)
ksav * Sublevel to save loaded data sets
plot Display plot on the screen
prin Print current plot
save Save current plot to a file
show Shows various KUPLOT settings


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Thomas Proffen {Billinge}
1999-06-26