plotchart(n) Plotchart plotchart(n) ______________________________________________________________________________
NAME
Plotchart - Simple plotting and charting package
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl ?8.4?
package require Tk ?8.4?
package require Plotchart ?1.9.0?
::Plotchart::createXYPlot w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::createStripchart w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::createTXPlot w timeaxis xaxis
::Plotchart::createXLogYPlot w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::createLogXYPlot w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::createLogXLogYPlot w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::createPolarplot w radius_data
::Plotchart::createWindrose w radius_data sectors
::Plotchart::createIsometricPlot w xaxis yaxis stepsize
::Plotchart::createHistogram w xaxis yaxis
::Plotchart::create3DPlot w xaxis yaxis zaxis
::Plotchart::create3DRibbonPlot w yaxis zaxis
::Plotchart::createPiechart w
::Plotchart::createRadialchart w names scale style
::Plotchart::createBarchart w xlabels yaxis noseries
::Plotchart::createHorizontalBarchart w xaxis ylabel noseries
::Plotchart::create3DBarchart w yaxis nobars
::Plotchart::create3DRibbonChart w names yaxis zaxis
::Plotchart::createBoxplot w xaxis ylabels
::Plotchart::createTimechart w time_begin time_end args
::Plotchart::createGanttchart w time_begin time_end args
::Plotchart::createRightAxis w yaxis
$anyplot title text
$anyplot saveplot filename args
$anyplot xtext text
$anyplot ytext text
$anyplot vtext text
$anyplot xconfig -option value ...
$anyplot yconfig -option value ...
$anyplot background part colour_or_image dir ?brightness?
$anyplot xticklines colour
$anyplot yticklines colour
$anyplot legend series text
$anyplot legendconfig -option value ...
$anyplot balloon x y text dir
$anyplot balloonconfig args
$anyplot plaintext x y text dir
$anyplot plaintextconfig args
$xyplot plot series xcrd ycrd
$xyplot trend series xcrd ycrd
$xyplot rchart series xcrd ycrd
$xyplot interval series xcrd ymin ymax ?ycentr?
$xyplot box-and-whiskers series xcrd ycrd
$xyplot vector series xcrd ycrd ucmp vcmp
$xyplot vectorconfig series -option value ...
$xyplot dot series xcrd ycrd value
$xyplot dotconfig series -option value ...
$xyplot contourlines xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
$xyplot contourlinesfunctionvalues xvec yvec valuesmat ?classes?
$xyplot contourfill xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
$xyplot contourbox xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
$xyplot colorMap colours
$xyplot grid xcrd ycrd
$xyplot xband ymin ymax
$xyplot yband xmin xmax
$xyplot labeldot x y text orient
$polarplot plot series radius angle
$windrose plot data colour
$plot3d plotfunc function
$plot3d plotfuncont function contours
$plot3d gridsize nxcells nycells
$plot3d plotdata data
$plot3d colours fill border
$plot3d ribbon yzpairs
$plot3d plot yzpairs
$xyplot dataconfig series -option value ...
$pie plot data
$pie colours colour1 colour2 ...
$pie explode segment
$radial plot data colour thickness
$pie colours colour1 colour2 ...
$barchart plot series ydata colour ?dir? ?brightness?
$barchart config -option value ...
$barchart plot series xdata colour ?dir? ?brightness?
$barchart config -option value ...
$barchart plot label yvalue colour
$barchart config -option value ...
$ribbon line xypairs colour
$ribbon area xypairs colour
$boxplot plot label values
$timechart period text time_begin time_end colour
$timechart milestone text time colour
$timechart vertline text time
$timechart hscroll scrollbar
$timechart vscroll scrollbar
$ganttchart task text time_begin time_end completed
$ganttchart milestone text time colour
$ganttchart vertline text time
$ganttchart connect from to
$ganttchart summary text args
$ganttchart color keyword newcolor
$ganttchart font keyword newfont
$ganttchart hscroll scrollbar
$ganttchart vscroll scrollbar
$isoplot plot rectangle x1 y1 x2 y2 colour
$isoplot plot filled-rectangle x1 y1 x2 y2 colour
$isoplot plot circle xc yc radius colour
$isoplot plot filled-circle xc yc radius colour
::Plotchart::viewPort w pxmin pymin pxmax pymax
::Plotchart::worldCoordinates w xmin ymin xmax ymax
::Plotchart::world3DCoordinates w xmin ymin zmin xmax ymax zmax
::Plotchart::coordsToPixel w x y
::Plotchart::coords3DToPixel w x y z
::Plotchart::polarCoordinates w radmax
::Plotchart::polarToPixel w rad phi
::Plotchart::pixelToCoords w x y
::Plotchart::pixelToIndex w x y
::Plotchart::determineScale xmin xmax inverted
::Plotchart::determineScaleFromList values inverted
::Plotchart::plotconfig charttype component property value
::Plotchart::createTargetDiagram w limits scale
$target plot series xvalues yvalues
::Plotchart::createPerformanceProfile w max
$performance plot series_and_data_pairs
::Plotchart::plotmethod charttype methodname plotproc
::Plotchart::plotpack w dir args
$anyplot bindplot event command args
$anyplot bindlast series event command
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DESCRIPTION
Plotchart is a Tcl-only package that focuses on the easy creation of
xy-plots, barcharts and other common types of graphical presentations.
The emphasis is on ease of use, rather than flexibility. The procedures
that create a plot use the entire canvas window, making the layout of
the plot completely automatic.
This results in the creation of an xy-plot in, say, ten lines of code:
package require Plotchart
canvas .c -background white -width 400 -height 200
pack .c -fill both
#
# Create the plot with its x- and y-axes
#
set s [::Plotchart::createXYPlot .c {0.0 100.0 10.0} {0.0 100.0 20.0}]
foreach {x y} {0.0 32.0 10.0 50.0 25.0 60.0 78.0 11.0 } {
$s plot series1 $x $y
}
$s title "Data series"
A drawback of the package might be that it does not do any data manage-
ment. So if the canvas that holds the plot is to be resized, the whole
plot must be redrawn. The advantage, though, is that it offers a num-
ber of plot and chart types:
o XY-plots like the one shown above with any number of data
series.
o Stripcharts, a kind of XY-plots where the horizontal axis is
adjusted automatically. The result is a kind of sliding window
on the data series.
o Polar plots, where the coordinates are polar instead of carte-
sian.
o Histograms, for plotting statistical information.
o Isometric plots, where the scale of the coordinates in the two
directions is always the same, i.e. a circle in world coordi-
nates appears as a circle on the screen.
You can zoom in and out, as well as pan with these plots (Note:
this works best if no axes are drawn, the zooming and panning
routines do not distinguish the axes), using the mouse buttons
with the control key and the arrow keys with the control key.
o Piecharts, with automatic scaling to indicate the proportions.
o Barcharts, with either vertical or horizontal bars, stacked bars
or bars side by side.
o Timecharts, where bars indicate a time period and milestones or
other important moments in time are represented by triangles.
o 3D plots (both for displaying surfaces and 3D bars)
With version 1.5 a new command has been introduced: plotconfig, which
can be used to configure the plot options for particular types of plots
and charts (cf. CONFIGURATION OPTIONS) With version 1.8.3 several new
features were introduced, which allow more interactivity (cf. INTERAC-
TIVE USE)
PLOT CREATION COMMANDS
You create the plot or chart with one single command and then fill the
plot with data:
::Plotchart::createXYPlot w xaxis yaxis
Create a new xy-plot (configuration type: xyplot).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order. For an inverted axis,
where the maximum appears on the left-hand side, use:
maximum, minimum and a negative stepsize.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order. For an inverted axis,
where the maximum appears at the bottom, use: maximum,
minimum and a negative stepsize.
::Plotchart::createStripchart w xaxis yaxis
Create a new strip chart (configuration type: stripchart). The
only difference to a regular XY plot is that the x-axis will be
automatically adjusted when the x-coordinate of a new point
exceeds the maximum.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted x-
axis is not supported for this type of plot.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order. For an inverted axis,
where the maximum appears at the bottom, use: maximum,
minimum and a negative stepsize.
::Plotchart::createTXPlot w timeaxis xaxis
Create a new time-x-plot (configuration type: txplot). The hori-
zontal axis represents the date/time of the data and the verti-
cal axis the values themselves.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list timeaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing the minimum and maximum
date/time to be shown and the stepsize (in days) for the
time-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted time-
axis is not supported.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the vertical axis, in this order. For an inverted
axis, where the maximum appears at the bottom, use: maxi-
mum, minimum and a negative stepsize.
::Plotchart::createXLogYPlot w xaxis yaxis
Create a new xy-plot where the y-axis has a logarithmic scale
(configuration type: xlogyplot).
The data should be given as for a linear scale, as the logarith-
mic transformation is taken of internally.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order. For an inverted axis,
where the maximum appears on the left-hand side, use:
maximum, minimum and a negative stepsize.
list yaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum and maximum for the
y-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted logarithmic
axis is not supported.
::Plotchart::createLogXYPlot w xaxis yaxis
Create a new xy-plot where the x-axis has a logarithmic scale
(configuration type: logxyplot).
The data should be given as for a linear scale, as the logarith-
mic transformation is taken of internally.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum and maximum for the
x-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted logarithmic
axis is not supported.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order. For an inverted axis,
where the maximum appears on the left-hand side, use:
maximum, minimum and a negative stepsize.
::Plotchart::createLogXLogYPlot w xaxis yaxis
Create a new xy-plot where both the x-axis and the y-axis have a
logarithmic scale (configuration type: logxlogyplot).
The data should be given as for a linear scale, as the logarith-
mic transformation is taken of internally.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum and maximum for the
x-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted logarithmic
axis is not supported.
list yaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum and maximum for the
y-axis, in this order. Note that an inverted logarithmic
axis is not supported.
::Plotchart::createPolarplot w radius_data
Create a new polar plot (configuration type: polarplot).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list radius_data (in)
A 2-element list containing maximum radius and stepsize
for the radial axis, in this order.
::Plotchart::createWindrose w radius_data sectors
Create a new windrose diagram. The diagram will consist of con-
centric circles as defined by the radius_data argument and a
number of sectors (given by the sectors argument). The sectors
are drawn in the "nautical" convention, that is: the first is
located at the positive y-axis, the second is to the right and
so on in a clockwise direction.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the diagram
list radius_data (in)
A 2-element list, the first element is the maximum
radius, the second is the step to be used for the cir-
cles.
int sectors
Number of sectors to use (defaults to 16).
::Plotchart::createIsometricPlot w xaxis yaxis stepsize
Create a new isometric plot, where the vertical and the horizon-
tal coordinates are scaled so that a circle will truly appear as
a circle (configuration type: isometric).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum, and maximum for the
x-axis, in this order.
list yaxis (in)
A 2-element list containing minimum, and maximum for the
y-axis, in this order.
float|noaxes stepsize (in)
Either the stepsize used by both axes or the keyword
noaxes to signal the plot that it should use the full
area of the widget, to not draw any of the axes.
::Plotchart::createHistogram w xaxis yaxis
Create a new histogram (configuration type: histogram).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
::Plotchart::create3DPlot w xaxis yaxis zaxis
Create a new 3D plot.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
list zaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the z-axis, in this order.
::Plotchart::create3DRibbonPlot w yaxis zaxis
Create a new 3D ribbon plot. It is a simplification of the full
3D plot and allows for the drawing of a ribbon only (the x-axis
is dropped).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
list zaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the z-axis, in this order.
::Plotchart::createPiechart w
Create a new piechart (configuration type: piechart).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
::Plotchart::createRadialchart w names scale style
Create a new radial chart (the data are drawn as a line connect-
ing the spokes of the diagram) (configuration type: radi-
alchart).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list names (in)
Names for the spokes.
float scale (in)
Scale value to determine the position of the data along
the spokes.
float style (in)
Style of the chart (optional). One of:
o lines - the default: draw the data as independent
polylines.
o cumulative - draw the data as polylines where the
data are accumulated.
o filled - draw the data as filled polygons where
the data are accumulated
::Plotchart::createBarchart w xlabels yaxis noseries
Create a new barchart with vertical bars (configuration type:
vertbars). The horizontal axis will display the labels contained
in the argument xlabels. The number of series given by noseries
determines both the width of the bars, and the way the series
will be drawn.
If the keyword stacked was specified the series will be drawn
stacked on top of each other. Otherwise each series that is
drawn will be drawn shifted to the right.
The number of series determines the width of the bars, so that
there is space of that number of bars. If you use a floating-
point number, like 2.2, instead of an integer, like 2, a small
gap between the sets of bars will be drawn - the width depends
on the fractional part.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xlabels (in)
List of labels for the x-axis. Its length also determines
the number of bars that will be plotted per series.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
int|stacked noseries (in)
The number of data series that will be plotted. This has
to be an integer number greater than zero (if stacked is
not used).
::Plotchart::createHorizontalBarchart w xaxis ylabel noseries
Create a new barchart with horizontal bars (configuration type:
horizbars). The vertical axis will display the labels contained
in the argument ylabels. The number of series given by noseries
determines both the width of the bars, and the way the series
will be drawn.
If the keyword stacked was specified the series will be drawn
stacked from left to right. Otherwise each series that is drawn
will be drawn shifted upward.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the x-axis, in this order.
list ylabels (in)
List of labels for the y-axis. Its length also determines
the number of bars that will be plotted per series.
int|stacked noseries (in)
The number of data series that will be plotted. This has
to be an integer number greater than zero (if stacked is
not used).
::Plotchart::create3DBarchart w yaxis nobars
Create a new barchart with 3D vertical bars (configuration type:
3dbars). The horizontal axis will display the labels per bar.
The number of bars given by nobars determines the position and
the width of the bars. The colours can be varied per bar. (This
type of chart was inspired by the Wiki page on 3D bars by
Richard Suchenwirth.)
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
int nobars (in)
The number of bars that will be plotted.
::Plotchart::create3DRibbonChart w names yaxis zaxis
Create a new "ribbon chart" (configuration type: 3dribbon). This
is a chart where the data series are represented as ribbons in a
three-dimensional axis system. Along the x-axis (which is "into"
the screen) the names are plotted, each representing a single
series. The first plot command draws the furthest series, the
second draws the series in front of that and so on.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
widget w (in)
Names of the series, plotted as labels along the x-axis
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis (drawn horizontally!), in this order.
list zaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the z-axis (drawn vertically), in this order.
int nobars (in)
The number of bars that will be plotted.
::Plotchart::createBoxplot w xaxis ylabels
Create a new boxplot with horizontal boxes (box-and-whiskers).
The y-axis is drawn with labels. The boxes are drawn based on
the raw data (see the plot subcommand for this type of plot).
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list xaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
list ylabels (in)
List of labels for the y-axis. Its length also determines
the number of boxes that can be plotted. The labels are
also used in the plot subcommand.
::Plotchart::createTimechart w time_begin time_end args
Create a new timechart (configuration type: timechart). The
time axis (= x-axis) goes from time_begin to time_end, and the
vertical spacing is determined by the number of items to plot.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
string time_begin (in)
The start time given in a form that is recognised by the
clock scan command (e.g. "1 january 2004").
string time_end (in)
The end time given in a form that is recognised by the
clock scan command (e.g. "1 january 2004").
arguments args (in)
The remaining arguments can be:
o The expected/maximum number of items. This deter-
mines the vertical spacing. (If given, it must be
the first argument after "time_end"
o The keyword -barheight and the number of pixels
per bar. This is an alternative method to deter-
mine the vertical spacing.
o The keyword -ylabelwidth and the number of pixels
to reserve for the labels at the y-axis.
::Plotchart::createGanttchart w time_begin time_end args
Create a new Gantt chart (configuration type: ganttchart). The
time axis (= x-axis) goes from time_begin to time_end, and the
vertical spacing is determined by the number of items to plot.
Via the specific commands you can then add tasks and connections
between the tasks.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
string time_begin (in)
The start time given in a form that is recognised by the
clock scan command (e.g. "1 january 2004").
string time_end (in)
The end time given in a form that is recognised by the
clock scan command (e.g. "1 january 2004").
arguments args (in)
The remaining arguments can be:
o The expected/maximum number of items. This deter-
mines the vertical spacing. (If given this way, it
must be the first argument after "time_end")
o The expected/maximum width of the descriptive text
(roughly in characters, for the actual space
reserved for the text, it is assumed that a char-
acter is about ten pixels wide). Defaults to 20.
(If given this way, it must be the second argument
after "time_end").
o The keyword -barheight and the number of pixels
per bar. This is an alternative method to deter-
mine the vertical spacing.
o The keyword -ylabelwidth and the number of pixels
to reserve for the labels at the y-axis.
::Plotchart::createRightAxis w yaxis
Create a plot command that will use a right axis instead of the
left axis (configuration type: inherited from the existing
plot). The widget (w) must already contain an ordinary plot, as
the horizontal axis and other properties are reused. To plot
data using the right axis, use this new command, to plot data
using the left axis, use the original plot command.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list yaxis (in)
A 3-element list containing minimum, maximum and stepsize
for the y-axis, in this order.
PLOT METHODS
Each of the creation commands explained in the last section returns the
name of a new object command that can be used to manipulate the plot or
chart. The subcommands available to a chart command depend on the type
of the chart.
General subcommands for all types of charts. $anyplot is the command
returned by the creation command:
$anyplot title text
Specify the title of the whole chart.
string text (in)
The text of the title to be drawn.
$anyplot saveplot filename args
Draws the plot into a file, using PostScript.
string filename (in)
Contain the path name of the file to write the plot to.
list args (in)
Optionally you can specify the option -format "some pic-
ture format" to store the plot in a different file than a
PostScript file. This, however, relies on the Img package
to do the actual job.
Note: Because the window holding the plot must be fully
visible before Img can successfully grab it, it is raised
first. On some systems, for instance Linux with KDE,
raising a window is not done automatically, but instead
you need to click on the window in the task bar. Similar
things happen on Windows XP.
There seems to be something wrong under some circum-
stances, so instead of waiting for the visibility of the
window, the procedure simply waits two seconds. It is not
ideal, but it seems to work better.
$anyplot xtext text
Specify the title of the (horizontal) x-axis, for those plots
that have a straight x-axis.
string text (in)
The text of the x-axis label to be drawn.
$anyplot ytext text
Specify the title of the (horizontal) y-axis, for those plots
that have a straight y-axis.
string text (in)
The text of the y-axis label to be drawn.
$anyplot vtext text
Draw a vertical label to the y-axis. Note: this requires Tk 8.6
or later, for older versions it does nothing.
string text (in)
Text to drawn to the y-axis
$anyplot xconfig -option value ...
Set one or more configuration parameters for the x-axis. The
following options are supported:
format fmt
The format for the numbers along the axis.
ticklength length
The length of the tickmarks (in pixels).
ticklines boolean
Whether to draw ticklines (true) or not (false).
scale scale_data
New scale data for the axis, i.e. a 3-element list con-
taining minimum, maximum and stepsize for the axis, in
this order.
Beware: Setting this option will clear all data from the
plot.
$anyplot yconfig -option value ...
Set one or more configuration parameters for the y-axis. This
method accepts the same options and values as the method xcon-
fig.
$anyplot background part colour_or_image dir ?brightness?
Set the background of a part of the plot
string part
Which part of the plot: "axes" for the axes area and
"plot" for the inner part. The interpretation depends on
the type of plot. Two further possibilities are:
o image, in which case a predefined image is loaded
into the background of the plot.
o gradient, in which case the background is coloured
in different shades of the given colour. The "dir"
argument specifies the direction in which the
colour gets whiter.
string colour_or_image
Colour for that part or the name of the image if "part"
is "image"
string dir
The direction of the gradient. One of: top-down, bottom-
up, left-right or right-left.
string brightness
Indicates whether the colour should become brighter
(bright) or darker (dark). Defaults to bright
$anyplot xticklines colour
Draw vertical ticklines at each tick location
string colour
Colour of the lines. Specifying an empty colour ("")
removes them again. Defaults to "black"
$anyplot yticklines colour
Draw horizontal ticklines at each tick location
string colour
Colour of the lines. Specifying an empty colour ("")
removes them again Defaults to "black"
$anyplot legend series text
Add an entry to the legend. The series determines which graphi-
cal symbol is to be used. (As a side effect the legend is actu-
ally drawn.)
string series
Name of the data series. This determines the colour of
the line and the symbol (if any) that will be drawn.
string text
Text to be drawn next to the line/symbol.
$anyplot legendconfig -option value ...
Set one or more options for the legend. The legend is drawn as a
rectangle with text and graphics inside.
background colour
Set the colour of the background (the default colour is
white). Set to the empty string for a transparant leg-
end.
border colour
Set the colour of the border (the default colour is
white). Set to the empty string if you do not want a bor-
der.
canvas c
Draw the legend in a different canvas widget. This gives
you the freedom to position the legend outside the actual
plot.
position corner
Set the position of the legend. May be one of: top-left,
top-right, bottom-left or bottom-right. (Default value is
top-right.)
$anyplot balloon x y text dir
Add balloon text to the plot (except for 3D plots). The arrow
will point to the given x- and y-coordinates. For xy-graphs and
such, the coordinates are directly related to the axes; for ver-
tical barcharts the x-coordinate is measured as the number of
bars minus 1 and similar for horizontal barcharts.
float x
X-coordinate of the point that the arrow of the balloon
will point to.
float y
Y-coordinate of the point that the arrow of the balloon
will point to.
string text
Text to be drawn in the balloon.
string dir
Direction of the arrow, one of: north, north-east, east,
south-east, south, south-west, west or north-west.
$anyplot balloonconfig args
Configure the balloon text for the plot. The new settings will
be used for the next balloon text.
font fontname
Font to be used for the text
justify left|center|right
Way to justify multiline text
textcolour colour
Colour for the text (synonym: textcolor)
background colour
Background colour for the balloon
outline colour
Colour of the outline of the balloon
margin value
Margin around the text (in pixels)
rimwidth value
Width of the outline of the balloon (in pixels)
arrowsize value
Length factor for the arrow (in pixels)
$anyplot plaintext x y text dir
Add plain text to the plot (except for 3D plots). The text is
positioned at the given x- and y-coordinates. For xy-graphs and
such, the coordinates are directly related to the axes; for ver-
tical barcharts the x-coordinate is measured as the number of
bars minus 1 and similar for horizontal barcharts.
float x
X-coordinate of the text position
float y
Y-coordinate of the text position
string text
Text to be drawn.
string dir
Anchor for the text, one of: north, north-east, east,
south-east, south, south-west, west or north-west.
$anyplot plaintextconfig args
Configure the plain text annotation for the plot. The new set-
tings will be used for the next plain text.
font fontname
Font to be used for the text
justify left|center|right
Way to justify multiline text
textcolour colour
Colour for the text (synonym: textcolor)
Note: The commands xconfig and yconfig are currently implemented only
for XY-plots and only the option -format has any effect.
For xy plots, stripcharts, histograms and time-x-plots:
$xyplot plot series xcrd ycrd
Add a data point to the plot.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the new point belongs to.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the new point. (For time-x plots this
must be valid date/time that can be read with the clock
scan command).
float ycrd (in)
Y-coordinate of the new point.
Note on histograms:
For histograms the x-coordinate that is given is interpreted to be the
x-coordinate of the right side of the bar. The first bar starts at the
y-axis on the left. To completely fill the range of the x-axis, you
should draw a bar at the maximum x-coordinate.
For xy plots:
$xyplot trend series xcrd ycrd
Draw or update a trend line using the data given sofar.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the trend line belongs to.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the new data point
float ycrd (in)
Y-coordinate of the new data point
$xyplot rchart series xcrd ycrd
Draw data in the same way as the plot method, but with two lines
added that indicate the expected range (+/- 3*standard devia-
tion) of the data.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the data point belongs to.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the new data point
float ycrd (in)
Y-coordinate of the new data point
$xyplot interval series xcrd ymin ymax ?ycentr?
Add a vertical error interval to the plot. The interval is drawn
from ymin to ymax. If the ycentr argument is given, a symbol is
drawn at that position.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the interval belongs to.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the interval
float ymin (in)
Minimum y-coordinate of the interval.
float ymax (in)
Maximum y-coordinate of the interval.
float ycentr (in)
Y-coordinate to draw the symbol at (optional)
$xyplot box-and-whiskers series xcrd ycrd
Draw a box and whiskers in the plot. If the argument xcrd is a
list of several values and the argument ycrd is a single value,
a horizontal box is drawn with the quartiles determined from the
list of values contained in xcrd.
If, instead, the argument ycrd contains a list of several values
and the argument xcrd a single value, then a vertical box is
drawn and the quartiles are determined from ycrd. (There must be
exactly one list of several values. Otherwise an error is
reported.)
The option -boxwidth (default: 10 pixels) determines the width
(or height) of the box.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the box-and-whiskers belongs to.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the box or a list of values.
float ymin (in)
Y-coordinate of the box or a list of values.
$xyplot vector series xcrd ycrd ucmp vcmp
Draw a vector in the plot. The vector can be given as either
cartesian coordinates or as length/angle, where the angle is in
degrees and is interpreted according to the mathematical conven-
tion or the nautical. (See the vectorconfig subcommand)
string series (in)
Name of the series the vector belongs to. Determines the
appearance and interpretation.
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the point where the arrow appears
float ycrd (in)
Y-coordinate of the point where the arrow appears
float ucmp (in)
X-component or the length of the vector
float ycentr (in)
Y-component or the angle of the vector
$xyplot vectorconfig series -option value ...
] Set the vector drawing options for a particular series
string series (in)
Name of the series the vector belongs to.
The options can be one of the following:
colour The colour of the arrow (default: black; synonym: color)
scale value
The scale factor used to convert the length of the arrow
into a number of pixels (default: 1.0)
centred onoff
Logical value indicating that the xy-coordinates are to
be used as the start of the arrow or as the centre
(default: 0; synonym: centered)
type keyword
Interpretation of the vector components. Can be "carte-
sian" (default), in which case the x- and y-components
are expected, "polar" (the angle 0 coincides with the
positive x-axis, 90 coincides with the positive y-axis)
or "nautical" (0 is "north" and 90 is "east").
$xyplot dot series xcrd ycrd value
Draw a dot in the plot. The size and colour is determined by the
value and by the options set for the series it belongs to. (See
the dotconfig subcommand)
string series (in)
Name of the series the dot belongs to. Determines size
and colour
float xcrd (in)
X-coordinate of the point where the arrow appears
float ycrd (in)
Y-coordinate of the point where the arrow appears
float value (in)
Value determining size and colour
$xyplot dotconfig series -option value ...
] Set the dot drawing options for a particular series
string series (in)
Name of the series the dot belongs to.
The options can be one of the following:
colour The colour of the dot if no scaling is used or the value
exceeds the last limit of the classes.
scale value
The scale factor used to convert the value into the
radius of the dot in pixels (default: 1.0)
radius value
The default radius of the dots, used if there is no scal-
ing by value (in pixels; default: 3)
scalebyvalue onoff
Determines whether the dots all have the same size or a
size depending on the given value (default: on).
outline onoff
Draw a black circle around the dot or not (default: on)
classes list
Set the limits and the corresponding colours. For
instance:
$xyplot series1 -classes {0 blue 1 green} -colour red
will cause a blue dot to be drawn for values smaller than
0, a green dot for values larger/equal 0 but lower than 1
and a red dot for values larger/equal 1.
If there is no list of classes for the particular series,
the dots are scaled by the value.
You can combine the colouring by value and the scaling by
value by setting a list of classes and setting the scale-
byvalue option on.
$xyplot contourlines xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
Draw contour lines for the values given on the grid. The grid is
defined by the xcrd and ycrd arguments. The xcrd argument (resp.
ycrd) is expected to be a matrix, implemented as a list of lists
which gives the x-coordinates (resp. y-coordinates) of the grid
cell corners. The function values are given at these corners.
The number of rows in xvec (resp. yvec) is ny and each row con-
tains nx values so that the total number of values in xvec
(resp. yvec) is nx * ny. The classes determine which contour
lines are drawn. If a value on one of the corners is missing,
the contour lines in that cell will not be drawn.
list xcrd (in)
List of lists, each value is an x-coordinate for a grid
cell corner
list ycrd (in)
List of lists, each value is an y-coordinate for a grid
cell corner
list values (in)
List of lists, each value is the value at a grid cell
corner
list classes (in)
List of class values or a list of lists of two elements
(each inner list the class value and the colour to be
used). If empty or missing, the classes are determined
automatically.
Note: The class values must enclose the whole range of
values. Note: The xcrd argument is generally made of
nypoints identical rows, while each row of ycrd is made
with one single value.
$xyplot contourlinesfunctionvalues xvec yvec valuesmat ?classes?
Draw contour lines for the values given on the grid. The grid is
defined by the xvec and yvec arguments. Here, xvec (resp. yvec)
is a list of x-coordinates (resp. y-coordinates). The number of
values in xvec (resp. yvec) is the number of points in the x-
coordinate (resp. y-coordinate). The function values are given
at these corners. The classes determine which contour lines are
drawn. If a value on one of the corners is missing, the contour
lines in that cell will not be drawn.
list xcrd (in)
List of x-coordinates in increasing order.
list ycrd (in)
List y-coordinates in increasing order.
list valuesmat (in)
List of lists, each value is the value at a grid cell
corner. The total number of values is valuesmat is nx *
ny.
list classes (in)
List of class values or a list of lists of two elements
(each inner list the class value and the colour to be
used). If empty or missing, the classes are determined
automatically.
Note: The class values must enclose the whole range of
values.
$xyplot contourfill xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
Draw filled contours for the values given on the grid. (The use
of this method is identical to the "contourlines" method).
$xyplot contourbox xcrd ycrd values ?classes?
Draw the cells as filled quadrangles. The colour is determined
from the average of the values on all four corners.
$xyplot colorMap colours
Set the colours to be used with the contour methods. The argu-
ment is either a predefined colourmap (grey/gray, jet, hot or
cool) or a list of colours. When selecting the colours for actu-
ally drawing the contours, the given colours will be interpo-
lated (based on the HLS scheme).
list colours (in)
List of colour names or colour values or one of the pre-
defined maps:
o grey or gray: gray colours from dark to light
o jet: rainbow colours
o hot: colours from yellow via red to darkred
o cool: colours from cyan via blue to magenta
$xyplot grid xcrd ycrd
Draw the grid cells as lines connecting the (valid) grid points.
list xcrd (in)
List of lists, each value is an x-coordinate for a grid
cell corner
list ycrd (in)
List of lists, each value is an y-coordinate for a grid
cell corner
$xyplot xband ymin ymax
Draw a light grey band in the plot, ranging over the full x-
axis. This can be used to indicate a "typical" range for the
data.
float ymin (in)
Lower bound for the band
float ymax (in)
Upper bound for the band
$xyplot yband xmin xmax
Draw a light grey band in the plot, ranging over the full y-
axis. This can be used to indicate a "typical" range for the
data.
float xmin (in)
Lower bound for the band
float xmax (in)
Upper bound for the band
$xyplot labeldot x y text orient
Draw a label and a symbol in the plot. The label will appear
near the symbol. The label will be drawn in grey, so as not to
be too conspicuous.
You can configure the appearance of the symbol by using the data
series name "labeldot": $w dataconfig labeldot -colour red -type
symbol -symbol dot
float x (in)
X-coordinate of the symbol to be drawn
float y (in)
Y-coordinate of the symbol to be drawn
string text (in)
Text for the label
string orient (in)
Optional orientation (one of w, e, n, s) defining the
position of the label with respect to the symbol. It
defaults to w (so the label appears left of the symbol).
For polar plots:
$polarplot plot series radius angle
Add a data point to the polar plot.
string series (in)
Name of the data series the new point belongs to.
float radius (in)
Radial coordinate of the new point.
float angle (in)
Angular coordinate of the new point (in degrees).
For wind rose diagrams:
$windrose plot data colour
Draw the data contained in the data argument. The data are added
to the existing spokes towards the outer circle.
list data (in)
List of data (the length should correspond to the number
of sectors)
string colour
Colour in which the new segments will be drawn
For 3D plots:
$plot3d plotfunc function
Plot a function defined over two variables x and y. The resolu-
tion is determined by the set grid sizes (see the method grid-
size for more information).
string function (in)
Name of the procedure that calculates the z-value for the
given x and y coordinates. The procedure has to accept
two float arguments (x is first argument, y is second)
and return a floating-point value.
$plot3d plotfuncont function contours
Plot a function defined over two variables x and y using the
contour levels in contours to colour the surface. The resolu-
tion is determined by the set grid sizes (see the method grid-
size for more information).
string function (in)
Name of the procedure that calculates the z-value for the
given x and y coordinates. The procedure has to accept
two float arguments (x is first argument, y is second)
and return a floating-point value.
list contours (in)
List of values in ascending order that represent the con-
tour levels (the boundaries between the colours in the
contour map).
$plot3d gridsize nxcells nycells
Set the grid size in the two directions. Together they determine
how many polygons will be drawn for a function plot.
int nxcells (in)
Number of grid cells in x direction. Has to be an integer
number greater than zero.
int nycells (in)
Number of grid cells in y direction. Has to be an integer
number greater than zero.
$plot3d plotdata data
Plot a matrix of data.
list data (in)
The data to be plotted. The data has to be provided as a
nested list with 2 levels. The outer list contains rows,
drawn in y-direction, and each row is a list whose ele-
ments are drawn in x-direction, for the columns. Example:
set data {
{1.0 2.0 3.0}
{4.0 5.0 6.0}
}
$plot3d colours fill border
Configure the colours to use for polygon borders and inner area.
color fill (in)
The colour to use for filling the polygons.
color border (in)
The colour to use for the border of the polygons.
$plot3d ribbon yzpairs
Plot a ribbon based on the pairs of yz-coordinates. The colours
for the ribbon itself and the edge are taken from the colours
option.
list yzpairs (in)
List of pairs of yz-coordinates
For 3D ribbon plots:
$plot3d plot yzpairs
Plot a ribbon based on the pairs of yz-coordinates. The colours
for the ribbon itself and the edge are taken from the colours
option.
list yzpairs (in)
List of pairs of yz-coordinates
For xy plots, stripcharts and polar plots:
$xyplot dataconfig series -option value ...
Set the value for one or more options regarding the drawing of
data of a specific series.
string series (in)
Name of the data series whose configuration we are chang-
ing.
The following options are allowed:
colour c
color c
The colour to be used when drawing the data series.
type enum
The drawing mode chosen for the series. This can be one
of line, symbol, or both.
symbol enum
What kind of symbol to draw. The value of this option is
ignored when the drawing mode line was chosen. This can
be one of plus, cross, circle, up (triangle pointing up),
down (triangle pointing down), dot (filled circle),
upfilled or downfilled (filled triangles).
filled enum
Whether to fill the area above or below the data line or
not. Can be one of: no, up or down (SPECIAL EFFECTS)
fillcolour colour
Colour to use when filling the area associated with the
data line.
For piecharts:
$pie plot data
Fill a piechart.
list data (in)
A list of pairs (labels and values). The values determine
the relative size of the circle segments. The labels are
drawn beside the circle.
$pie colours colour1 colour2 ...
Set the colours to be used.
color colour1 (in)
The first colour.
color colour2 (in)
The second colour, and so on.
$pie explode segment
Explode a segment (that is: move one segment out of the circle).
If the segment is indicated as "auto", then you can click on a
segment. This will be exploded instead of any previously
exploded segment.
int segment
The segment to be exploded or "auto" if you want to do
this interactively.
For radial charts:
$radial plot data colour thickness
Draw a new line in the radial chart
list data (in)
A list of data (one for each spoke). The values determine
the distance from the centre of the line connecting the
spokes.
color colour (in)
The colour for the line.
int thickness (in)
An optional argument for the thickness of the line.
$pie colours colour1 colour2 ...
Set the colours to be used.
color colour1 (in)
The first colour.
color colour2 (in)
The second colour, and so on.
For vertical barcharts:
$barchart plot series ydata colour ?dir? ?brightness?
Add a data series to a barchart.
string series (in)
Name of the series the values belong to.
list ydata (in)
A list of values, one for each x-axis label.
color colour (in)
The colour of the bars.
string dir (in)
If given, "top-down" or "bottom-up", to indicate the
direction in which the colour changes. (If not given, a
uniform colour is used).
string brightness (in)
If given, "bright" or "dark" (defaulting to "bright").
The colour will change to respectively white or black,
depending on the direction.
$barchart config -option value ...
Set options for drawing the bars.
showvalues boolean
Whether to show the values or not (above the bars)
valuefont newfont
Name of the font to use for the values
valuecolour colour
Colour for the values
valueformat format
Format string to use for formatting the values
For horizontal barcharts:
$barchart plot series xdata colour ?dir? ?brightness?
Add a data series to a barchart.
string series (in)
Name of the series the values belong to.
list xdata (in)
A list of values, one for each y-axis label.
color colour (in)
The colour of the bars.
string dir (in)
If given, "left-right" or "right-left", to indicate the
direction in which the colour changes. (If not given, a
uniform colour is used).
string brightness (in)
If given, "bright" or "dark" (defaulting to "bright").
The colour will change to respectively white or black,
depending on the direction.
$barchart config -option value ...
Set options for drawing the bars.
showvalues boolean
Whether to show the values or not (to the right of the
bars)
valuefont newfont
Name of the font to use for the values
valuecolour colour
Colour for the values
valueformat format
Format string to use for formatting the values
For 3D barcharts:
$barchart plot label yvalue colour
Add the next bar to the barchart.
string label (in)
The label to be shown below the column.
float yvalue (in)
The value that determines the height of the column
color colour (in)
The colour of the column.
$barchart config -option value ...
Set one or more configuration parameters. The following options
are supported:
usebackground boolean
Whether to draw walls to the left and to the back of the
columns or not
useticklines boolean
Whether to draw ticklines on the walls or not
showvalues boolean
Whether to show the values or not
labelfont newfont
Name of the font to use for labels
labelcolour colour
Colour for the labels
valuefont newfont
Name of the font to use for the values
valuecolour colour
Colour for the values
For 3D ribbon charts:
$ribbon line xypairs colour
Plot the given xy-pairs as a ribbon in the chart
list xypairs (in)
The pairs of x/y values to be drawn (the series is drawn
as a whole)
color colour (in)
The colour of the ribbon.
$ribbon area xypairs colour
Plot the given xy-pairs as a ribbon with a filled area in front.
The effect is that of a box with the data as its upper surface.
list xypairs (in)
The pairs of x/y values to be drawn (the series is drawn
as a whole)
color colour (in)
The colour of the ribbon/area.
For boxplots:
$boxplot plot label values
Add a box-and-whisker to the plot.
string label (in)
The label along the y-axis to which the data belong
list values (in)
List of raw values, the extent of the box and the
whiskers will be determined from this list.
For timecharts:
$timechart period text time_begin time_end colour
Add a time period to the chart.
string text (in)
The text describing the period.
string time_begin (in)
Start time of the period.
string time_end (in)
Stop time of the period.
color colour (in)
The colour of the bar (defaults to black).
$timechart milestone text time colour
Add a milestone (represented as an point-down triangle) to the
chart.
string text (in)
The text describing the milestone.
string time (in)
Time at which the milestone must be positioned.
color colour (in)
The colour of the triangle (defaults to black).
$timechart vertline text time
Add a vertical line (to indicate the start of the month for
instance) to the chart.
string text (in)
The text appearing at the top (an abbreviation of the
date/time for instance).
string time (in)
Time at which the line must be positioned.
$timechart hscroll scrollbar
Connect a horizontal scrollbar to the chart. See also the sec-
tion on scrolling.
widget scrollbar (in)
The horizontal scrollbar that is to be connected to the
chart
$timechart vscroll scrollbar
Connect a vertical scrollbar to the chart. See also the section
on scrolling.
widget scrollbar (in)
The vertical scrollbar that is to be connected to the
chart
For Gantt charts:
$ganttchart task text time_begin time_end completed
Add a task with its period and level of completion to the chart.
Returns a list of canvas items that can be used for further
manipulations, like connecting two tasks.
string text (in)
The text describing the task.
string time_begin (in)
Start time of the task.
string time_end (in)
Stop time of the task.
float completed (in)
The percentage of the task that is completed.
$ganttchart milestone text time colour
Add a milestone (represented as an point-down triangle) to the
chart.
string text (in)
The text describing the milestone.
string time (in)
Time at which the milestone must be positioned.
color colour (in)
The colour of the triangle (defaults to black).
$ganttchart vertline text time
Add a vertical line (to indicate the start of the month for
instance) to the chart.
string text (in)
The text appearing at the top (an abbreviation of the
date/time for instance).
string time (in)
Time at which the line must be positioned.
$ganttchart connect from to
Add an arrow that connects the from task with the to task.
list from (in)
The list of items returned by the "task" command that
represents the task from which the arrow starts.
string text (in)
The text summarising the tasks
list args (in)
One or more tasks (the lists returned by the "task" com-
mand). They are shifted down to make room for the sum-
mary.
list to (in)
The list of items returned by the "task" command that
represents the task at which the arrow ends.
$ganttchart summary text args
Add a summary item that spans all the tasks listed. The graphi-
cal representation is a thick bar running from the leftmost task
to the rightmost.
Use this command before connecting the tasks, as the arrow would
not be shifted down!
string text (in)
The text summarising the tasks
list args (in)
One or more tasks (the lists returned by the "task" com-
mand). They are shifted down to make room for the sum-
mary.
$ganttchart color keyword newcolor
Set the colour of a part of the Gantt chart. These colours hold
for all items of that type.
string keyword (in)
The keyword indicates which part of the Gantt chart to
change:
o description - the colour of the descriptive text
o completed - the colour of the filled bar repre-
senting the completed part of a task
o left - the colour for the part that is not yet
completed
o odd - the background colour for the odd entries
o even - the background colour for the even entries
o summary - the colour for the summary text
o summarybar - the colour for the bar for a summary
string newcolor (in)
The new colour for the chosen items.
$ganttchart font keyword newfont
Set the font of a part of the Gantt chart. These fonts hold for
all items of that type.
string keyword (in)
The keyword indicates which part of the Gantt chart to
change:
o description - the font used for descriptive text
o summary - the font used for summaries
o scale - the font used for the time scale
string newfont (in)
The new font for the chosen items.
$ganttchart hscroll scrollbar
Connect a horizontal scrollbar to the chart. See also the sec-
tion on scrolling.
widget scrollbar (in)
The horizontal scrollbar that is to be connected to the
chart
$ganttchart vscroll scrollbar
Connect a vertical scrollbar to the chart. See also the section
on scrolling.
widget scrollbar (in)
The vertical scrollbar that is to be connected to the
chart
For isometric plots (to be extended):
$isoplot plot rectangle x1 y1 x2 y2 colour
Plot the outlines of a rectangle.
float x1 (in)
Minimum x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
float y1 (in)
Minimum y coordinate of the rectangle.
float x2 (in)
Maximum x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
float y2 (in)
Maximum y coordinate of the rectangle.
color colour (in)
The colour of the rectangle.
$isoplot plot filled-rectangle x1 y1 x2 y2 colour
Plot a rectangle filled with the given colour.
float x1 (in)
Minimum x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
float y1 (in)
Minimum y coordinate of the rectangle.
float x2 (in)
Maximum x coordinate of the rectangle to be drawn.
float y2 (in)
Maximum y coordinate of the rectangle.
color colour (in)
The colour of the rectangle.
$isoplot plot circle xc yc radius colour
Plot the outline of a circle.
float xc (in)
X coordinate of the circle's centre.
float yc (in)
Y coordinate of the circle's centre.
color colour (in)
The colour of the circle.
$isoplot plot filled-circle xc yc radius colour
Plot a circle filled with the given colour.
float xc (in)
X coordinate of the circle's centre.
float yc (in)
Y coordinate of the circle's centre.
color colour (in)
The colour of the circle.
There are a number of public procedures that may be useful in specific
situations: Pro memorie.
COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS
Besides the commands that deal with the plots and charts directly,
there are a number of commands that can be used to convert world coor-
dinates to pixels and vice versa. These include:
::Plotchart::viewPort w pxmin pymin pxmax pymax
Set the viewport for window w. Should be used in cooperation
with ::Plotchart::worldCoordinates.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float pxmin (in)
Left-most pixel coordinate.
float pymin (in)
Top-most pixel coordinate (remember: the vertical pixel
coordinate starts with 0 at the top!).
float pxmax (in)
Right-most pixel coordinate.
float pymax (in)
Bottom-most pixel coordinate.
::Plotchart::worldCoordinates w xmin ymin xmax ymax
Set the extreme world coordinates for window w. The world coor-
dinates need not be in ascending order (i.e. xmin can be larger
than xmax, so that a reversal of the x-axis is achieved).
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float xmin (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped to left side of viewport.
float ymin (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped to bottom of viewport.
float xmax (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped to right side of viewport.
float ymax (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped to top side of viewport.
::Plotchart::world3DCoordinates w xmin ymin zmin xmax ymax zmax
Set the extreme three-dimensional world coordinates for window
w. The world coordinates need not be in ascending order (i.e.
xmin can be larger than xmax, so that a reversal of the x-axis
is achieved).
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float xmin (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped to front side of the 3D view-
port.
float ymin (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped to left side of the viewport.
float zmin (in)
Z-coordinate to be mapped to bottom of viewport.
float xmax (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped to back side of viewport.
float ymax (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped to right side of viewport.
float zmax (in)
Z-coordinate to be mapped to top side of viewport.
::Plotchart::coordsToPixel w x y
Return a list of pixel coordinates valid for the given window.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float x (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped.
float y (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped.
::Plotchart::coords3DToPixel w x y z
Return a list of pixel coordinates valid for the given window.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float x (in)
X-coordinate to be mapped.
float y (in)
Y-coordinate to be mapped.
float y (in)
Z-coordinate to be mapped.
::Plotchart::polarCoordinates w radmax
Set the extreme polar coordinates for window w. The angle always
runs from 0 to 360 degrees and the radius starts at 0. Hence you
only need to give the maximum radius. Note: If the viewport is
not square, this procedure will not adjust the extremes, so that
would result in an elliptical plot. The creation routine for a
polar plot always determines a square viewport.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float radmax (in)
Maximum radius.
::Plotchart::polarToPixel w rad phi
Wrapper for a call to ::Plotchart::coordsToPixel, which assumes
the world coordinates and viewport are set appropriately. Con-
verts polar coordinates to pixel coordinates. Note: To be use-
ful it should be accompanied by a matching ::Plotchart::worldCo-
ordinates procedure. This is automatically taken care of in the
creation routine for polar plots.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float rad (in)
Radius of the point.
float phi (in)
Angle to the positive x-axis.
::Plotchart::pixelToCoords w x y
Return a list of world coordinates valid for the given window.
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question.
float x (in)
X-pixel to be mapped.
float y (in)
Y-pixel to be mapped.
::Plotchart::pixelToIndex w x y
Return the index of the pie segment containing the pixel coordi-
nates (x,y)
widget w (in)
Name of the window (canvas widget) in question, holding a
piechart.
float x (in)
X-pixel to be mapped.
float y (in)
Y-pixel to be mapped.
Furthermore there is a routine to determine "pretty" numbers for use
with an axis:
::Plotchart::determineScale xmin xmax inverted
Determine "pretty" numbers from the given range and return a
list containing the minimum, maximum and stepsize that can be
used for a (linear) axis.
float xmin (in)
Rough minimum value for the scaling
float xmax (in)
Rough maximum value for the scaling.
boolean inverted (in)
Optional argument: if 1, then the returned list produces
an inverted axis. Defaults to 0 (the axis will be from
minimum to maximum)
::Plotchart::determineScaleFromList values inverted
Determine "pretty" numbers from the given list of values and
return a list containing the minimum, maximum and stepsize that
can be used for a (linear) axis.
float values (in)
List of values that will be examined. May contain missing
values (empty strings)
boolean inverted (in)
Optional argument: if 1, then the returned list produces
an inverted axis. Defaults to 0 (the axis will be from
minimum to maximum)
MISSING VALUES
Often data that need to be plotted contain gaps - in a series of mea-
surement data, they can occur because the equipment failed, a sample
was not collected correctly or for many other reasons. The Plotchart
handles these gaps by assuming that one or both coordinates of such
data points are an empty string:
#
# Create the plot with its x- and y-axes
#
set s [::Plotchart::createXYPlot .c {0.0 100.0 10.0} {0.0 100.0 20.0}]
foreach {x y} {0.0 32.0 10.0 {} 25.0 60.0 78.0 11.0 } {
$s plot series1 $x $y
}
The effect varies according to the type of plot:
o For xy-plots, radial plots and strip charts the missing data
point causes a gap in the line through the points.
o For barchats, missing values are treated as if a value of zero
was given.
o For time charts and Gantt charts missing values cause errors -
there is no use for them there.
OTHER OUTPUT FORMATS
Besides output to the canvas on screen, the module is capable, via can-
vas postscript, of producing PostScript files. One may wonder whether
it is possible to extend this set of output formats and the answer is
"yes". This section tries to sum up the aspects of using this module
for another sort of output.
One way you can create output files in a different format, is by exam-
ining the contents of the canvas after everything has been drawn and
render that contents in the right form. This is probably the easiest
way, as it involves nothing more than the re-creation of all the ele-
ments in the plot that are already there.
The drawback of that method is that you need to have a display, which
is not always the case if you run a CGI server or something like that.
An alternative is to emulate the canvas command. For this to work, you
need to know which canvas subcommands are used and what for. Obviously,
the create subcommand is used to create the lines, texts and other
items. But also the raise and lower subcommands are used, because with
these the module can influence the drawing order - important to simu-
late a clipping rectangle around the axes. (The routine DrawMask is
responsible for this - if the output format supports proper clipping
areas, then a redefinition of this routine might just solve this).
Furthermore, the module uses the cget subcommand to find out the sizes
of the canvas. A more mundane aspect of this is that the module cur-
rently assumes that the text is 14 pixels high and that 80 pixels in
width suffice for the axis' labels. No "hook" is provided to customise
this.
In summary:
o Emulate the create subcommand to create all the items in the
correct format
o Emulate the cget subcommand for the options -width and -height
to allow the correct calculation of the rectangle's position and
size
o Solve the problem of raising and lowering the items so that they
are properly clipped, for instance by redefining the routine
DrawMask.
o Take care of the currently fixed text size properties
SPECIAL EFFECTS
As an example of some special effects you can achieve, here is the code
for a plot where the area below the data line varies in colour:
canvas .c -background white -width 400 -height 200
pack .c -fill both
set s [::Plotchart::createXYPlot .c {0.0 100.0 10.0} {0.0 100.0 20.0}]
$s background gradient green top-down
$s dataconfig series1 -filled up -fillcolour white
$s plot series1 0.0 20.0
$s plot series1 10.0 20.0
$s plot series1 30.0 50.0
$s plot series1 35.0 45.0
$s plot series1 45.0 25.0
$s plot series1 75.0 55.0
$s plot series1 100.0 55.0
$s plaintext 30.0 60.0 "Peak" south
The trick is to fill the background with a colour that changes from
green at the top to white at the bottom. Then the area above the data
line is filled with a white polygon. Thus the green shading varies with
the height of the line.
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
In this version there are a lot of things that still need to be imple-
mented:
o More robust handling of incorrect calls (right now the proce-
dures may fail when called incorrectly):
o The axis drawing routines can not handle inverse axes
right now.
o If the user provides an invalid date/time string, the
routines simply throw an error.
RESIZING
Plotchart has not been designed to create plots and charts that keep
track of the data that are put in. This means that if an application
needs to allow the user to resize the window holding the plot or chart,
it must take care to redraw the complete plot.
The code below is a simple example of how to do that:
package require Plotchart
grid [canvas .c -background white] -sticky news
grid columnconfigure . 0 -weight 1
grid rowconfigure . 0 -weight 1
bind .c <Configure> {doResize}
proc doPlot {} {
#
# Clean up the contents (see also the note below!)
#
.c delete all
#
# (Re)draw the bar chart
#
set p [::Plotchart::createBarchart .c {x y z} {0 100 10} 3]
$p plot R {10 30 40} red
$p plot G {30 40 60} green
}
proc doResize {} {
global redo
#
# To avoid redrawing the plot many times during resizing,
# cancel the callback, until the last one is left.
#
if { [info exists redo] } {
after cancel $redo
}
set redo [after 50 doPlot]
}
Please note: The code above will work fine for barcharts and many other
types of plots, but as Plotchart keeps some private information for xy
plots, more is needed in these cases. This actually requires a command
"destroyPlot" to take care of such details. A next version of Plotchart
may have that.
Alternatively, you can use the xyplot package which is built on top of
Plotchart. This package supports zooming in and zooming out, as well as
resizing the plot as a whole. Here is a small demonstration program:
# xyplot_demo.tcl --
# Demonstration of the xyplot package
#
package require xyplot
set xydata1 {}
set xydata2 {}
set xydata3 {}
set xydata4 {}
for { set i 0 } { $i < 1024 } { incr i } {
lappend xydata1 [expr {$i-1000}] [expr {$i * sin($i/4096.0*3.1415*2) * (sin($i/256.0*3.1415*2))}]
lappend xydata2 [expr {$i-1000}] [expr {$i * sin($i/4096.0*3.1415*2) * (sin($i/256.0*3.1415*2) + 0.25 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*6))}]
lappend xydata3 [expr {$i-1000}] [expr {$i * sin($i/4096.0*3.1415*2) * (sin($i/256.0*3.1415*2) + 0.25 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*6) + 0.0625 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*10))}]
lappend xydata4 [expr {$i-1000}] [expr {$i * sin($i/4096.0*3.1415*2) * (sin($i/256.0*3.1415*2) + 0.25 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*6) + 0.0625 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*10) + 0.015625 * sin($i/256.0*3.1415*14))}]
}
set xyp [xyplot .xyp -xformat "%5.0f" -yformat "%5.0f" -title "XY plot testing" -background gray90]
pack $xyp -fill both -expand true
set s1 [$xyp add_data sf1 $xydata1 -legend "Serie 1 data" -color red]
set s2 [$xyp add_data sf2 $xydata2 -legend "Serie 2 data" -color green]
set s3 [$xyp add_data sf3 $xydata3 -legend "Serie 3 data" -color blue]
set s4 [$xyp add_data sf4 $xydata4 -legend "Serie 4 data" -color orange]
set xyp2 [xyplot .xyp2 -xticks 8 -yticks 4 -yformat %.2f -xformat %.0f]
pack $xyp2 -fill both -expand true
set s1 [$xyp2 add_data sf1 $xydata1]
set s2 [$xyp2 add_data sf2 $xydata2]
set s3 [$xyp2 add_data sf3 $xydata3]
set s4 [$xyp2 add_data sf4 $xydata4]
Zooming in is done by selecting a rectangle with the left mouse button
pressed. Zooming out is done by pressing the right mouse button. If you
resize the window, the canvases inside are resized too. If you zoom in,
you can scroll the plot via the scrollbars that are automatically
attached.
ZOOMING IN
As the Plotchart package does not keep track of the data itself,
rescaling an existing plot - for instance when zooming in - would have
to be done by redefining the plot and redrawing the data. However, the
canvas widget offers a way out by scaling and moving items, so that
zooming in becomes a bit simpler.
Whether zooming is indeed useful, depends on the type of plot. Cur-
rently it is defined for XY-plots only. The method is called "rescale"
and simply redraws the axes and scales and moves the data items so that
they conform to the new axes. The drawback is that any symbols are
scaled by the same amount. The rescale method works best for plots that
only have lines, not symbols.
The method works very simply:
$p rescale {newxmin newxmax newxstep} {newymin newymax newystep}
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
The command plotconfig can be used to set all manner of options. The
syntax is:
::Plotchart::plotconfig charttype component property value
Set a new value for the property of a component in a particular
chart or plot type or query its current value. Each argument is
optional.
string charttype (in)
The type of chart or plot (see the configuration type
that is mentioned for each create command). If not given
or empty, a list of chart types is returned. If it is
given, the properties for that particular type are used.
string component (in)
The component of the plot/chart: leftaxis, rightaxis,
background, margin and so on. If not given or empty, a
list of components is returned. If it is given, the prop-
erties for that particular component will be set for that
particular type of chart.
string property (in)
The property of the component of the plot/chart: text-
color, thickness of the axis line, etc. If not given or
empty, a list of properties is returned. If it is given,
that particular property for that particular component
will be set for that particular type of chart.
string value (in)
The new value for the property. If empty, the current
value is returned. If the value is "default", the
default value will be restored.
Note, that in some cases an empty value is useful. Use
"none" in this case - it can be useful for colours and
for formats.
Below is a more detailed list of the components and properties:
o Axes come in a wide variety:
o leftaxis, rightaxis, topaxis, bottomaxis for the plots
with a rectangular shape.
o xaxis, yaxis and zaxis are used for the 3D plots
o axis, this represents the radial and tangential axes of a
polar plot
All axes have the following properties:
o color - the colour of the line and the tickmarks
o thickness - the width of the line of the axis itself, not
the tickmarks
o ticklength - the length of the tickmarks in pixels. A
positive value is outward, a negative value is inward.
o font - the font for the labels and the text at the axis
o format - the format for rendering the (numerical) labels.
For the time axis it is the format for a date and time.
o textcolor - the colour for the labels and the text.
o The margin is important for the layout. Currently only the rect-
angular plots allow the margins to be set: left, right, top and
bottom. The values are in pixels.
o The text component is meant for any text appearing via the
plaintext subcommand. The properties are: textcolor, font and
anchor (positioning of the text relative to the given coordi-
nates).
o The background has two properties: outercolor, the colour out-
side of the actual plot, and innercolor, the colour inside the
plot. (Note: only "outercolor" has now been implemented).
o The legend has three properties: background, border and posi-
tion. See the legend subcommand for the meaning.
See the examples in plotdemos7.tcl for it use.
SCROLLING FOR TIMECHARTS AND GANTT CHARTS
For two types of plots automatic scrolling management has been imple-
mented: timecharts and Gantt charts. The subcommands hscroll and
vscroll associate (existing) scrollbars to the plot, in much the same
way as for text and canvas widgets.
Once the association is made, the scrollbars are automatically updated
if:
o You add an item with a period wider than the current one.
o You add a vertical line for a time beyond the current bounds.
o You add an extra item beyond the number that was used to create
the chart.
For instance:
package require Plotchart
canvas .c -width 400 -height 200
scrollbar .y -orient vertical
scrollbar .x -orient horizontal
grid .c .y -sticky news
grid .x -sticky news
source plotchart.tcl
set s [::Plotchart::createTimechart .c "1 january 2004" "31 december 2004" 4]
$s period "Spring" "1 march 2004" "1 june 2004" green
$s period "Summer" "1 june 2004" "1 september 2004" yellow
$s vertline "1 jan" "1 january 2004"
$s vertline "1 apr" "1 april 2004"
$s vertline "1 jul" "1 july 2004"
$s vertline "1 oct" "1 october 2004"
$s vertline "1 jan" "1 january 2005"
$s vertline "1 apr" "1 april 2005"
$s vertline "1 jul" "1 july 2005"
$s milestone "Longest day" "21 july 2004"
$s milestone "Longest day 2" "21 july 2004"
$s milestone "Longest day 3" "21 july 2004"
$s milestone "Longest day 4" "21 july 2004"
$s milestone "Longest day 5" "21 july 2004"
$s milestone "Longest day 6" "21 july 2004"
$s title "Seasons (northern hemisphere)"
$s vscroll .y
$s hscroll .x
The original extent of the chart is from 1 january 2004 to 31 december
2004. But because of the addition of vertical lines in 2005 and more
items than was specified at the creation of the chart, both the hori-
zontal and the vertical scrollbar will be enabled.
SPECIALISED PLOTS
Most of the plot and chart types described above have a fairly general
use and you simply prepares the data to be plotted yourself. This sec-
tion describes several plot types that are more specialised, in the
sense that they have specific purposes and you pass raw data that are
then processed in the plotting routines.
Currently there are the following types:
o Target diagrams are used to assess the capacity of numerical
models to reproduce measurement data. They are described in
detail in:
Jason K. Joliff et al.
Summary diagrams for coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem model skill assessment
Journal of Marine Systems 76 (2009) 64-82
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.014
o Performance profiles are used for comparing the performance of
numerical methods or implementations thereof with each other.
For more information:
Desmond Higham and Nicholas Higham
Matlab Guide
SIAM, 2005, Philadephia
Most of the general methods for XY-plots work for these plots as well,
but their creation and the methods to plot the data are very specific.
::Plotchart::createTargetDiagram w limits scale
Create a new target diagram with circles indicating specific
limits. The x-axis represents the unbiased "root-mean-square
difference" (typically varying between -1 and 1) and the y-axis
represents the normalised bias.
Data points closer to the origin represent better results than
data points further away.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
list limits (in)
List of radii for the circles that represent the limits
(for instance: 0.5 and 0.7)
double scale (in)
Scale for the axes - defaults to 1, but if the model
results are a poor fit, then that may be too small a
value. Both axes are scaled in the same way.
$target plot series xvalues yvalues
The plot method takes two series of data of the same length, the
first one representing the model results, the second one repre-
sent the measurements or, more general, the data that need to be
reproduced.
string series (in)
Name of the series (it will be plotted as a symbol that
is configured via the $target dataconfig command (see the
XY-plot equivalent for an explanation)
list xvalues (in)
List of model results (missing values are represented as
empty strings)
list yvalues (in)
List of measured values (missing values are represented
as empty strings; only if both the x and the y values are
given, is the pair used in the computations)
::Plotchart::createPerformanceProfile w max
Create a diagram to show the performance of various numerical
methods (or solvers). The idea is to first run these methods on
a set of problems and measure their performance. The smaller the
number the better. Then these methods are compared via a so-
called performance profile: the data are scaled and ordered,
such that the best method ends up highest.
Because of the nature of the plot all data must be given at
once.
widget w (in)
Name of the existing canvas widget to hold the plot.
float max (in)
Maximum value for the x-axis (the x-axis is the scaled
performance of the series).
$performance plot series_and_data_pairs
Plot the data for each given method. The data are identified by
the series name and the appearance is controlled via prior data-
config subcommand.
list series_and_data_pairs (in)
List of series names and data. All data must be given at
once.
The command plotmethod can be used to add new methods for a particular
plot or chart type. It is intended to help you develop specialised
graphical displays.
::Plotchart::plotmethod charttype methodname plotproc
Adds a new method for the given plot or chart type. The method
is implemented by the command or procedure given in the plotproc
argument. The procedure will be called with two extra arguments,
the name of the created plot and the canvas widget that contains
(see the example below).
string charttype (in)
The type of plot or chart that the new method should be
added to.
string methodname (in)
Name of the method to be used.
string plotproc (in)
Name of the command or procedure that implements the
method.
Here is a trivial example of how to use this:
#
# The custom method "doodle" always adds the text "DOODLE"
# to the plot
#
proc doodle {p w x y} {
$p plaintext $x $y "DOODLE"
}
::Plotchart::plotmethod xyplot doodle doodle
#
# Use it
pack [canvas .c]
set p [::Plotchart::createXYPlot .c {0 100 10} {0 20 5}]
$p doodle 40 10
CONTROL DISPLAYS
TODO
ARRANGING MULTIPLE PLOTS IN A CANVAS
The command plotpack allows you to copy the contents of a plot into
another canvas widget. This canvas widget does not act as a composite
plot, but it can be saved as a PostScript file for instance: Note: the
command simply takes a snapshot of the plots/charts as they are at that
moment.
::Plotchart::plotpack w dir args
Copy the contents of the plots/charts into another widget, in a
manner similar to the pack geometry manager.
widget w (in)
The name of the canvas widget to copy the plots/charts
into
string dir (in)
The direction of the arrangement - top, left, bottom or
right
list args (in)
List of plots/charts to be copied.
For example:
set p1 [createXYPlot ...]
set p2 [createBarchart ...]
... fill the plots ...
toplevel .t
pack [canvas .t.c2 -width ...]
#
# Copy the two plots above each other in the new canvas
#
plotpack .t.c2 top $p1 $p2
INTERACTIVE USE
Plotchart has several features for interactive use (cf. NOTES ON TAGS):
o The legend can be moved around by pressing mouse button 1 in the
legend's box and keeping it down.
o You can use the bindplot and bindlast commands to define actions
that are to be taken when the user clicks on an element of the
plot or chart. (see below, see also the sample code in plotde-
mos12.tcl)
o Piecharts can show an "exploded" segment that you can select
with mouse button 1.
If you require different forms of interaction, not covered by Plotchart
itself, you can use the tags on the various canvas elements to define
other bindings.
The bindplot and bindlast are defined as follows:
$anyplot bindplot event command args
Register a command that will be run whenever the given event
occurs in the plot.
string event
The event that you want to bind the command to
string command
Name of the command/procedure that you want to run. The
following arguments are prefixed: the x- and y-coordi-
nates of the point in the plot (the world coordinates!),
so that the procedure has the signature:
cmd $xworld $yworld $string1 $string2 $string3
assuming the argument "command" is: {cmd A B C}
$anyplot bindlast series event command
Register a command that will be run when the event occurs within
the neighbourhood of the last point added to the given series.
(You can use directly after inserting a data point. All such
commands will remain active).
string event
The event that you want to bind the command to
list command
Name of the command/procedure that you want to run. The
following arguments are prefixed: the x- and y-coordi-
nates of the point in the plot (the world coordinates!),
so that the procedure has the signature:
cmd $xworld $yworld $string1 $string2 $string3
assuming the argument "command" is: {cmd A B C}
Here is an example - show the values of the data points in an annota-
tion (from the sample code in plotdemos12.tcl):
#
# Procedure for showing an annotation
#
proc showAnnotation {xcoord ycoord plot w} {
$plot balloon $xcoord $ycoord "Data point: [format "%.3f, %.3f" $xcoord $ycoord]" north
after 2000 [list removeAnnotation $w]
}
#
# Procedure for erase an annotation
#
proc removeAnnotation {w} {
# Use the tags to remove all annotations
$w delete BalloonText
$w delete BalloonFrame
}
#
# Create a simple plot and a label
#
pack [canvas .c -bg white] [label .l -textvariable coords]
set p [::Plotchart::createXYPlot .c {0 1000 200} {0 10 1}]
$p dataconfig series1 -type both -symbol cross
foreach x {1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000} {
$p plot series1 $x [expr {log($x)}]
#
# Show the annotation for each data point
#
$p bindlast series1 <Enter> [list showAnnotation $p %W]
}
NOTES ON TAGS
The implementation of Plotchart relies heavily on the canvas's ability
to identify graphical objects by tags and to change the drawing order
of the objects. This section documents the tags that are used.
(Note: the tags are not always used consistently - see the notes
appearing with the various tags. This section describes the current
state.)
General graphical objects:
o mask - Used to manipulate the opaque rectangles that ensure data
outside the viewport are not shown.
o topmask, horizmask, vertmask - specialised tags, used for scrol-
lable plots.
o title - Used for title strings. BalloonText, BalloonFrame -
Used to manipulate balloon text. PlainText - Used to manipulate
ordinary text without any decoration. background - Tag used for
gradient and image backgrounds (and for gradient-filled bars).
xaxis, yaxis - Tags used for all objects related to horizontal
or vertical axes. (also: both for numerical axes and axes with
labels as in barcharts). Note, however, that the text along the
axes has no particular tag. raxis - Tag used for all objects
related to a right axis. taxis - Tag used for all objects
related to a time axis. axis3d - Tag used for 3D axes xtick-
line, ytickline - Tags used for ticklines. legend, legengb,
legendobj - Tags used for the legend. The latter is used to
manipulate the legend as a whole. legend_series - Tag used to
control the appearance of the legend entry ("series" should be
replaced by the series name).
XY-plots (all types of axes):
o data - The general tag to identify graphical objects associated
with data. data_seriesname - The tag specific to a data series
("seriesname" should be replaced). band - The horizontal or
vertical band drawn with the xband otr yband subcommands have
this tag by the actual name).
Items such as labelled dots only have the "data" tag.
Piecharts:
o segment_segmentnumber - The tag identifying the segment, the
string "segmentnumber" should be replaced by the actual number.
This tag is used to explode the segments.
Barcharts:
Barcharts use the same tags as xy-plots (but for gradient-filled bars
the data_seriesname is not used).
Histograms and isometric plots:
Currently the only tag used is "data".
Time-charts:
As these plots are scrollable, several tags are used specific to the
scrolling: vertscroll, horizscroll, below, lowest, above, timeline,
tline. Each item also has a tag of the form "item_number", where "num-
ber" is to be replaced by the actual sequence number of the item.
Gantt charts:
In addition to the tags described for the time-charts, the following
tags are used: description, completed, summary and summarybar.
Radial charts and polar plots:
Currently the radial lines indicating the grid have no tags. The graph-
ical objects associated with data only have the "data" tag.
Windroses:
Only the tag data_number is currently used ("number" should be replaced
by the sequence number of the data, starting at 0.
Contour and isoline plots:
No tags are used.
3D plots and 3D ribbon plots:
No tags are used for the data objects, only for the axes.
Charts decorated with 3D effects:
The following tags are used to identify various types of graphical
objects: platform, background, d, u, ticklines.
The text associated with the bars has no tags. The ribbon lines and
areas have no tags either.
TODO - SOME PRIVATE NOTES
I have the following wishlist:
o Isometric plots - allow new items to be implemented easily.
o A general 3D viewer - emphasis on geometry, not a ray-tracer.
o Several improvements for boxplots:
o Height of the box scales with the logarithm of the number
of points
o Marker line to indicate a "current" value
o Box drawn from quantiles
KEYWORDS
3D bars, 3D surfaces, bar charts, charts, coordinate transformations,
coordinates, graphical presentation, isometric plots, pie charts, plot-
ting, polar plots, strip charts, time charts, xy-plots
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2010 Arjen Markus <arjenmarkus@users.sourceforge.net>
plotchart 1.9.0 plotchart(n)
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