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<h1><br>Ploticus Handbook - Contents </h1>
This handbook and reference describes all programs, 
plotting procedures and attributes.
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<b>PROGRAMS</b><br>
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<a href="pl.1.html">The pl program</a><br>
<a href="pltab.1.html">The pltab program</a><br>
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<b>GENERAL INFO</b><br>
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<a href="Versions.html">What's new</a><br>
<a href="Faq.html">Frequently asked questions (FAQ)</a><br>
<a href="Feedback.html">User comments and feedback</a><br>
<a href="scripts.html">Scripts syntax</a><br>
<a href="dataformat.html">Plot data file formats</a><br>
<a href="scaleunits.html">Scaling and various types of units</a><br>
<a href="paper.html">Producing paper-based reports (PostScript, EPS)</a><br>
<a href="web.html">Producing web-based graphics (PNG, GIF)</a><br>
<a href="posters.html">Producing posters</a><br>
<a href="slides.html">Producing slides</a><br>
<a href="interactive.html">Interactive graphics (X11)</a><br>
<a href="controlling.html">Controlling ploticus from other programs</a><br>
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<b>PLOTTING PROCEDURES</b><br>
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<a href="annotate.html">Proc Annotate</a> - add annotation<br>
<a href="areadef.html">Proc Areadef</a> - define a plotting area<br>
<a href="axis.html"> Proc Axis (Xaxis/Yaxis)</a> - render an axis<br>
<a href="bars.html">Proc Bars</a> - produce bar graphs or histograms<br>
<a href="curvefit.html">Proc Curvefit</a> - generate a curve from data points<br>
<a href="drawcommands.html">Proc Drawcommands</a> - draw using command set<br>
<a href="getdata.html">Proc Getdata</a> - get or specify plot data<br>
<a href="legend.html">Proc Legend</a> - render a legend<br>
<a href="line.html">Proc Line</a> - draw arbitrary lines<br>
<a href="lineplot.html">Proc Lineplot</a> - produce a line plot<br>
<a href="page.html">Proc Page</a> - set page-wide attributes/ break page<br>
<a href="pie.html">Proc Pie</a> - produce a pie graph<br>
<a href="rangebar.html">Proc Rangebar</a> - produce a rangebar / boxplot<br>
<a href="rangesweep.html">Proc Rangesweep</a> - produce a range sweep<br>
<a href="scatterplot.html">Proc Scatterplot</a> - produce a scatterplot<br>
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<b>UTILITY PROCEDURES</b><br>
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<a href="bevelrect.html">Proc Bevelrect</a> - draw a bevelled rectangle <br>
<a href="breakaxis.html">Proc Breakaxis</a> - break an axis for display of extreme values<br>
<a href="catslide.html">Proc Catslide</a> - adjust placement of categories<br>
<a href="datesettings.html">Proc Datesettings</a> - control details of date handling<br>
<a href="defineunits.html">Proc Defineunits</a> - explicitly define scaling units<br>
<a href="endproc.html">Proc Endproc</a> - mark the end of a proc's attributes<br>
<a href="import.html">Proc Import</a> - import an external PNG image file<br>
<a href="legendentry.html">Proc Legendentry</a> - define a legend entry explicitly<br>
<a href="originaldata.html">Proc Originaldata</a> - reference original data set<br>
<a href="print.html">Proc Print</a> - show outliers, contents of variables, etc.<br>
<a href="processdata.html">Proc Processdata</a> - process data set in various ways<br>
<a href="tabulate.html">Proc Tabulate</a> - perform tabulations & frequency distributions<br>
<a href="trailer.html">Proc Trailer</a> - specify data at end of control file<br>
<a href="transform.html">Proc Transform</a> - <i>renamed to proc processdata in version 1.39</i>
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<b>ATTRIBUTE TYPES</b><br>
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<a href="attributetypes.html">Attribute types - reference</a><br>
<a href="color.html">Color</a><br>
<a href="condex.html">Conditional expressions</a><br>
<a href="linedetails.html">Linedetails</a><br>
<a href="symboldetails.html">Symboldetails</a><br>
<a href="textdetails.html">Textdetails</a><br>
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<b>APPENDIX</b><br>
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<a href="dates.html">Working with date data</a><br>
<a href="times.html">Working with time data</a><br>
<a href="missingdata.html">Working with missing data</a><br>
<a href="variables.html">System @variables</a><br>
<a href="functions.html">Available $functions</a><br>
<a href="specialchars.html">Special characters</a><br>
<a href="config.html">Ploticus configuration files</a><br>
<a href="limits.html">Program limitations</a><br>
<a href="Copyright.html">Copyright and permissions</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sgpr.net">Home page (www.sgpr.net)</a><br>
<a href="http://www.sgpr.net/doc/Download.html">Downloading the software</a><br>
<a href="Problems.html">Where to ask questions & report problems</a><br>
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