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+</PRE>
+<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+ <B>graph</B> <I>pathName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+ The <B>graph</B> command creates a graph for plotting two-dimensional data
+ (X-Y coordinates). It has many configurable components: coordinate
+ axes, elements, legend, grid lines, cross hairs, etc. They allow you
+ to customize the look and feel of the graph.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>INTRODUCTION</H2><PRE>
+ The <B>graph</B> command creates a new window for plotting two-dimensional
+ data (X-Y coordinates). Data points are plotted in a rectangular area
+ displayed in the center of the new window. This is the <I>plotting</I> <I>area</I>.
+ The coordinate axes are drawn in the margins around the plotting area.
+ By default, the legend is displayed in the right margin. The title is
+ displayed in top margin.
+
+ The <B>graph</B> widget is composed of several components: coordinate axes,
+ data elements, legend, grid, cross hairs, pens, postscript, and annota-
+ tion markers.
+
+ axis The graph has four standard axes (x, x2, y, and y2), but you
+ can create and display any number of axes. Axes control what
+ region of data is displayed and how the data is scaled. Each
+ axis consists of the axis line, title, major and minor ticks,
+ and tick labels. Tick labels display the value at each major
+ tick.
+
+ crosshairs
+ Cross hairs are used to position the mouse pointer relative
+ to the X and Y coordinate axes. Two perpendicular lines,
+ intersecting at the current location of the mouse, extend
+ across the plotting area to the coordinate axes.
+
+ element An element represents a set of data points. Elements can be
+ plotted with a symbol at each data point and lines connecting
+ the points. The appearance of the element, such as its sym-
+ bol, line width, and color is configurable.
+
+ grid Extends the major and minor ticks of the X-axis and/or Y-axis
+ across the plotting area.
+
+ legend The legend displays the name and symbol of each data element.
+ The legend can be drawn in any margin or in the plotting
+ area.
+
+ marker Markers are used annotate or highlight areas of the graph.
+ For example, you could use a polygon marker to fill an area
+ under a curve, or a text marker to label a particular data
+ point. Markers come in various forms: text strings, bitmaps,
+ connected line segments, images, polygons, or embedded wid-
+ gets.
+
+ <B>graph</B> <I>pathName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... The <B>graph</B> command creates a new win-
+ dow <I>pathName</I> and makes it into a <B>graph</B> widget. At the time this com-
+ mand is invoked, there must not exist a window named <I>pathName</I>, but
+ <I>pathName</I>'s parent must exist. Additional options may be specified on
+ the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of the
+ graph such as its colors and font. See the <B>configure</B> operation below
+ for the exact details about what <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are valid.
+
+ If successful, <B>graph</B> returns the path name of the widget. It also cre-
+ ates a new Tcl command by the same name. You can use this command to
+ invoke various operations that query or modify the graph. The general
+ form is: <I>pathName</I> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?... Both <I>operation</I> and its arguments
+ determine the exact behavior of the command. The operations available
+ for the graph are described in the <B>GRAPH</B> <B>OPERATIONS</B> section.
+
+ The command can also be used to access components of the graph. <I>path-</I>
+ <I>Name</I> <I>component</I> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?... The operation, now located after the
+ name of the component, is the function to be performed on that compo-
+ nent. Each component has its own set of operations that manipulate that
+ component. They will be described below in their own sections.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>EXAMPLE</H2><PRE>
+ The <B>graph</B> command creates a new graph. # Create a new graph. Plotting
+ area is black. graph .g -plotbackground black A new Tcl command .g is
+ also created. This command can be used to query and modify the graph.
+ For example, to change the title of the graph to "My Plot", you use the
+ new command and the graph's <B>configure</B> operation. # Change the title.
+ .g configure -title "My Plot" A graph has several components. To access
+ a particular component you use the component's name. For example, to
+ add data elements, you use the new command and the <B>element</B> component.
+ # Create a new element named "line1" .g element create line1 \
+ -xdata { 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 } \ -ydata {
+ 26.18 50.46 72.85 93.31 111.86 128.47 143.14 155.85 166.60
+ 175.38 } The element's X-Y coordinates are specified using lists of
+ numbers. Alternately, BLT vectors could be used to hold the X-Y coor-
+ dinates. # Create two vectors and add them to the graph. vector xVec
+ yVec xVec set { 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 } yVec set {
+ 26.18 50.46 72.85 93.31 111.86 128.47 143.14 155.85 166.60 175.38
+ } .g element create line1 -xdata xVec -ydata yVec The advantage of
+ using vectors is that when you modify one, the graph is automatically
+ redrawn to reflect the new values. # Change the y coordinate of the
+ first point. set <B>yVector(0)</B> 25.18 An element named e1 is now created
+ in .b. It is automatically added to the display list of elements. You
+ can use this list to control in what order elements are displayed. To
+ query or reset the element display list, you use the element's <B>show</B>
+ operation. # Get the current display list set elemList [.b element
+ show] # Remove the first element so it won't be displayed. .b element
+ show [lrange $elemList 0 end] The element will be displayed by as many
+ bars as there are data points (in this case there are ten). The bars
+ will be drawn centered at the x-coordinate of the data point. All the
+ bars will have the same attributes (colors, stipple, etc). The width
+ of each bar is by default one unit. You can change this with using the
+ example, you change the scale of the Y-axis from linear to log using
+ the <B>axis</B> component. # Y-axis is log scale. .g axis configure y
+ -logscale yes One important way axes are used is to zoom in on a par-
+ ticular data region. Zooming is done by simply specifying new axis
+ limits using the <B>-min</B> and <B>-max</B> configuration options. .g axis config-
+ ure x -min 1.0 -max 1.5 .g axis configure y -min 12.0 -max 55.15 To
+ zoom interactively, you link the <B>axis</B> <B>configure</B> operations with some
+ user interaction (such as pressing the mouse button), using the <B>bind</B>
+ command. To convert between screen and graph coordinates, use the
+ <B>invtransform</B> operation. # Click the button to set a new minimum bind
+ .g &lt;ButtonPress-1&gt; {
+ %W axis configure x -min [%W axis invtransform x %x]
+ %W axis configure x -min [%W axis invtransform x %y] } By default,
+ the limits of the axis are determined from data values. To reset back
+ to the default limits, set the <B>-min</B> and <B>-max</B> options to the empty
+ value. # Reset the axes to autoscale again. .g axis configure x -min
+ {} -max {} .g axis configure y -min {} -max {} By default, the legend
+ is drawn in the right margin. You can change this or any legend con-
+ figuration options using the <B>legend</B> component. # Configure the legend
+ font, color, and relief .g legend configure -position left -relief
+ raised \ -font fixed -fg blue To prevent the legend from being
+ displayed, turn on the <B>-hide</B> option. # Don't display the legend. .g
+ legend configure -hide yes The <B>graph</B> widget has simple drawing proce-
+ dures called markers. They can be used to highlight or annotate data
+ in the graph. The types of markers available are bitmaps, images, poly-
+ gons, lines, or windows. Markers can be used, for example, to mark or
+ brush points. In this example, is a text marker that labels the data
+ first point. Markers are created using the <B>marker</B> component. # Create
+ a label for the first data point of "line1". .g marker create text
+ -name first_marker -coords { 0.2 26.18 } \ -text "start" -anchor
+ se -xoffset -10 -yoffset -10 This creates a text marker named
+ first_marker. It will display the text "start" near the coordinates of
+ the first data point. The <B>-anchor</B>, <B>-xoffset</B>, and <B>-yoffset</B> options are
+ used to display the marker above and to the left of the data point, so
+ that the data point isn't covered by the marker. By default, markers
+ are drawn last, on top of data. You can change this with the <B>-under</B>
+ option. # Draw the label before elements are drawn. .g marker config-
+ ure first_marker -under yes You can add cross hairs or grid lines using
+ the <B>crosshairs</B> and <B>grid</B> components. # Display both cross hairs and
+ grid lines. .g crosshairs configure -hide no -color red .g grid con-
+ figure -hide no -dashes { 2 2 } # Set up a binding to reposition the
+ crosshairs. bind .g &lt;Motion&gt; {
+ .g crosshairs configure -position @%x,%y } The crosshairs are repo-
+ sitioned as the mouse pointer is moved in the graph. The pointer X-Y
+ coordinates define the center of the crosshairs.
+
+ Finally, to get hardcopy of the graph, use the <B>postscript</B> component. #
+ Print the graph into file "file.ps" .g postscript output file.ps -max-
+ pect yes -decorations no This generates a file file.ps containing the
+ encapsulated PostScript of the graph. The option <B>-maxpect</B> says to
+ scale the plot to the size of the page. Turning off the <B>-decorations</B>
+ option denotes that no borders or color backgrounds should be drawn
+ <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described below for the <B>con-</B>
+ <B>figure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Queries or modifies the configuration options of the graph. If
+ <I>option</I> isn't specified, a list describing the current options
+ for <I>pathName</I> is returned. If <I>option</I> is specified, but not
+ <I>value</I>, then a list describing <I>option</I> is returned. If one or
+ more <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are specified, then for each pair,
+ the option <I>option</I> is set to <I>value</I>. The following options are
+ valid.
+
+ <B>-aspect</B> <I>width/height</I>
+ Force a fixed aspect ratio of <I>width/height</I>, a floating
+ point number.
+
+ <B>-background</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the background color. This includes the margins and
+ legend, but not the plotting area.
+
+ <B>-borderwidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge
+ of the widget. The <B>-relief</B> option determines if the bor-
+ der is to be drawn. The default is 2.
+
+ <B>-bottommargin</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ If non-zero, overrides the computed size of the margin
+ extending below the X-coordinate axis. If <I>pixels</I> is 0,
+ the automatically computed size is used. The default is
+ 0.
+
+ <B>-bufferelements</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether an internal pixmap to buffer the dis-
+ play of data elements should be used. If <I>boolean</I> is
+ true, data elements are drawn to an internal pixmap.
+ This option is especially useful when the graph is
+ redrawn frequently while the remains data unchanged (for
+ example, moving a marker across the plot). See the <B>SPEED</B>
+ <B>TIPS</B> section. The default is 1.
+
+ <B>-cursor</B> <I>cursor</I>
+ Specifies the widget's cursor. The default cursor is
+ crosshair.
+
+ <B>-font</B> <I>fontName</I>
+ Specifies the font of the graph title. The default is
+ *-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-18-180-*.
+
+ <B>-halo</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies a maximum distance to consider when searching
+ for the closest data point (see the element's <B>closest</B>
+ operation below). Data points further than <I>pixels</I> away
+ text. <I>Justify</I> must be left, right, or center. The
+ default is center.
+
+ <B>-leftmargin</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ If non-zero, overrides the computed size of the margin
+ extending from the left edge of the window to the Y-coor-
+ dinate axis. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, the automatically computed
+ size is used. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-plotbackground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Specifies the background color of the plotting area. The
+ default is white.
+
+ <B>-plotborderwidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the 3-D border around the plotting
+ area. The <B>-plotrelief</B> option determines if a border is
+ drawn. The default is 2.
+
+ <B>-plotpadx</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the amount of padding to be added to the left and
+ right sides of the plotting area. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of
+ one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements,
+ the left side of the plotting area entry is padded by the
+ first distance and the right side by the second. If <I>pad</I>
+ is just one distance, both the left and right sides are
+ padded evenly. The default is 8.
+
+ <B>-plotpady</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the amount of padding to be added to the top and
+ bottom of the plotting area. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of one or
+ two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements, the top
+ of the plotting area is padded by the first distance and
+ the bottom by the second. If <I>pad</I> is just one distance,
+ both the top and bottom are padded evenly. The default
+ is 8.
+
+ <B>-plotrelief</B> <I>relief</I>
+ Specifies the 3-D effect for the plotting area. <I>Relief</I>
+ specifies how the interior of the plotting area should
+ appear relative to rest of the graph; for example, raised
+ means the plot should appear to protrude from the graph,
+ relative to the surface of the graph. The default is
+ sunken.
+
+ <B>-relief</B> <I>relief</I>
+ Specifies the 3-D effect for the graph widget. <I>Relief</I>
+ specifies how the graph should appear relative to widget
+ it is packed into; for example, raised means the graph
+ should appear to protrude. The default is flat.
+
+ <B>-rightmargin</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ If non-zero, overrides the computed size of the margin
+
+ <B>-tile</B> <I>image</I>
+ Specifies a tiled background for the widget. If <I>image</I>
+ isn't "", the background is tiled using <I>image</I>. Other-
+ wise, the normal background color is drawn (see the
+ <B>-background</B> option). <I>Image</I> must be an image created
+ using the Tk <B>image</B> command. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-title</B> <I>text</I>
+ Sets the title to <I>text</I>. If <I>text</I> is "", no title will be
+ displayed.
+
+ <B>-topmargin</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ If non-zero, overrides the computed size of the margin
+ above the x2 axis. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, the automatically
+ computed size is used. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-width</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies the requested width of the widget. The default
+ is 5i.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?
+ See the <B>CROSSHAIRS</B> <B>COMPONENT</B> section.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+ See the <B>ELEMENT</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B> section.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>extents</B> <I>item</I>
+ Returns the size of a particular item in the graph. <I>Item</I> must
+ be either leftmargin, rightmargin, topmargin, bottommargin,
+ plotwidth, or plotheight.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+ See the <B>GRID</B> <B>COMPONENT</B> section.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>invtransform</B> <I>winX</I> <I>winY</I>
+ Performs an inverse coordinate transformation, mapping window
+ coordinates back to graph coordinates, using the standard X-axis
+ and Y-axis. Returns a list of containing the X-Y graph coordi-
+ nates.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>inside</B> <I>x</I> <I>y</I>
+ Returns 1 is the designated screen coordinate (<I>x</I> and <I>y</I>) is
+ inside the plotting area and 0 otherwise.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>legend</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+ See the <B>LEGEND</B> <B>COMPONENT</B> section.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>line</B> <B>operation</B> <B>arg</B>...
+ The operation is the same as <B>element</B>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+ photo Saves a Tk photo image. <I>OutputName</I> represents
+ the name of a Tk photo image that must already
+ have been created.
+
+ wmf Saves an Aldus Placeable Metafile. <I>OutputName</I>
+ represents the filename where the metafile is
+ written. If <I>outputName</I> is CLIPBOARD, then out-
+ put is written directly to the Windows clip-
+ board. This format is available only under
+ Microsoft Windows.
+
+ emf Saves an Enhanced Metafile. <I>OutputName</I> repre-
+ sents the filename where the metafile is writ-
+ ten. If <I>outputName</I> is CLIPBOARD, then output
+ is written directly to the Windows clipboard.
+ This format is available only under Microsoft
+ Windows.
+
+ <B>-height</B> <I>size</I>
+ Specifies the height of the graph. <I>Size</I> is a screen
+ distance. The graph will be redrawn using this dimen-
+ sion, rather than its current window height.
+
+ <B>-width</B> <I>size</I>
+ Specifies the width of the graph. <I>Size</I> is a screen
+ distance. The graph will be redrawn using this dimen-
+ sion, rather than its current window width.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>transform</B> <I>x</I> <I>y</I>
+ Performs a coordinate transformation, mapping graph coordinates
+ to window coordinates, using the standard X-axis and Y-axis.
+ Returns a list containing the X-Y screen coordinates.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>xaxis</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>x2axis</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>yaxis</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>y2axis</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?...
+ See the <B>AXIS</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B> section.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>GRAPH COMPONENTS</H2><PRE>
+ A graph is composed of several components: coordinate axes, data ele-
+ ments, legend, grid, cross hairs, postscript, and annotation markers.
+ Instead of one big set of configuration options and operations, the
+ graph is partitioned, where each component has its own configuration
+ options and operations that specifically control that aspect or part of
+ the graph.
+
+ <B>AXIS</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B>
+ Four coordinate axes are automatically created: two X-coordinate axes
+ You can have several axes. To create an axis, invoke the axis component
+ and its create operation. # Create a new axis called "tempAxis" .g
+ axis create tempAxis You map data elements to an axis using the ele-
+ ment's -mapy and -mapx configuration options. They specify the coordi-
+ nate axes an element is mapped onto. # Now map the tempAxis data to
+ this axis. .g element create "e1" -xdata $x -ydata $y -mapy tempAxis
+ Any number of axes can be displayed simultaneously. They are drawn in
+ the margins surrounding the plotting area. The default axes x and y
+ are drawn in the bottom and left margins. The axes x2 and y2 are drawn
+ in top and right margins. By default, only x and y are shown. Note
+ that the axes can have different scales.
+
+ To display a different axis or more than one axis, you invoke one of
+ the following components: <B>xaxis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, <B>x2axis</B>, and <B>y2axis</B>. Each com-
+ ponent has a <B>use</B> operation that designates the axis (or axes) to be
+ drawn in that corresponding margin: <B>xaxis</B> in the bottom, <B>yaxis</B> in the
+ left, <B>x2axis</B> in the top, and <B>y2axis</B> in the right. # Display the axis
+ tempAxis in the left margin. .g yaxis use tempAxis The <B>use</B> operation
+ takes a list of axis names as its last argument. This is the list of
+ axes to be drawn in this margin.
+
+ You can configure axes in many ways. The axis scale can be linear or
+ logarithmic. The values along the axis can either monotonically
+ increase or decrease. If you need custom tick labels, you can specify
+ a Tcl procedure to format the label any way you wish. You can control
+ how ticks are drawn, by changing the major tick interval or the number
+ of minor ticks. You can define non-uniform tick intervals, such as for
+ time-series plots.
+
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>bind</B> <I>tagName</I> ?<I>sequence</I>? ?<I>command</I>?
+ Associates <I>command</I> with <I>tagName</I> such that whenever the event
+ sequence given by <I>sequence</I> occurs for an axis with this tag,
+ <I>command</I> will be invoked. The syntax is similar to the <B>bind</B> com-
+ mand except that it operates on graph axes, rather than widgets.
+ See the <B>bind</B> manual entry for complete details on <I>sequence</I> and
+ the substitutions performed on <I>command</I> before invoking it.
+
+ If all arguments are specified then a new binding is created,
+ replacing any existing binding for the same <I>sequence</I> and <I>tag-</I>
+ <I>Name</I>. If the first character of <I>command</I> is + then <I>command</I> aug-
+ ments an existing binding rather than replacing it. If no <I>com-</I>
+ <I>mand</I> argument is provided then the command currently associated
+ with <I>tagName</I> and <I>sequence</I> (it's an error occurs if there's no
+ such binding) is returned. If both <I>command</I> and <I>sequence</I> are
+ missing then a list of all the event sequences for which bind-
+ ings have been defined for <I>tagName</I>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>cget</B> <I>axisName</I> <I>option</I>
+ Returns the current value of the option given by <I>option</I> for
+ <I>axisName</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described below for the axis
+ <B>configure</B> operation.
+ the list matching the current event sequence will have
+ its Tcl command executed. Implicitly the name of the
+ element is always the first tag in the list. The default
+ value is all.
+
+ <B>-color</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the axis and tick labels. The default
+ is black.
+
+ <B>-command</B> <I>prefix</I>
+ Specifies a Tcl command to be invoked when formatting the
+ axis tick labels. <I>Prefix</I> is a string containing the name
+ of a Tcl proc and any extra arguments for the procedure.
+ This command is invoked for each major tick on the axis.
+ Two additional arguments are passed to the procedure: the
+ pathname of the widget and the current the numeric value
+ of the tick. The procedure returns the formatted tick
+ label. If "" is returned, no label will appear next to
+ the tick. You can get the standard tick labels again by
+ setting <I>prefix</I> to "". The default is "".
+
+ Please note that this procedure is invoked while the
+ graph is redrawn. You may query configuration options.
+ But do not them, because this can have unexpected
+ results.
+
+ <B>-descending</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the values along the axis are monotoni-
+ cally increasing or decreasing. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the
+ axis values will be decreasing. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates if the axis is displayed. If <I>boolean</I> is false
+ the axis will be displayed. Any element mapped to the
+ axis is displayed regardless. The default value is 0.
+
+ <B>-justify</B> <I>justify</I>
+ Specifies how the axis title should be justified. This
+ matters only when the axis title contains more than one
+ line of text. <I>Justify</I> must be left, right, or center.
+ The default is center.
+
+ <B>-limits</B> <I>formatStr</I>
+ Specifies a printf-like description to format the minimum
+ and maximum limits of the axis. The limits are displayed
+ at the top/bottom or left/right sides of the plotting
+ area. <I>FormatStr</I> is a list of one or two format descrip-
+ tions. If one description is supplied, both the minimum
+ and maximum limits are formatted in the same way. If
+ two, the first designates the format for the minimum
+ limit, the second for the maximum. If "" is given as
+ either description, then the that limit will not be dis-
+ loosely, at the outer tick intervals. If the axis limit
+ is set with the -min or -max option, the axes are dis-
+ played tightly. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the axis range is
+ "loose". The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-majorticks</B> <I>majorList</I>
+ Specifies where to display major axis ticks. You can use
+ this option to display ticks at non-uniform intervals.
+ <I>MajorList</I> is a list of axis coordinates designating the
+ location of major ticks. No minor ticks are drawn. If
+ <I>majorList</I> is "", major ticks will be automatically com-
+ puted. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-max</B> <I>value</I>
+ Sets the maximum limit of <I>axisName</I>. Any data point
+ greater than <I>value</I> is not displayed. If <I>value</I> is "", the
+ maximum limit is calculated using the largest data value.
+ The default is "".
+
+ <B>-min</B> <I>value</I>
+ Sets the minimum limit of <I>axisName</I>. Any data point less
+ than <I>value</I> is not displayed. If <I>value</I> is "", the minimum
+ limit is calculated using the smallest data value. The
+ default is "".
+
+ <B>-minorticks</B> <I>minorList</I>
+ Specifies where to display minor axis ticks. You can use
+ this option to display minor ticks at non-uniform inter-
+ vals. <I>MinorList</I> is a list of real values, ranging from
+ 0.0 to 1.0, designating the placement of a minor tick.
+ No minor ticks are drawn if the <B>-majortick</B> option is also
+ set. If <I>minorList</I> is "", minor ticks will be automati-
+ cally computed. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-rotate</B> <I>theta</I>
+ Specifies the how many degrees to rotate the axis tick
+ labels. <I>Theta</I> is a real value representing the number of
+ degrees to rotate the tick labels. The default is 0.0
+ degrees.
+
+ <B>-scrollcommand</B> <I>command</I>
+ Specify the prefix for a command used to communicate with
+ scrollbars for this axis, such as <I>.sbar</I> <I>set</I>.
+
+ <B>-scrollmax</B> <I>value</I>
+ Sets the maximum limit of the axis scroll region. If
+ <I>value</I> is "", the maximum limit is calculated using the
+ largest data value. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-scrollmin</B> <I>value</I>
+ Sets the minimum limit of axis scroll region. If <I>value</I>
+ is "", the minimum limit is calculated using the smallest
+ Indicates how many minor axis ticks are to be drawn. For
+ example, if <I>number</I> is two, only one minor tick is drawn.
+ If <I>number</I> is one, no minor ticks are displayed. The
+ default is 2.
+
+ <B>-tickfont</B> <I>fontName</I>
+ Specifies the font for axis tick labels. The default is
+ *-Courier-Bold-R-Normal-*-100-*.
+
+ <B>-ticklength</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the length of major and minor ticks (minor ticks are
+ half the length of major ticks). If <I>pixels</I> is less than
+ zero, the axis will be inverted with ticks drawn pointing
+ towards the plot. The default is 0.1i.
+
+ <B>-title</B> <I>text</I>
+ Sets the title of the axis. If <I>text</I> is "", no axis title
+ will be displayed.
+
+ <B>-titlealternate</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates to display the axis title in its alternate
+ location. Normally the axis title is centered along the
+ axis. This option places the axis either to the right
+ (horizontal axes) or above (vertical axes) the axis. The
+ default is 0.
+
+ <B>-titlecolor</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the axis title. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-titlefont</B> <I>fontName</I>
+ Specifies the font for axis title. The default is *-Hel-
+ vetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-14-140-*.
+
+ Axis configuration options may be also be set by the <B>option</B> com-
+ mand. The resource class is Axis. The resource names are the
+ names of the axes (such as x or x2). option add
+ *Graph.Axis.Color blue option add *Graph.x.LogScale true
+ option add *Graph.x2.LogScale false
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>create</B> <I>axisName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Creates a new axis by the name <I>axisName</I>. No axis by the same
+ name can already exist. <I>Option</I> and <I>value</I> are described in above
+ in the axis <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>delete</B> ?<I>axisName</I>?...
+ Deletes the named axes. An axis is not really deleted until it
+ is not longer in use, so it's safe to delete axes mapped to ele-
+ ments.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>invtransform</B> <I>axisName</I> <I>value</I>
+ Performs the inverse transformation, changing the screen coordi-
+ nate <I>value</I> to a graph coordinate, mapping the value mapped to
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>view</B> <I>axisName</I>
+ Change the viewable area of this axis. Use as an argument to a
+ scrollbar's "<I>-command</I>".
+
+ The default axes are x, y, x2, and y2. But you can display more than
+ four axes simultaneously. You can also swap in a different axis with
+ <B>use</B> operation of the special axis components: <B>xaxis</B>, <B>x2axis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, and
+ <B>y2axis</B>. .g create axis temp .g create axis time ... .g xaxis use temp
+ .g yaxis use time Only the axes specified for use are displayed on the
+ screen.
+
+ The <B>xaxis</B>, <B>x2axis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, and <B>y2axis</B> components operate on an axis
+ location rather than a specific axis like the more general <B>axis</B> compo-
+ nent does. They implicitly control the axis that is currently using to
+ that location. By default, <B>xaxis</B> uses the x axis, <B>yaxis</B> uses y, <B>x2axis</B>
+ uses x2, and <B>y2axis</B> uses y2. When more than one axis is displayed in a
+ margin, it represents the first axis displayed.
+
+ The following operations are available for axes. They mirror exactly
+ the operations of the <B>axis</B> component. The <I>axis</I> argument must be <B>xaxis</B>,
+ <B>x2axis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, or <B>y2axis</B>. This feature is deprecated since more than
+ one axis can now be used a margin. You should only use the <B>xaxis</B>,
+ <B>x2axis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, and <B>y2axis</B> components with the <B>use</B> operation. For all
+ other operations, use the general <B>axis</B> component instead.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I>
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>invtransform</B> <I>value</I>
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>limits</B>
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>transform</B> <I>value</I>
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <I>axis</I> <B>use</B> ?<I>axisName</I>?
+ Designates the axis <I>axisName</I> is to be displayed at this loca-
+ tion. <I>AxisName</I> can not be already in use at another location.
+ This command returns the name of the axis currently using this
+ location.
+
+ <B>CROSSHAIRS</B> <B>COMPONENT</B>
+ Cross hairs consist of two intersecting lines (one vertical and one
+ horizontal) drawn completely across the plotting area. They are used
+ to position the mouse in relation to the coordinate axes. Cross hairs
+ differ from line markers in that they are implemented using XOR drawing
+ primitives. This means that they can be quickly drawn and erased with-
+ out redrawing the entire graph.
+
+ The following operations are available for cross hairs:
+
+ <B>-color</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the cross hairs. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I>
+ Sets the dash style of the cross hairs. <I>DashList</I> is a
+ list of up to 11 numbers that alternately represent the
+ lengths of the dashes and gaps on the cross hair lines.
+ Each number must be between 1 and 255. If <I>dashList</I> is
+ "", the cross hairs will be solid lines.
+
+ <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether cross hairs are drawn. If <I>boolean</I> is
+ true, cross hairs are not drawn. The default is yes.
+
+ <B>-linewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Set the width of the cross hair lines. The default is 1.
+
+ <B>-position</B> <I>pos</I>
+ Specifies the screen position where the cross hairs
+ intersect. <I>Pos</I> must be in the form "<I>@x,y</I>", where <I>x</I> and <I>y</I>
+ are the window coordinates of the intersection.
+
+ Cross hairs configuration options may be also be set by the
+ <B>option</B> command. The resource name and class are crosshairs and
+ Crosshairs respectively. option add *Graph.Crosshairs.LineWidth
+ 2 option add *Graph.Crosshairs.Color red
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <B>off</B>
+ Turns off the cross hairs.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <B>on</B>
+ Turns on the display of the cross hairs.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <B>toggle</B>
+ Toggles the current state of the cross hairs, alternately map-
+ ping and unmapping the cross hairs.
+
+ <B>ELEMENT</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B>
+ A data element represents a set of data. It contains x and y vectors
+ containing the coordinates of the data points. Elements can be dis-
+ played with a symbol at each data point and lines connecting the
+ points. Elements also control the appearance of the data, such as the
+ symbol type, line width, color etc.
+
+ When new data elements are created, they are automatically added to a
+ list of displayed elements. The display list controls what elements
+ are drawn and in what order.
+
+ The following operations are available for elements.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>activate</B> <I>elemName</I> ?<I>index</I>?...
+ Specifies the data points of element <I>elemName</I> to be drawn using
+ replacing any existing binding for the same <I>sequence</I> and <I>tag-</I>
+ <I>Name</I>. If the first character of <I>command</I> is + then <I>command</I> aug-
+ ments an existing binding rather than replacing it. If no <I>com-</I>
+ <I>mand</I> argument is provided then the command currently associated
+ with <I>tagName</I> and <I>sequence</I> (it's an error occurs if there's no
+ such binding) is returned. If both <I>command</I> and <I>sequence</I> are
+ missing then a list of all the event sequences for which bind-
+ ings have been defined for <I>tagName</I>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>cget</B> <I>elemName</I> <I>option</I>
+ Returns the current value of the element configuration option
+ given by <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any of the options described
+ below for the element <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>closest</B> <I>x</I> <I>y</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... ?<I>elemName</I>?...
+ Searches for the data point closest to the window coordinates <I>x</I>
+ and <I>y</I>. By default, all elements are searched. Hidden elements
+ (see the <B>-hide</B> option is false) are ignored. You can limit the
+ search by specifying only the elements you want to be consid-
+ ered. <I>ElemName</I> must be the name of an element that can not be
+ hidden. It returns a key-value list containing the name of the
+ closest element, the index of the closest data point, and the
+ graph-coordinates of the point. Returns "", if no data point
+ within the threshold distance can be found. The following
+ <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs are available.
+
+ <B>-along</B> <I>direction</I>
+ Search for the closest element using the following crite-
+ ria:
+
+ x Find closest element vertically from the given X-
+ coordinate.
+
+ y Find the closest element horizontally from the
+ given Y-coordinate.
+
+ both Find the closest element for the given point
+ (using both the X and Y coordinates).
+
+ <B>-halo</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies a threshold distance where selected data points
+ are ignored. <I>Pixels</I> is a valid screen distance, such as
+ 2 or 1.2i. If this option isn't specified, then it
+ defaults to the value of the graph's <B>-halo</B> option.
+
+ <B>-interpolate</B> <I>string</I>
+ Indicates whether to consider projections that lie along
+ the line segments connecting data points when searching
+ for the closest point. The default value is 0. The val-
+ ues for <I>string</I> are described below.
+
+ no Search only for the closest data point.
+
+ <B>-activepen</B> <I>penName</I>
+ Specifies pen to use to draw active element. If <I>penName</I>
+ is "", no active elements will be drawn. The default is
+ activeLine.
+
+ <B>-areabackground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Specifies the background color of the area under the
+ curve. The background area color is drawn only for bit-
+ maps (see the <B>-areapattern</B> option). If <I>color</I> is "", the
+ background is transparent. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-areaforeground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Specifies the foreground color of the area under the
+ curve. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-areapattern</B> <I>pattern</I>
+ Specifies how to fill the area under the curve. <I>Pattern</I>
+ may be the name of a Tk bitmap, solid, or "". If
+ "solid", then the area under the curve is drawn with the
+ color designated by the <B>-areaforeground</B> option. If a
+ bitmap, then the bitmap is stippled across the area.
+ Here the bitmap colors are controlled by the <B>-areafore-</B>
+ <B>ground</B> and <B>-areabackground</B> options. If <I>pattern</I> is "", no
+ filled area is drawn. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-areatile</B> <I>image</I>
+ Specifies the name of a Tk image to be used to tile the
+ area under the curve. This option supersedes the <B>-areap-</B>
+ <B>attern</B> option. <I>Image</I> must be a photo image. If <I>image</I> is
+ "", no tiling is performed. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-bindtags</B> <I>tagList</I>
+ Specifies the binding tags for the element. <I>TagList</I> is a
+ list of binding tag names. The tags and their order will
+ determine how events are handled for elements. Each tag
+ in the list matching the current event sequence will have
+ its Tcl command executed. Implicitly the name of the
+ element is always the first tag in the list. The default
+ value is all.
+
+ <B>-color</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the traces connecting the data points.
+
+ <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I>
+ Sets the dash style of element line. <I>DashList</I> is a list
+ of up to 11 numbers that alternately represent the
+ lengths of the dashes and gaps on the element line. Each
+ number must be between 1 and 255. If <I>dashList</I> is "", the
+ lines will be solid.
+
+ <B>-data</B> <I>coordList</I>
+ Specifies the X-Y coordinates of the data. <I>CoordList</I> is
+ Sets the element's label in the legend. If <I>text</I> is "",
+ the element will have no entry in the legend. The
+ default label is the element's name.
+
+ <B>-linewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the connecting lines between data
+ points. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, no connecting lines will be
+ drawn between symbols. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-mapx</B> <I>xAxis</I>
+ Selects the X-axis to map the element's X-coordinates
+ onto. <I>XAxis</I> must be the name of an axis. The default is
+ x.
+
+ <B>-mapy</B> <I>yAxis</I>
+ Selects the Y-axis to map the element's Y-coordinates
+ onto. <I>YAxis</I> must be the name of an axis. The default is
+ y.
+
+ <B>-offdash</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the stripes when traces are dashed (see
+ the <B>-dashes</B> option). If <I>color</I> is "", then the "off" pix-
+ els will represent gaps instead of stripes. If <I>color</I> is
+ defcolor, then the color will be the same as the <B>-color</B>
+ option. The default is defcolor.
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color or the outline around each symbol. If
+ <I>color</I> is "", then no outline is drawn. If <I>color</I> is def-
+ color, then the color will be the same as the <B>-color</B>
+ option. The default is defcolor.
+
+ <B>-pen</B> <I>penname</I>
+ Set the pen to use for this element.
+
+ <B>-outlinewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the outline bordering each symbol. If
+ <I>pixels</I> is 0, no outline will be drawn. The default is 1.
+
+ <B>-pixels</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the size of symbols. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, no symbols
+ will be drawn. The default is 0.125i.
+
+ <B>-scalesymbols</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ If <I>boolean</I> is true, the size of the symbols drawn for
+ <I>elemName</I> will change with scale of the X-axis and Y-axis.
+ At the time this option is set, the current ranges of the
+ axes are saved as the normalized scales (i.e scale factor
+ is 1.0) and the element is drawn at its designated size
+ (see the <B>-pixels</B> option). As the scale of the axes
+ change, the symbol will be scaled according to the
+ smaller of the X-axis and Y-axis scales. If <I>boolean</I> is
+ dratic spline is used. The default is <I>linear</I>.
+
+ <B>-styles</B> <I>styleList</I>
+ Specifies what pen to use based on the range of weights
+ given. <I>StyleList</I> is a list of style specifications. Each
+ style specification, in turn, is a list consisting of a
+ pen name, and optionally a minimum and maximum range.
+ Data points whose weight (see the <B>-weight</B> option) falls
+ in this range, are drawn with this pen. If no range is
+ specified it defaults to the index of the pen in the
+ list. Note that this affects only symbol attributes.
+ Line attributes, such as line width, dashes, etc. are
+ ignored.
+
+ <B>-symbol</B> <I>symbol</I>
+ Specifies the symbol for data points. <I>Symbol</I> can be
+ either square, circle, diamond, plus, cross, splus,
+ scross, triangle, "" (where no symbol is drawn), or a
+ bitmap. Bitmaps are specified as "<I>source</I> ?<I>mask</I>?", where
+ <I>source</I> is the name of the bitmap, and <I>mask</I> is the bit-
+ map's optional mask. The default is circle.
+
+ <B>-trace</B> <I>direction</I>
+ Indicates whether connecting lines between data points
+ (whose X-coordinate values are either increasing or
+ decreasing) are drawn. <I>Direction</I> must be increasing,
+ decreasing, or both. For example, if <I>direction</I> is
+ increasing, connecting lines will be drawn only between
+ those data points where X-coordinate values are monotoni-
+ cally increasing. If <I>direction</I> is both, connecting lines
+ will be draw between all data points. The default is
+ both.
+
+ <B>-weights</B> <I>wVec</I>
+ Specifies the weights of the individual data points.
+ This, with the list pen styles (see the <B>-styles</B> option),
+ controls how data points are drawn. <I>WVec</I> is the name of
+ a BLT vector or a list of numeric expressions represent-
+ ing the weights for each data point.
+
+ <B>-xdata</B> <I>xVec</I>
+ Specifies the X-coordinates of the data. <I>XVec</I> is the
+ name of a BLT vector or a list of numeric expressions.
+
+ <B>-ydata</B> <I>yVec</I>
+ Specifies the Y-coordinates of the data. <I>YVec</I> is the
+ name of a BLT vector or a list of numeric expressions.
+
+ Element configuration options may also be set by the <B>option</B> com-
+ mand. The resource class is Element. The resource name is the
+ name of the element. option add *Graph.Element.symbol line
+ option add *Graph.e1.symbol line
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>exists</B> <I>elemName</I>
+ Returns 1 if an element <I>elemName</I> currently exists and 0 other-
+ wise.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>names</B> ?<I>pattern</I>?...
+ Returns the elements matching one or more pattern. If no <I>pat-</I>
+ <I>tern</I> is given, the names of all elements is returned.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>show</B> ?<I>nameList</I>?
+ Queries or modifies the element display list. The element dis-
+ play list designates the elements drawn and in what order.
+ <I>NameList</I> is a list of elements to be displayed in the order they
+ are named. If there is no <I>nameList</I> argument, the current dis-
+ play list is returned.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>type</B> <I>elemName</I>
+ Returns the type of <I>elemName</I>. If the element is a bar element,
+ the commands returns the string "bar", otherwise it returns
+ "line".
+
+ <B>GRID</B> <B>COMPONENT</B>
+ Grid lines extend from the major and minor ticks of each axis horizon-
+ tally or vertically across the plotting area. The following operations
+ are available for grid lines.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I>
+ Returns the current value of the grid line configuration option
+ given by <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described below for
+ the grid <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Queries or modifies the configuration options for grid lines.
+ If <I>option</I> isn't specified, a list describing all the current
+ grid options for <I>pathName</I> is returned. If <I>option</I> is specified,
+ but not <I>value</I>, then a list describing <I>option</I> is returned. If
+ one or more <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are specified, then for each
+ pair, the grid line option <I>option</I> is set to <I>value</I>. The follow-
+ ing options are valid for grid lines.
+
+ <B>-color</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the grid lines. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I>
+ Sets the dash style of the grid lines. <I>DashList</I> is a list
+ of up to 11 numbers that alternately represent the
+ lengths of the dashes and gaps on the grid lines. Each
+ number must be between 1 and 255. If <I>dashList</I> is "", the
+ grid will be solid lines.
+
+ <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the grid should be drawn. If <I>boolean</I> is
+
+ <B>-minor</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the grid lines should be drawn for
+ minor ticks. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the lines will appear
+ at minor tick intervals. The default is 1.
+
+ Grid configuration options may also be set by the <B>option</B> com-
+ mand. The resource name and class are grid and Grid respec-
+ tively. option add *Graph.grid.LineWidth 2 option add
+ *Graph.Grid.Color black
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <B>off</B>
+ Turns off the display the grid lines.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <B>on</B>
+ Turns on the display the grid lines.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>grid</B> <B>toggle</B>
+ Toggles the display of the grid.
+
+ <B>LEGEND</B> <B>COMPONENT</B>
+ The legend displays a list of the data elements. Each entry consists
+ of the element's symbol and label. The legend can appear in any margin
+ (the default location is in the right margin). It can also be posi-
+ tioned anywhere within the plotting area.
+
+ The following operations are valid for the legend.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>legend</B> <B>activate</B> <I>pattern</I>...
+ Selects legend entries to be drawn using the active legend col-
+ ors and relief. All entries whose element names match <I>pattern</I>
+ are selected. To be selected, the element name must match only
+ one <I>pattern</I>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>legend</B> <B>bind</B> <I>tagName</I> ?<I>sequence</I>? ?<I>command</I>?
+ Associates <I>command</I> with <I>tagName</I> such that whenever the event
+ sequence given by <I>sequence</I> occurs for a legend entry with this
+ tag, <I>command</I> will be invoked. Implicitly the element names in
+ the entry are tags. The syntax is similar to the <B>bind</B> command
+ except that it operates on legend entries, rather than widgets.
+ See the <B>bind</B> manual entry for complete details on <I>sequence</I> and
+ the substitutions performed on <I>command</I> before invoking it.
+
+ If all arguments are specified then a new binding is created,
+ replacing any existing binding for the same <I>sequence</I> and <I>tag-</I>
+ <I>Name</I>. If the first character of <I>command</I> is + then <I>command</I> aug-
+ ments an existing binding rather than replacing it. If no <I>com-</I>
+ <I>mand</I> argument is provided then the command currently associated
+ with <I>tagName</I> and <I>sequence</I> (it's an error occurs if there's no
+ such binding) is returned. If both <I>command</I> and <I>sequence</I> are
+ missing then a list of all the event sequences for which bind-
+ ings have been defined for <I>tagName</I>.
+
+ <B>-activebackground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the background color for active legend entries. All
+ legend entries marked active (see the legend <B>activate</B>
+ operation) are drawn using this background color.
+
+ <B>-activeborderwidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge
+ of the active legend entries. The default is 2.
+
+ <B>-activeforeground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the foreground color for active legend entries. All
+ legend entries marked as active (see the legend <B>activate</B>
+ operation) are drawn using this foreground color.
+
+ <B>-activerelief</B> <I>relief</I>
+ Specifies the 3-D effect desired for active legend
+ entries. <I>Relief</I> denotes how the interior of the entry
+ should appear relative to the legend; for example, raised
+ means the entry should appear to protrude from the leg-
+ end, relative to the surface of the legend. The default
+ is flat.
+
+ <B>-anchor</B> <I>anchor</I>
+ Tells how to position the legend relative to the posi-
+ tioning point for the legend. This is dependent on the
+ value of the <B>-position</B> option. The default is center.
+
+ left or right
+ The anchor describes how to position the leg-
+ end vertically.
+
+ top or bottom
+ The anchor describes how to position the leg-
+ end horizontally.
+
+ @x,y The anchor specifies how to position the leg-
+ end relative to the positioning point. For
+ example, if <I>anchor</I> is center then the legend
+ is centered on the point; if <I>anchor</I> is n then
+ the legend will be drawn such that the top
+ center point of the rectangular region occu-
+ pied by the legend will be at the positioning
+ point.
+
+ plotarea The anchor specifies how to position the leg-
+ end relative to the plotting area. For exam-
+ ple, if <I>anchor</I> is center then the legend is
+ centered in the plotting area; if <I>anchor</I> is
+ ne then the legend will be drawn such that
+ occupies the upper right corner of the plot-
+ ting area.
+
+ Sets the width of the 3-D border around the outside edge
+ of the legend (if such border is being drawn; the <B>relief</B>
+ option determines this). The default is 2 pixels.
+
+ <B>-font</B> <I>fontName</I>
+ <I>FontName</I> specifies a font to use when drawing the labels
+ of each element into the legend. The default is *-Hel-
+ vetica-Bold-R-Normal-*-12-120-*.
+
+ <B>-foreground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the foreground color of the text drawn for the ele-
+ ment's label. The default is black.
+
+ <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the legend should be displayed. If
+ <I>boolean</I> is true, the legend will not be draw. The
+ default is no.
+
+ <B>-ipadx</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the amount of internal padding to be added to the
+ width of each legend entry. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of one or
+ two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements, the left
+ side of the legend entry is padded by the first distance
+ and the right side by the second. If <I>pad</I> is just one
+ distance, both the left and right sides are padded
+ evenly. The default is 2.
+
+ <B>-ipady</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets an amount of internal padding to be added to the
+ height of each legend entry. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of one or
+ two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements, the top
+ of the entry is padded by the first distance and the bot-
+ tom by the second. If <I>pad</I> is just one distance, both the
+ top and bottom of the entry are padded evenly. The
+ default is 2.
+
+ <B>-padx</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the padding to the left and right exteriors of the
+ legend. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of one or two screen dis-
+ tances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements, the left side of the
+ legend is padded by the first distance and the right side
+ by the second. If <I>pad</I> has just one distance, both the
+ left and right sides are padded evenly. The default is
+ 4.
+
+ <B>-pady</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the padding above and below the legend. <I>Pad</I> can be
+ a list of one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two
+ elements, the area above the legend is padded by the
+ first distance and the area below by the second. If <I>pad</I>
+ is just one distance, both the top and bottom areas are
+ padded evenly. The default is 0.
+ plotting area. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the legend will be
+ drawn on top of any elements that may overlap it. The
+ default is no.
+
+ <B>-relief</B> <I>relief</I>
+ Specifies the 3-D effect for the border around the leg-
+ end. <I>Relief</I> specifies how the interior of the legend
+ should appear relative to the graph; for example, raised
+ means the legend should appear to protrude from the
+ graph, relative to the surface of the graph. The default
+ is sunken.
+
+ Legend configuration options may also be set by the <B>option</B> com-
+ mand. The resource name and class are legend and Legend respec-
+ tively. option add *Graph.legend.Foreground blue option add
+ *Graph.Legend.Relief raised
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>legend</B> <B>deactivate</B> <I>pattern</I>...
+ Selects legend entries to be drawn using the normal legend col-
+ ors and relief. All entries whose element names match <I>pattern</I>
+ are selected. To be selected, the element name must match only
+ one <I>pattern</I>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>legend</B> <B>get</B> <I>pos</I>
+ Returns the name of the element whose entry is at the screen
+ position <I>pos</I> in the legend. <I>Pos</I> must be in the form "<I>@x,y</I>",
+ where <I>x</I> and <I>y</I> are window coordinates. If the given coordinates
+ do not lie over a legend entry, "" is returned.
+
+ <B>PEN</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B>
+ Pens define attributes (both symbol and line style) for elements. Pens
+ mirror the configuration options of data elements that pertain to how
+ symbols and lines are drawn. Data elements use pens to determine how
+ they are drawn. A data element may use several pens at once. In this
+ case, the pen used for a particular data point is determined from each
+ element's weight vector (see the element's <B>-weight</B> and <B>-style</B> options).
+
+ One pen, called activeLine, is automatically created. It's used as the
+ default active pen for elements. So you can change the active
+ attributes for all elements by simply reconfiguring this pen. .g pen
+ configure "activeLine" -color green You can create and use several
+ pens. To create a pen, invoke the pen component and its create opera-
+ tion. .g pen create myPen You map pens to a data element using either
+ the element's <B>-pen</B> or <B>-activepen</B> options. .g element create "line1"
+ -xdata $x -ydata $tempData \
+ -pen myPen An element can use several pens at once. This is done by
+ specifying the name of the pen in the element's style list (see the
+ <B>-styles</B> option). .g element configure "line1" -styles { myPen 2.0 3.0
+ } This says that any data point with a weight between 2.0 and 3.0 is to
+ be drawn using the pen myPen. All other points are drawn with the ele-
+ ment's default attributes.
+
+ specified, then for each pair, the pen option <I>option</I> is set to
+ <I>value</I>. The following options are valid for pens.
+
+ <B>-color</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the traces connecting the data points.
+
+ <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I>
+ Sets the dash style of element line. <I>DashList</I> is a list
+ of up to 11 numbers that alternately represent the
+ lengths of the dashes and gaps on the element line. Each
+ number must be between 1 and 255. If <I>dashList</I> is "", the
+ lines will be solid.
+
+ <B>-fill</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the interior color of symbols. If <I>color</I> is "", then
+ the interior of the symbol is transparent. If <I>color</I> is
+ defcolor, then the color will be the same as the <B>-color</B>
+ option. The default is defcolor.
+
+ <B>-linewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the connecting lines between data
+ points. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, no connecting lines will be
+ drawn between symbols. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-offdash</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the stripes when traces are dashed (see
+ the <B>-dashes</B> option). If <I>color</I> is "", then the "off" pix-
+ els will represent gaps instead of stripes. If <I>color</I> is
+ defcolor, then the color will be the same as the <B>-color</B>
+ option. The default is defcolor.
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color or the outline around each symbol. If
+ <I>color</I> is "", then no outline is drawn. If <I>color</I> is def-
+ color, then the color will be the same as the <B>-color</B>
+ option. The default is defcolor.
+
+ <B>-outlinewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the outline bordering each symbol. If
+ <I>pixels</I> is 0, no outline will be drawn. The default is 1.
+
+ <B>-pixels</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the size of symbols. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, no symbols
+ will be drawn. The default is 0.125i.
+
+ <B>-symbol</B> <I>symbol</I>
+ Specifies the symbol for data points. <I>Symbol</I> can be
+ either square, circle, diamond, plus, cross, splus,
+ scross, triangle, "" (where no symbol is drawn), or a
+ bitmap. Bitmaps are specified as "<I>source</I> ?<I>mask</I>?", where
+ <I>source</I> is the name of the bitmap, and <I>mask</I> is the bit-
+ map's optional mask. The default is circle.
+
+ Creates a new pen by the name <I>penName</I>. No pen by the same name
+ can already exist. <I>Option</I> and <I>value</I> are described in above in
+ the pen <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>pen</B> <B>delete</B> ?<I>penName</I>?...
+ Deletes the named pens. A pen is not really deleted until it is
+ not longer in use, so it's safe to delete pens mapped to ele-
+ ments.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>pen</B> <B>names</B> ?<I>pattern</I>?...
+ Returns a list of pens matching zero or more patterns. If no
+ <I>pattern</I> argument is give, the names of all pens are returned.
+
+ <B>POSTSCRIPT</B> <B>COMPONENT</B>
+ The graph can generate encapsulated PostScript output. There are sev-
+ eral configuration options you can specify to control how the plot will
+ be generated. You can change the page dimensions and borders. The
+ plot itself can be scaled, centered, or rotated to landscape. The
+ PostScript output can be written directly to a file or returned through
+ the interpreter.
+
+ The following postscript operations are available.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>postscript</B> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I>
+ Returns the current value of the postscript option given by
+ <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described below for the post-
+ script <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>postscript</B> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Queries or modifies the configuration options for PostScript
+ generation. If <I>option</I> isn't specified, a list describing the
+ current postscript options for <I>pathName</I> is returned. If <I>option</I>
+ is specified, but not <I>value</I>, then a list describing <I>option</I> is
+ returned. If one or more <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are specified,
+ then for each pair, the postscript option <I>option</I> is set to
+ <I>value</I>. The following postscript options are available.
+
+ <B>-center</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the plot should be centered on the
+ PostScript page. If <I>boolean</I> is false, the plot will be
+ placed in the upper left corner of the page. The default
+ is 1.
+
+ <B>-colormap</B> <I>varName</I>
+ <I>VarName</I> must be the name of a global array variable that
+ specifies a color mapping from the X color name to Post-
+ Script. Each element of <I>varName</I> must consist of Post-
+ Script code to set a particular color value (e.g. ``1.0
+ 1.0 0.0 setrgbcolor''). When generating color informa-
+ tion in PostScript, the array variable <I>varName</I> is checked
+ if an element of the name as the color exists. If so, it
+ uses its value as the PostScript command to set the
+ Script. Each element of <I>varName</I> must consist of a Tcl
+ list with one or two elements; the name and point size of
+ a PostScript font. When outputting PostScript commands
+ for a particular font, the array variable <I>varName</I> is
+ checked to see if an element by the specified font
+ exists. If there is such an element, then the font
+ information contained in that element is used in the
+ PostScript output. (If the point size is omitted from
+ the list, the point size of the X font is used). Other-
+ wise the X font is examined in an attempt to guess what
+ PostScript font to use. This works only for fonts whose
+ foundry property is <I>Adobe</I> (such as Times, Helvetica,
+ Courier, etc.). If all of this fails then the font
+ defaults to Helvetica-Bold.
+
+ <B>-decorations</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether PostScript commands to generate color
+ backgrounds and 3-D borders will be output. If <I>boolean</I>
+ is false, the background will be white and no 3-D borders
+ will be generated. The default is 1.
+
+ <B>-height</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the height of the plot. This lets you print the
+ graph with a height different from the one drawn on the
+ screen. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, the height is the same as the
+ widget's height. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-landscape</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ If <I>boolean</I> is true, this specifies the printed area is to
+ be rotated 90 degrees. In non-rotated output the X-axis
+ of the printed area runs along the short dimension of the
+ page (``portrait'' orientation); in rotated output the
+ X-axis runs along the long dimension of the page (``land-
+ scape'' orientation). Defaults to 0.
+
+ <B>-maxpect</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates to scale the plot so that it fills the Post-
+ Script page. The aspect ratio of the graph is still
+ retained. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-padx</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the horizontal padding for the left and right page
+ borders. The borders are exterior to the plot. <I>Pad</I> can
+ be a list of one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two
+ elements, the left border is padded by the first distance
+ and the right border by the second. If <I>pad</I> has just one
+ distance, both the left and right borders are padded
+ evenly. The default is 1i.
+
+ <B>-pady</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the vertical padding for the top and bottom page
+ borders. The borders are exterior to the plot. <I>Pad</I> can
+ The default width is 8.5i.
+
+ <B>-width</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the plot. This lets you generate a
+ plot of a width different from that of the widget. If
+ <I>pixels</I> is 0, the width is the same as the widget's width.
+ The default is 0.
+
+ Postscript configuration options may be also be set by the
+ <B>option</B> command. The resource name and class are postscript and
+ Postscript respectively. option add *Graph.postscript.Decora-
+ tions false option add *Graph.Postscript.Landscape true
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>postscript</B> <B>output</B> ?<I>fileName</I>? ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Outputs a file of encapsulated PostScript. If a <I>fileName</I> argu-
+ ment isn't present, the command returns the PostScript. If any
+ <I>option-value</I> pairs are present, they set configuration options
+ controlling how the PostScript is generated. <I>Option</I> and <I>value</I>
+ can be anything accepted by the postscript <B>configure</B> operation
+ above.
+
+ <B>MARKER</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B>
+ Markers are simple drawing procedures used to annotate or highlight
+ areas of the graph. Markers have various types: text strings, bitmaps,
+ images, connected lines, windows, or polygons. They can be associated
+ with a particular element, so that when the element is hidden or un-
+ hidden, so is the marker. By default, markers are the last items
+ drawn, so that data elements will appear in behind them. You can
+ change this by configuring the <B>-under</B> option.
+
+ Markers, in contrast to elements, don't affect the scaling of the coor-
+ dinate axes. They can also have <I>elastic</I> coordinates (specified by -Inf
+ and Inf respectively) that translate into the minimum or maximum limit
+ of the axis. For example, you can place a marker so it always remains
+ in the lower left corner of the plotting area, by using the coordinates
+ -Inf,-Inf.
+
+ The following operations are available for markers.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>after</B> <I>markerId</I> ?<I>afterId</I>?
+ Changes the order of the markers, drawing the first marker after
+ the second. If no second <I>afterId</I> argument is specified, the
+ marker is placed at the end of the display list. This command
+ can be used to control how markers are displayed since markers
+ are drawn in the order of this display list.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>before</B> <I>markerId</I> ?<I>beforeId</I>?
+ Changes the order of the markers, drawing the first marker
+ before the second. If no second <I>beforeId</I> argument is specified,
+ the marker is placed at the beginning of the display list. This
+ command can be used to control how markers are displayed since
+ markers are drawn in the order of this display list.
+ with <I>tagName</I> and <I>sequence</I> (it's an error occurs if there's no
+ such binding) is returned. If both <I>command</I> and <I>sequence</I> are
+ missing then a list of all the event sequences for which bind-
+ ings have been defined for <I>tagName</I>.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I>
+ Returns the current value of the marker configuration option
+ given by <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described below in
+ the <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>configure</B> <I>markerId</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Queries or modifies the configuration options for markers. If
+ <I>option</I> isn't specified, a list describing the current options
+ for <I>markerId</I> is returned. If <I>option</I> is specified, but not
+ <I>value</I>, then a list describing <I>option</I> is returned. If one or
+ more <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are specified, then for each pair,
+ the marker option <I>option</I> is set to <I>value</I>.
+
+ The following options are valid for all markers. Each type of
+ marker also has its own type-specific options. They are
+ described in the sections below.
+
+ <B>-bindtags</B> <I>tagList</I>
+ Specifies the binding tags for the marker. <I>TagList</I> is a
+ list of binding tag names. The tags and their order will
+ determine how events for markers are handled. Each tag
+ in the list matching the current event sequence will have
+ its Tcl command executed. Implicitly the name of the
+ marker is always the first tag in the list. The default
+ value is all.
+
+ <B>-coords</B> <I>coordList</I>
+ Specifies the coordinates of the marker. <I>CoordList</I> is a
+ list of graph coordinates. The number of coordinates
+ required is dependent on the type of marker. Text,
+ image, and window markers need only two coordinates (an
+ X-Y coordinate). Bitmap markers can take either two or
+ four coordinates (if four, they represent the corners of
+ the bitmap). Line markers need at least four coordinates,
+ polygons at least six. If <I>coordList</I> is "", the marker
+ will not be displayed. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-element</B> <I>elemName</I>
+ Links the marker with the element <I>elemName</I>. The marker
+ is drawn only if the element is also currently displayed
+ (see the element's <B>show</B> operation). If <I>elemName</I> is "",
+ the marker is always drawn. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the marker is drawn. If <I>boolean</I> is
+ true, the marker is not drawn. The default is no.
+
+ <B>-under</B> <I>boolean</I>
+ Indicates whether the marker is drawn below/above data
+ elements. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the marker is be drawn
+ underneath the data element symbols and lines. Other-
+ wise, the marker is drawn on top of the element. The
+ default is 0.
+
+ <B>-xoffset</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies a screen distance to offset the marker horizon-
+ tally. <I>Pixels</I> is a valid screen distance, such as 2 or
+ 1.2i. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-yoffset</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies a screen distance to offset the markers verti-
+ cally. <I>Pixels</I> is a valid screen distance, such as 2 or
+ 1.2i. The default is 0.
+
+ Marker configuration options may also be set by the <B>option</B> com-
+ mand. The resource class is either BitmapMarker, ImageMarker,
+ LineMarker, PolygonMarker, TextMarker, or WindowMarker, depend-
+ ing on the type of marker. The resource name is the name of the
+ marker. option add *Graph.TextMarker.Foreground white option
+ add *Graph.BitmapMarker.Foreground white option add
+ *Graph.m1.Background blue
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <I>type</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?...
+ Creates a marker of the selected type. <I>Type</I> may be either text,
+ line, bitmap, image, polygon, or window. This command returns
+ the marker identifier, used as the <I>markerId</I> argument in the
+ other marker-related commands. If the <B>-name</B> option is used,
+ this overrides the normal marker identifier. If the name pro-
+ vided is already used for another marker, the new marker will
+ replace the old.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>delete</B> ?<I>name</I>?...
+ Removes one of more markers. The graph will automatically be
+ redrawn without the marker..
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>exists</B> <I>markerId</I>
+ Returns 1 if the marker <I>markerId</I> exists and 0 otherwise.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>names</B> ?<I>pattern</I>?
+ Returns the names of all the markers that currently exist. If
+ <I>pattern</I> is supplied, only those markers whose names match it
+ will be returned.
+
+ <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>type</B> <I>markerId</I>
+ Returns the type of the marker given by <I>markerId</I>, such as line
+ or text. If <I>markerId</I> is not a valid a marker identifier, "" is
+ returned.
+
+ <B>BITMAP</B> <B>MARKERS</B>
+ The following options are specific to bitmap markers:
+
+ <B>-background</B> <I>color</I>
+ Same as the <B>-fill</B> option.
+
+ <B>-bitmap</B> <I>bitmap</I>
+ Specifies the bitmap to be displayed. If <I>bitmap</I> is "", the
+ marker will not be displayed. The default is "".
+
+ <B>-fill</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the background color of the bitmap. If <I>color</I> is the empty
+ string, no background will be transparent. The default back-
+ ground color is "".
+
+ <B>-foreground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Same as the <B>-outline</B> option.
+
+ <B>-mask</B> <I>mask</I>
+ Specifies a mask for the bitmap to be displayed. This mask is a
+ bitmap itself, denoting the pixels that are transparent. If
+ <I>mask</I> is "", all pixels of the bitmap will be drawn. The default
+ is "".
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the foreground color of the bitmap. The default value is
+ black.
+
+ <B>-rotate</B> <I>theta</I>
+ Sets the rotation of the bitmap. <I>Theta</I> is a real number repre-
+ senting the angle of rotation in degrees. The marker is first
+ rotated and then placed according to its anchor position. The
+ default rotation is 0.0.
+
+ <B>IMAGE</B> <B>MARKERS</B>
+ A image marker displays an image. Image markers are created with the
+ marker's <B>create</B> operation in the form: <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>image</B>
+ ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... There may be many <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs, each sets a
+ configuration option for the marker. These same <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs may
+ be used with the marker's <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ The following options are specific to image markers:
+
+ <B>-anchor</B> <I>anchor</I>
+ <I>Anchor</I> tells how to position the image relative to the position-
+ ing point for the image. For example, if <I>anchor</I> is center then
+ the image is centered on the point; if <I>anchor</I> is n then the
+ image will be drawn such that the top center point of the rect-
+ angular region occupied by the image will be at the positioning
+ point. This option defaults to center.
+
+ <B>-image</B> <I>image</I>
+ Specifies the image to be drawn. If <I>image</I> is "", the marker
+ gaps on the line. Each number must be between 1 and 255. If
+ <I>dashList</I> is "", the marker line will be solid.
+
+ <B>-fill</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the background color of the line. This color is used with
+ striped lines (see the <B>-fdashes</B> option). If <I>color</I> is the empty
+ string, no background color is drawn (the line will be dashed,
+ not striped). The default background color is "".
+
+ <B>-linewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the lines. The default width is 0.
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the foreground color of the line. The default value is
+ black.
+
+ <B>-stipple</B> <I>bitmap</I>
+ Specifies a stipple pattern used to draw the line, rather than a
+ solid line. <I>Bitmap</I> specifies a bitmap to use as the stipple
+ pattern. If <I>bitmap</I> is "", then the line is drawn in a solid
+ fashion. The default is "".
+
+ <B>POLYGON</B> <B>MARKERS</B>
+ A polygon marker displays a closed region described as two or more con-
+ nected line segments. It is assumed the first and last points are con-
+ nected. Polygon markers are created using the marker <B>create</B> operation
+ in the form: <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>polygon</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... There
+ may be many <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs, each sets a configuration option for
+ the marker. These same <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs may be used with the <B>marker</B>
+ <B>configure</B> command to change the marker's configuration. The following
+ options are supported for polygon markers:
+
+ <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I>
+ Sets the dash style of the outline of the polygon. <I>DashList</I> is a
+ list of up to 11 numbers that alternately represent the lengths
+ of the dashes and gaps on the outline. Each number must be
+ between 1 and 255. If <I>dashList</I> is "", the outline will be a
+ solid line.
+
+ <B>-fill</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the fill color of the polygon. If <I>color</I> is "", then the
+ interior of the polygon is transparent. The default is white.
+
+ <B>-linewidth</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Sets the width of the outline of the polygon. If <I>pixels</I> is zero,
+ no outline is drawn. The default is 0.
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the outline of the polygon. If the polygon is
+ stippled (see the <B>-stipple</B> option), then this represents the
+ foreground color of the stipple. The default is black.
+
+ the marker's <B>configure</B> operation.
+
+ The following options are specific to text markers:
+
+ <B>-anchor</B> <I>anchor</I>
+ <I>Anchor</I> tells how to position the text relative to the position-
+ ing point for the text. For example, if <I>anchor</I> is center then
+ the text is centered on the point; if <I>anchor</I> is n then the text
+ will be drawn such that the top center point of the rectangular
+ region occupied by the text will be at the positioning point.
+ This default is center.
+
+ <B>-background</B> <I>color</I>
+ Same as the <B>-fill</B> option.
+
+ <B>-font</B> <I>fontName</I>
+ Specifies the font of the text. The default is *-Helvetica-
+ Bold-R-Normal-*-120-*.
+
+ <B>-fill</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the background color of the text. If <I>color</I> is the empty
+ string, no background will be transparent. The default back-
+ ground color is "".
+
+ <B>-foreground</B> <I>color</I>
+ Same as the <B>-outline</B> option.
+
+ <B>-justify</B> <I>justify</I>
+ Specifies how the text should be justified. This matters only
+ when the marker contains more than one line of text. <I>Justify</I>
+ must be left, right, or center. The default is center.
+
+ <B>-outline</B> <I>color</I>
+ Sets the color of the text. The default value is black.
+
+ <B>-padx</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the padding to the left and right exteriors of the text.
+ <I>Pad</I> can be a list of one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has
+ two elements, the left side of the text is padded by the first
+ distance and the right side by the second. If <I>pad</I> has just one
+ distance, both the left and right sides are padded evenly. The
+ default is 4.
+
+ <B>-pady</B> <I>pad</I>
+ Sets the padding above and below the text. <I>Pad</I> can be a list of
+ one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two elements, the area
+ above the text is padded by the first distance and the area
+ below by the second. If <I>pad</I> is just one distance, both the top
+ and bottom areas are padded evenly. The default is 4.
+
+ <B>-rotate</B> <I>theta</I>
+ Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the text. <I>Theta</I> is a
+
+ <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs may be used with the marker's <B>configure</B> command.
+
+ The following options are specific to window markers:
+
+ <B>-anchor</B> <I>anchor</I>
+ <I>Anchor</I> tells how to position the widget relative to the posi-
+ tioning point for the widget. For example, if <I>anchor</I> is center
+ then the widget is centered on the point; if <I>anchor</I> is n then
+ the widget will be displayed such that the top center point of
+ the rectangular region occupied by the widget will be at the
+ positioning point. This option defaults to center.
+
+ <B>-height</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies the height to assign to the marker's window. If this
+ option isn't specified, or if it is specified as "", then the
+ window is given whatever height the widget requests internally.
+
+ <B>-width</B> <I>pixels</I>
+ Specifies the width to assign to the marker's window. If this
+ option isn't specified, or if it is specified as "", then the
+ window is given whatever width the widget requests internally.
+
+ <B>-window</B> <I>pathName</I>
+ Specifies the widget to be managed by the graph. <I>PathName</I> must
+ be a child of the <B>graph</B> widget.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>GRAPH COMPONENT BINDINGS</H2><PRE>
+ Specific graph components, such as elements, markers and legend
+ entries, can have a command trigger when event occurs in them, much
+ like canvas items in Tk's canvas widget. Not all event sequences are
+ valid. The only binding events that may be specified are those related
+ to the mouse and keyboard (such as <B>Enter</B>, <B>Leave</B>, <B>ButtonPress</B>, <B>Motion</B>,
+ and <B>KeyPress</B>).
+
+ Only one element or marker can be picked during an event. This means,
+ that if the mouse is directly over both an element and a marker, only
+ the uppermost component is selected. This isn't true for legend
+ entries. Both a legend entry and an element (or marker) binding com-
+ mands will be invoked if both items are picked.
+
+ It is possible for multiple bindings to match a particular event. This
+ could occur, for example, if one binding is associated with the element
+ name and another is associated with one of the element's tags (see the
+ <B>-bindtags</B> option). When this occurs, all of the matching bindings are
+ invoked. A binding associated with the element name is invoked first,
+ followed by one binding for each of the element's bindtags. If there
+ are multiple matching bindings for a single tag, then only the most
+ specific binding is invoked. A continue command in a binding script
+ terminates that script, and a break command terminates that script and
+ skips any remaining scripts for the event, just as for the bind com-
+ mand.
+
+ vectors are updated.
+
+ From Tcl, create the vectors and configure the element to use them.
+ vector X Y .g element configure line1 -xdata X -ydata Y To set data
+ points from C, you pass the values as arrays of doubles using the
+ <B>Blt_ResetVector</B> call. The vector is reset with the new data and at the
+ next idle point (when Tk re-enters its event loop), the graph will be
+ redrawn automatically. #include &lt;tcl.h&gt; #include &lt;blt.h&gt;
+
+ register int i; Blt_Vector *xVec, *yVec; double x[50], y[50];
+
+ /* Get the BLT vectors "X" and "Y" (created above from Tcl) */ if
+ ((Blt_GetVector(interp, "X", &amp;xVec) != TCL_OK) ||
+ (Blt_GetVector(interp, "Y", &amp;yVec) != TCL_OK)) {
+ return TCL_ERROR; }
+
+ for (i = 0; i &lt; 50; i++) {
+ x[i] = i * 0.02;
+ y[i] = sin(x[i]); }
+
+ /* Put the data into BLT vectors */ if ((Blt_ResetVector(xVec, x, 50,
+ 50, TCL_VOLATILE) != TCL_OK) ||
+ (Blt_ResetVector(yVec, y, 50, 50, TCL_VOLATILE) != TCL_OK)) {
+ return TCL_ERROR; } See the <B>vector</B> manual page for more details.
+
+
+</PRE>
+<H2>SPEED TIPS</H2><PRE>
+ There may be cases where the graph needs to be drawn and updated as
+ quickly as possible. If drawing speed becomes a big problem, here are
+ a few tips to speed up displays.
+
+ <B>o</B> Try to minimize the number of data points. The more data points the
+ looked at, the more work the graph must do.
+
+ <B>o</B> If your data is generated as floating point values, the time required
+ to convert the data values to and from ASCII strings can be signifi-
+ cant, especially when there any many data points. You can avoid the
+ redundant string-to-decimal conversions using the C API to BLT vec-
+ tors.
+
+ <B>o</B> Data elements without symbols are drawn faster than with symbols.
+ Set the data element's <B>-symbol</B> option to none. If you need to draw
+ symbols, try using the simple symbols such as splus and scross.
+
+ <B>o</B> Don't stipple or dash the element. Solid lines are much faster.
+
+ <B>o</B> If you update data elements frequently, try turning off the widget's
+ <B>-bufferelements</B> option. When the graph is first displayed, it draws
+ data elements into an internal pixmap. The pixmap acts as a cache,
+ so that when the graph needs to be redrawn again, and the data ele-
+ ments or coordinate axes haven't changed, the pixmap is simply copied
+ to the screen. This is especially useful when you are using markers
+ to highlight points and regions on the graph. But if the graph is
+
+
+
+BLT BLT_VERSION graph(n)
+</PRE>
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