Part IV.  Reference

Table of Contents

16. Bibliography
References
17. The Common API for PLplot
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
plarc: Draw a circular or elliptical arc
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
plbtime: Calculate broken-down time from continuous time for the current stream
plcalc_world: Calculate world coordinates and corresponding window index from relative device coordinates
plclear: Clear current (sub)page
plcol0: Set color, cmap0
plcol1: Set color, cmap1
plcolorbar: Plot color bar for image, shade or gradient plots
plconfigtime: Configure the transformation between continuous and broken-down time for the current stream
plcont: Contour plot
plcpstrm: Copy state parameters from the reference stream to the current stream
plctime: Calculate continuous time from broken-down time for the current stream
plend: End plotting session
plend1: End plotting session for current stream
plenv0: Same as plenv 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 error bars in x direction
plerry: Draw error bars in the y direction
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 font
plfontld: Load Hershey fonts
plGetCursor: Wait for graphics input event and translate to world coordinates.
plgchr: Get character default height and current (scaled) height
plgcmap1_range: Get the cmap1 argument range for continuous color plots
plgcol0: Returns 8-bit RGB values for given color index from cmap0
plgcol0a: Returns 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha transparency value for given color index from cmap0
plgcolbg: Returns the background color (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value
plgcolbga: Returns the background color (cmap0[0]) by 8-bit RGB value and PLFLT alpha transparency 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
plgdrawmode: Get drawing mode (depends on device support!)
plgfam: Get family file parameters
plgfci: Get FCI (font characterization integer)
plgfnam: Get output file name
plgfont: Get family, style and weight of the current font
plglevel: Get the (current) run level
plgpage: Get page parameters
plgra: Switch to graphics screen
plgradient: Draw linear gradient inside polygon
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
plimagefr: Plot a 2D matrix using cmap1
plimage: Plot a 2D matrix using cmap1 with automatic color adjustment
plinit: Initialize PLplot
pljoin: Draw a line between two points
pllab: Simple routine to write labels
pllegend: Plot legend using discretely annotated filled boxes, lines, and/or lines of symbols
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 or shapefile data in world coordinates
plmapfill: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data, filling the polygons
plmapline: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data using lines in world coordinates
plmapstring: Plot all or a subset of Shapefile data using strings or points in world coordinates
plmaptex: Draw text at points defined by Shapefile data 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
plmtex3: Write text relative to viewport boundaries in 3D plots
plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot
plot3dc: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour
plot3dcl: Magnitude colored plot surface with contour for z[x][y] with y index limits
plparseopts: Parse command-line arguments
plpat: Set area line fill pattern
plpath: Draw a line between two points, accounting for coordinate transforms
plpoin: Plot a glyph at the specified points
plpoin3: Plot a glyph at the specified 3D points
plpoly3: Draw a polygon in 3 space
plprec: Set precision in numeric labels
plpsty: Select area fill pattern
plptex: Write text inside the viewport
plptex3: Write text inside the viewport of a 3D plot
plrandd: Random number generator returning a real random number in the range [0,1]
plreplot: Replays contents of plot buffer to current device/file
plrgbhls: Convert RGB color to HLS
plschr: Set character size
plscmap0: Set cmap0 colors by 8-bit RGB values
plscmap0a: Set cmap0 colors by 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha transparency value
plscmap0n: Set number of colors in cmap0
plscmap1_range: Set the cmap1 argument range for continuous color plots
plscmap1: Set opaque RGB cmap1 colors values
plscmap1a: Set semitransparent cmap1 RGBA colors.
plscmap1l: Set cmap1 colors using a piece-wise linear relationship
plscmap1la: Set cmap1 colors and alpha transparency using a piece-wise linear relationship
plscmap1n: Set number of colors in cmap1
plscol0: Set 8-bit RGB values for given cmap0 color index
plscol0a: Set 8-bit RGB values and PLFLT alpha transparency value for given cmap0 color index
plscolbg: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value
plscolbga: Set the background color by 8-bit RGB value and PLFLT alpha transparency 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
plsdrawmode: Set drawing mode (depends on device support!)
plseed: Set seed for internal random number generator.
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
plsfont: Set family, style and weight of the current font
plshades: Shade regions on the basis of value
plshade: Shade individual region on the basis of value
plslabelfunc: Assign a function to use for generating custom axis labels
plsmaj: Set length of major ticks
plsmem: Set the memory area to be plotted (RGB)
plsmema: Set the memory area to be plotted (RGBA)
plsmin: Set length of minor ticks
plsori: Set orientation
plspage: Set page parameters
plspal0: Set the cmap0 palette using the specified cmap0*.pal format file
plspal1: Set the cmap1 palette using the specified cmap1*.pal format file
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
plstransform: Set a global coordinate transform function
plstring: Plot a glyph at the specified points
plstring3: Plot a glyph at the specified 3D points
plstripa: Add a point to a strip chart
plstripc: Create a 4-pen strip chart
plstripd: Deletes and releases memory used by a strip chart
plstyl: Set line style
plsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
plsurf3dl: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot for z[x][y] with y index limits
plsvect: Set arrow style for vector plots
plsvpa: Specify viewport in absolute coordinates
plsxax: Set x axis parameters
plsyax: Set y axis parameters
plsym: Plot a glyph at the specified points
plszax: Set z axis parameters
pltext: Switch to text screen
pltimefmt: Set format for date / time labels
plvasp: Specify viewport using aspect ratio only
plvect: Vector plot
plvpas: Specify viewport using coordinates and aspect ratio
plvpor: Specify viewport using normalized subpage coordinates
plvsta: Select standard viewport
plw3d: Configure the transformations required for projecting a 3D surface on a 2D window
plwidth: Set pen width
plwind: Specify window
plxormod: Enter or leave xor mode
18. The Specialized C/C++ API for PLplot
plabort: Error abort
plAlloc2dGrid: Allocate a block of memory for use as a matrix of type PLFLT_MATRIX
plClearOpts: Clear internal option table info structure
plexit: Error exit
plFree2dGrid: Free the memory associated with a PLFLT matrix allocated using plAlloc2dGrid
plfsurf3d: Plot shaded 3-d surface plot
plgfile: Get output file handle
plMergeOpts: Merge use option table into internal info structure
plMinMax2dGrid: Find the minimum and maximum of a PLFLT matrix of type PLFLT_MATRIX allocated using plAlloc2dGrid
plOptUsage: Print usage and syntax message
plResetOpts: Reset internal option table info structure
plsabort: Set abort handler
plSetUsage: Set the ascii character strings used in usage and syntax messages
plsexit: Set exit handler
plsfile: Set output file handle
plStatic2dGrid: Determine the Iliffe column vector of pointers to PLFLT row vectors corresponding to a 2D matrix of PLFLT's that is statically allocated
pltr0: Identity transformation for matrix index to world coordinate mapping
pltr1: Linear interpolation for matrix index to world coordinate mapping using singly dimensioned coordinate arrays
pltr2: Linear interpolation for grid to world mapping using doubly dimensioned coordinate arrays (row-major order as per normal C 2d arrays)
plTranslateCursor: Convert device to world coordinates
PLGraphicsIn: PLplot Graphics Input structure
PLOptionTable: PLplot command line options table structure
19. The Specialized Fortran API for PLplot
plcont: Contour plot for Fortran
plshade: Shaded plot for Fortran
plshades: Continuously shaded plot for Fortran
plvect: Vector plot for Fortran
plmesh: Plot surface mesh for Fortran
plot3d: Plot 3-d surface plot for Fortran
plparseopts: parse arguments for Fortran
plsesc: Set the escape character for text strings for Fortran
20. API compatibility definition
What is in the API?
Regression test for backwards compatibility
21. Obsolete/Deprecated API for PLplot
plshade1: Shade individual region on the basis of value
22. Internal C functions in PLplot
plP_checkdriverinit: Checks to see if any of the specified drivers have been initialized
plP_getinitdriverlist: Get the initialized-driver list
23. The PLplot Libraries
Bindings Libraries
The PLplot Core Library
Enhancement Libraries
The CSIRO Cubic Spline Approximation Library
The CSIRO Natural Neighbours Interpolation Library
The QSAS Time Format Conversion Library
Device-driver Libraries