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PLOT(5)								       PLOT(5)

NAME
       plot - graphics interface

DESCRIPTION
       Files of this format are produced by routines described in plot(3X) and
       plot(3F), and are interpreted for various devices by commands described
       in  plot(1G).   A  graphics  file is a stream of plotting instructions.
       Each instruction consists of an ASCII letter usually followed by	 bytes
       of  binary  information.	  The  instructions  are executed in order.  A
       point is designated by four bytes representing the x and y values; each
       value is a signed integer.  The last designated point in an l, m, n, a,
       or p instruction becomes the `current point' for the next  instruction.
       The a and c instructions change the current point in a manner dependent
       upon the specific device.

       Each of	the  following	descriptions  begins  with  the	 name  of  the
       corresponding routine in plot(3X).

       m  move: The next four bytes give a new current point.

       n  cont:	 Draw  a line from the current point to the point given by the
	  next four bytes.

       p  point: Plot the point given by the next four bytes.

       l  line: Draw a line from the point given by the next four bytes to the
	  point given by the following four bytes.

       t  label:  Place the following ASCII string so that its first character
	  falls on the current point.  The string is terminated by a newline.

       a  arc: The first four bytes give the center, the next  four  give  the
	  starting  point,  and the last four give the end point of a circular
	  arc.	The least significant coordinate of the end point is used only
	  to determine the quadrant.  The arc is drawn counter-clockwise.

       c  circle: The first four bytes give the center of the circle, the next
	  two the radius.

       e  erase: Start another frame of output.

       f  linemod: Take the following string, up to a newline,	as  the	 style
	  for  drawing	further	 lines.	  The  styles  are  `dotted,' `solid,'
	  `longdashed,' `shortdashed,' and  `dotdashed.'   Effective  only  in
	  plot 4014 and plot ver.

       s  space:  The  next  four  bytes  give	the  lower  left corner of the
	  plotting area; the following four give the upper right corner.   The
	  plot	will  be  magnified or reduced to fit the device as closely as
	  possible.

	  Space settings that  exactly	fill  the  plotting  area  with	 unity
	  scaling  appear  below  for  devices	supported  by  the  filters of
	  plot(1G).  The upper limit is just outside the  plotting  area.   In
	  every	 case  the plotting area is taken to be square; points outside
	  may be displayable on devices whose face isn't square.

	  4013	    space(0, 0, 780, 780);
	  4014	    space(0, 0, 3120, 3120);
	  ver	    space(0, 0, 2048, 2048);
	  300, 300s space(0, 0, 4096, 4096);
	  450	    space(0, 0, 4096, 4096);

SEE ALSO
       plot(1G), plot(3X), plot(3F), graph(1G)

7th Edition			 May 15, 1985			       PLOT(5)
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