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The bar chart 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>barchart</B> command creates a new window for plotting two-dimensional + data (X-Y coordinates), using bars of various lengths to represent the + data points. The bars are drawn 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 surrounding the plotting area. By + default, the legend is drawn in the right margin. The title is dis- + played in top margin. + + A <B>barchart</B> widget has several configurable components: coordinate axes, + data elements, legend, grid, cross hairs, pens, postscript, and annota- + tion markers. Each component can be queried or modified. + + axis Up to four coordinate axes (two X-coordinate and two Y-coor- + dinate axes) can be displayed, but you can create and use 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 to be plotted. It con- + tains an x and y vector of values representing the data + points. Each data point is displayed as a bar where the + length of the bar is proportional to the ordinate (Y-coordi- + nate) of the data point. The appearance of the bar, such as + its color, stipple, or relief is configurable. + + A special case exists when two or more data points have the + same abscissa (X-coordinate). By default, the bars are over- + layed, one on top of the other. The bars are drawn in the + order of the element display list. But you can also config- + ure the bars to be displayed in two other ways. They may be + displayed as a stack, where each bar (with the same abscissa) + is stacked on the previous. Or they can be drawn side-by- + side as thin bars. The width of each bar is a function of + + pen Pens define attributes for elements. Data elements use pens + to specify how they should be drawn. A data element may use + many pens at once. Here the particular pen used for a data + point is determined from each element's weight vector (see + the element's <B>-weight</B> and <B>-style</B> options). + + postscript + The widget can generate encapsulated PostScript output. This + component has several options to configure how the PostScript + is generated. + + +</PRE> +<H2>SYNTAX</H2><PRE> + <B>barchart</B> <I>pathName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... The <B>barchart</B> command creates a new + window <I>pathName</I> and makes it into a <B>barchart</B> widget. At the time this + command 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>barchart</B> returns the path name of the widget. It also + creates a new Tcl command by the same name. You can use this command + to invoke various operations that query or modify the graph. The gen- + eral form is: <I>pathName</I> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?... Both <I>operation</I> and its argu- + ments determine the exact behavior of the command. The operations + available for the graph are described in the <B>BARCHART</B> <B>OPERATIONS</B> sec- + tion. + + 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>barchart</B> command creates a new bar chart. # Create a new bar + chart. Plotting area is black. barchart .b -plotbackground black A + new Tcl command .b is created. This command can be used to query and + modify the bar chart. For example, to change the title of the graph to + "My Plot", you use the new command and the <B>configure</B> operation. # + Change the title. .b configure -title "My Plot" To add data elements, + you use the command and the <B>element</B> component. # Create a new element + named "e1" .b element create e1 \ -xdata { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 } + \ -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 coordinates. # Create two vectors and add them to + the barchart. vector xVector yVector xVector set { 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 10 } yVector set { 26.18 50.46 72.85 93.31 111.86 128.47 143.14 155.85 + 166.60 175.38 } n.b element create e1 -xdata xVector -ydata yVec- + tor The advantage of using vectors is that when you modify one, the + sure we change the bar width too. .b configure -barwidth 0.2 The + height of each bar is proportional to the ordinate (Y-coordinate) of + the data point. + + If two or more data points have the same abscissa (X-coordinate value), + the bars representing those data points may be drawn in various ways. + The default is to overlay the bars, one on top of the other. The + ordering is determined from the of element display list. If the + stacked mode is selected (using the <B>-barmode</B> configuration option), the + bars are stacked, each bar above the previous. # Display the elements + as stacked. .b configure -barmode stacked If the aligned mode is + selected, the bars having the same x-coordinates are displayed side by + side. The width of each bar is a fraction of its normal width, based + upon the number of bars with the same x-coordinate. # Display the ele- + ments side-by-side. .b configure -barmode aligned By default, the ele- + ment's label in the legend will be also e1. You can change the label, + or specify no legend entry, again using the element's <B>configure</B> opera- + tion. # Don't display "e1" in the legend. .b element configure e1 + -label "" You can configure more than just the element's label. An + element has many attributes such as stipple, foreground and background + colors, relief, etc. .b element configure e1 -fg red -bg pink \ + -stipple gray50 Four coordinate axes are automatically created: x, + x2, y, and y2. And by default, elements are mapped onto the axes x and + y. This can be changed with the <B>-mapx</B> and <B>-mapy</B> options. # Map "e1" + on the alternate y axis "y2". .b element configure e1 -mapy y2 Axes + can be configured in many ways too. For example, you change the scale + of the Y-axis from linear to log using the <B>axis</B> component. # Y-axis is + log scale. .b axis configure y -logscale yes One important way axes + are used is to zoom in on a particular data region. Zooming is done by + simply specifying new axis limits using the <B>-min</B> and <B>-max</B> configuration + options. .b axis configure x -min 1.0 -max 1.5 .b 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 but- + ton), 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 .b <ButtonPress-1> { + %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. .b axis configure x -min + {} -max {} .b 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 .b 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. .b + legend configure -hide yes The <B>barchart</B> has simple drawing procedures + called markers. They can be used to highlight or annotate data in the + graph. The types of markers available are bitmaps, polygons, lines, or + windows. Markers can be used, for example, to mark or brush points. + For example there may be a line marker which indicates some low-water + chart into file "file.ps" .b postscript output file.ps -maxpect yes + -decorations no This generates a file file.ps containing the encapsu- + lated 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.e. the + background of the margins, legend, and plotting area will be white). + + +</PRE> +<H2>SYNTAX</H2><PRE> + <B>barchart</B> <I>pathName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... The <B>barchart</B> command creates a new + window <I>pathName</I> and makes it into a barchart widget. At the time this + command is invoked, there must not exist a window named <I>pathName</I>, but + <I>pathName</I>'s parent must exist. Additional options may may be specified + on the command line or in the option database to configure aspects of + the bar chart such as its colors and font. See the <B>configure</B> operation + below for the exact details as to what <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are + valid. + + If successful, <B>barchart</B> returns <I>pathName</I>. It also creates a new Tcl + command <I>pathName</I>. This command may be used to invoke various opera- + tions to query or modify the bar chart. It has the general form: <I>path-</I> + <I>Name</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 bar + chart are described in the following section. + + +</PRE> +<H2>BARCHART OPERATIONS</H2><PRE> + <I>pathName</I> <B>bar</B> <I>elemName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... + Creates a new barchart element <I>elemName</I>. It's an error if an + element <I>elemName</I> already exists. See the manual for <B>barchart</B> + for details about what <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are valid. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I> + Returns the current value of the configuration option given by + <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>-background</B> <I>color</I> + Sets the background color. This includes the margins and + legend, but not the plotting area. + + <B>-barmode</B> <I>mode</I> + Indicates how related bar elements will be drawn. + Related elements have data points with the same abscissas + (X-coordinates). <I>Mode</I> indicates how those segments should + + <B>-barwidth</B> <I>value</I> + Specifies the width of the bars. This value can be over- + rided by the individual elements using their <B>-barwidth</B> + configuration option. <I>Value</I> is the width in terms of + graph-coordinates. The default width is 1.0. + + <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> + Specifies the size of the margin below the X-coordinate + axis. If <I>pixels</I> is 0, the size of the margin is selected + automatically. 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 + are ignored. The default is 0.5i. + + <B>-height</B> <I>pixels</I> + Specifies the requested height of widget. The default is + 4i. + + <B>-invertxy</B> <I>boolean</I> + Indicates whether the placement X-axis and Y-axis should + be inverted. If <I>boolean</I> is true, the X and Y axes are + swapped. The default is 0. + + <B>-justify</B> <I>justify</I> + Specifies how the title should be justified. This mat- + ters only when the title contains more than one line of + 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 barchart 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> + Sets the size of margin from the plotting area to the + right edge of the window. By default, the legend is + drawn in this margin. If <I>pixels</I> is than 1, the margin + size is selected automatically. + + <B>-takefocus</B> <I>focus</I> + Provides information used when moving the focus from win- + dow to window via keyboard traversal (e.g., Tab and + Shift-Tab). If <I>focus</I> is 0, this means that this window + should be skipped entirely during keyboard traversal. 1 + means that the this window should always receive the + input focus. An empty value means that the traversal + scripts make the decision whether to focus on the window. + The default is "". + + <B>-tile</B> <I>image</I> + <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>?... + See the <B>MARKER</B> <B>COMPONENTS</B> section. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>metafile</B> ?<I>fileName</I>? + <I>This</I> <I>operation</I> <I>is</I> <I>for</I> <I>Window</I> <I>platforms</I> <I>only</I>. Creates a Windows + enhanced metafile of the barchart. If present, <I>fileName</I> is the + file name of the new metafile. Otherwise, the metafile is auto- + matically added to the clipboard. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>postscript</B> <I>operation</I> ?<I>arg</I>?... + See the <B>POSTSCRIPT</B> <B>COMPONENT</B> section. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>snap</B> <I>photoName</I> + Takes a snapshot of the graph and stores the contents in the + photo image <I>photoName</I>. <I>PhotoName</I> is the name of a Tk photo + image that must already exist. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>transform</B> <I>x</I> <I>y</I> + 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 + (x and x2) and two Y-coordinate axes (y, and y2). By default, the axis + x is located in the bottom margin, y in the left margin, x2 in the top + margin, and y2 in the right margin. + + An axis consists of the axis line, title, major and minor ticks, and + tick labels. Major ticks are drawn at uniform intervals along the + axis. Each tick is labeled with its coordinate value. Minor ticks are + drawn at uniform intervals within major ticks. + + The range of the axis controls what region of data is plotted. Data + points outside the minimum and maximum limits of the axis are not plot- + ted. By default, the minimum and maximum limits are determined from + the data, but you can reset either limit. + + You can create and use several axes. To create an axis, invoke the axis + component and its create operation. # Create a new axis called "tem- + perature" .b axis create temperature You map data elements to an axis + using the element's -mapy and -mapx configuration options. They specify + the coordinate axes an element is mapped onto. # Now map the tempera- + ture data to this axis. .b element create "temp" -xdata $x -ydata + $tempData \ + -mapy temperature While you can have many axes, only four axes can + be displayed simultaneously. They are drawn in each of the margins + surrounding the plotting area. The axes x and y are drawn in the bot- + tom and left margins. The axes x2 and y2 are drawn in top and right + margins. Only x and y are shown by default. Note that the axes can + have different scales. + + To display a different axis, you invoke one of the following compo- + nents: <B>xaxis</B>, <B>yaxis</B>, <B>x2axis</B>, and <B>y2axis</B>. The <B>use</B> operation designates + the axis to be drawn in the 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. # Dis- + play the axis temperature in the left margin. .b yaxis use temperature + + 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. + + + <B>-autorange</B> <I>range</I> + Sets the range of values for the axis to <I>range</I>. The axis + limits are automatically reset to display the most recent + data points in this range. If <I>range</I> is 0.0, the range is + determined from the limits of the data. If <B>-min</B> or <B>-max</B> + are specified, they override this option. The default is + 0.0. + + <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 bar + chart is redrawn. You may query the widget's configura- + tion options. But do not reset options, 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 whether the axis is displayed. + + <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 + data points tightly, at the outermost data points, or + loosely, at the outer tick intervals. This is relevant + only when the axis limit is automatically calculated. 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>-shiftby</B> <I>value</I> + Specifies how much to automatically shift the range of + the axis. When the new data exceeds the current axis + maximum, the maximum is increased in increments of <I>value</I>. + You can use this option to prevent the axis limits from + being recomputed at each new time point. If <I>value</I> is 0.0, + then no automatic shifting is down. The default is 0.0. + + <B>-showticks</B> <I>boolean</I> + Indicates whether axis ticks should be drawn. If <I>boolean</I> + is true, ticks are drawn. If false, only the axis line + + <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>-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 *Bar- + chart.Axis.Color blue option add *Barchart.x.LogScale true + option add *Barchart.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>axisName</I>. Returns the graph-coordinate. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>limits</B> <I>axisName</I> + Returns a list of the minimum and maximum limits for <I>axisName</I>. + The order of the list is min max. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>names</B> ?<I>pattern</I>?... + Returns a list of axes matching zero or more patterns. If no + <I>pattern</I> argument is give, the names of all axes are returned. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>axis</B> <B>transform</B> <I>axisName</I> <I>value</I> + Transforms the coordinate <I>value</I> to a screen-coordinate by map- + + right Y-axis. + + They implicitly control the axis that is currently using to that loca- + tion. 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. These components can be more convenient to use + than always determining what axes are current being displayed by the + graph. + + 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>. + + <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 widget. + + The following operations are available for cross hairs: + + <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <B>cget</B> <I>option</I> + Returns the current value of the cross hairs configuration + option given by <I>option</I>. <I>Option</I> may be any option described + below for the cross hairs <B>configure</B> operation. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>crosshairs</B> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... + Queries or modifies the configuration options of the cross + hairs. If <I>option</I> isn't specified, a list describing all the + current options for the cross hairs 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 cross hairs option <I>option</I> is set to + <I>value</I>. The following options are available for cross hairs. + + <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 *Bar- + chart.Crosshairs.LineWidth 2 option add *Bar- + chart.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. + + +</PRE> +<H2>ELEMENTS</H2><PRE> + A data element represents a set of data. It contains x and y vectors + which are the coordinates of the data points. Elements are displayed + as bars where the length of the bar is proportional to the ordinate of + the data point. Elements also control the appearance of the data, such + as the color, stipple, relief, 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 + active foreground and background colors. <I>ElemName</I> is the name + of the element and <I>index</I> is a number representing the index of + the data point. If no indices are present then all data points + become active. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>element</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 element 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 elements, rather than wid- + gets. 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. + + + <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>closest</B> <I>x</I> <I>y</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... ?<I>elemName</I>?... + Finds the data point representing the bar closest to the window + coordinates <I>x</I> and <I>y</I> in the element <I>elemName</I>. <I>ElemName</I> is the + name of an element, which must be currently displayed. If no + elements are specified, then all displayed elements are + searched. It returns a key-value list containing the name of + the closest element, the index of its closest point, and the + graph-coordinates of the point. If no data point within the + threshold distance can be found, "" is returned. The following + <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs are available. + + <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 <B>barchart</B>'s <B>-halo</B> option. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>configure</B> <I>elemName</I> ?<I>elemName</I>... ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... + Queries or modifies the configuration options for elements. + Several elements can be modified at the same time. If <I>option</I> + isn't specified, a list describing all the current options for + <I>elemName</I> is returned. If <I>option</I> is specified, but not <I>value</I>, + then a list describing the option <I>option</I> is returned. If one or + more <I>option</I> and <I>value</I> pairs are specified, then for each pair, + the element option <I>option</I> is set to <I>value</I>. The following + options are valid for elements. + + <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>-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 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>-background</B> <I>color</I> + Sets the the color of the border around each bar. The + default is white. + + <B>-barwidth</B> <I>value</I> + Specifies the width the bars drawn for the element. + <I>Value</I> is the width in X-coordinates. If this option + isn't specified, the width of each bar is the value of + the widget's <B>-barwidth</B> option. + + a list of numeric expressions representing the X-Y coor- + dinate pairs of each data point. + + <B>-foreground</B> <I>color</I> + Sets the color of the interior of the bars. + + <B>-hide</B> <I>boolean</I> + Indicates whether the element is displayed. The default + is no. + + <B>-label</B> <I>text</I> + 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>-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>-relief</B> <I>string</I> + Specifies the 3-D effect desired for bars. <I>Relief</I> indi- + cates how the interior of the bar should appear relative + to the surface of the chart; for example, raised means + the bar should appear to protrude from the surface of the + plotting area. The default is raised. + + <B>-stipple</B> <I>bitmap</I> + Specifies a stipple pattern with which to draw the bars. + If <I>bitmap</I> is "", then the bar is drawn in a solid fash- + ion. + + <B>-xdata</B> <I>xVector</I> + Specifies the x-coordinate vector of the data. <I>XVector</I> + is the name of a BLT vector or a list of numeric expres- + sions. + + <B>-ydata</B> <I>yVector</I> + Specifies the y-coordinate vector of the data. <I>YVector</I> + is the name of a BLT vector or a list of numeric expres- + sions. + + Element configuration options may also be set by the <B>option</B> com- + mand. The resource names in the option database are prefixed + by elem. option add *Barchart.Element.background blue + + <I>pathName</I> <B>element</B> <B>create</B> <I>elemName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... + + <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 *Barchart.grid.LineWidth 2 option add *Bar- + chart.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. + + 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. + + 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 bar chart; for example, + raised means the legend should appear to protrude from + the bar chart, relative to the surface of the bar chart. + 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 *Barchart.legend.Foreground blue option add + *Barchart.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 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 activeBar, 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 "activeBar" -fg green -bg green4 You can create and use sev- + eral pens. To create a pen, invoke the pen component and its create + operation. .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 + "e1" -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 "e1" -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. + + The following operations are available for pen components. + <I>value</I>. The following options are valid for pens. + + <B>-background</B> <I>color</I> + Sets the the color of the border around each bar. The + default is white. + + <B>-borderwidth</B> <I>pixels</I> + Sets the border width of the 3-D border drawn around the + outside of each bar. The <B>-relief</B> option determines if + such a border is drawn. <I>Pixels</I> must be a valid screen + distance like 2 or 0.25i. The default is 2. + + <B>-foreground</B> <I>color</I> + Sets the color of the interior of the bars. + + <B>-relief</B> <I>string</I> + Specifies the 3-D effect desired for bars. <I>Relief</I> indi- + cates how the interior of the bar should appear relative + to the surface of the chart; for example, raised means + the bar should appear to protrude from the bar chart, + relative to the surface of the plotting area. The + default is raised. + + <B>-stipple</B> <I>bitmap</I> + Specifies a stipple pattern with which to draw the bars. + If <I>bitmap</I> is "", then the bar is drawn in a solid fash- + ion. + + <B>-type</B> <I>elemType</I> + Specifies the type of element the pen is to be used with. + This option should only be employed when creating the + pen. This is for those that wish to mix different types + of elements (bars and lines) on the same graph. The + default type is "bar". + + Pen configuration options may be also be set by the <B>option</B> com- + mand. The resource class is Pen. The resource names are the + names of the pens. option add *Barchart.Pen.Foreground + blue option add *Barchart.activeBar.foreground green + + <I>pathName</I> <B>pen</B> <B>create</B> <I>penName</I> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... + 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>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 + color. If this option hasn't been specified, or if there + isn't an entry in <I>varName</I> for a given color, then it uses + the red, green, and blue intensities from the X color. + + <B>-colormode</B> <I>mode</I> + Specifies how to output color information. <I>Mode</I> must be + either color (for full color output), gray (convert all + colors to their gray-scale equivalents) or mono (convert + foreground colors to black and background colors to + white). The default mode is color. + + <B>-fontmap</B> <I>varName</I> + <I>VarName</I> must be the name of a global array variable that + specifies a font mapping from the X font name to Post- + 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 + 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 barchart 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 + be a list of one or two screen distances. If <I>pad</I> has two + elements, the top border is padded by the first distance + and the bottom border by the second. If <I>pad</I> has just one + distance, both the top and bottom borders are padded + evenly. The default is 1i. + + <B>-paperheight</B> <I>pixels</I> + Sets the height of the postscript page. This can be used + to select between different page sizes (letter, A4, etc). + The default height is 11.0i. + + <B>-paperwidth</B> <I>pixels</I> + Sets the width of the postscript page. This can be used + to select between different page sizes (letter, A4, etc). + 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 *Barchart.postscript.Deco- + + 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. + + <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</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 marker 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 markers, rather than wid- + gets. 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>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>?... + 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>-mapx</B> <I>xAxis</I> + Specifies the X-axis to map the marker's X-coordinates + onto. <I>XAxis</I> must the name of an axis. The default is x. + + <B>-mapy</B> <I>yAxis</I> + Specifies the Y-axis to map the marker's Y-coordinates + onto. <I>YAxis</I> must the name of an axis. The default is y. + + <B>-name</B> <I>markerId</I> + Changes the identifier for the marker. The identifier + <I>markerId</I> can not already be used by another marker. If + this option isn't specified, the marker's name is + uniquely generated. + + <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 elements. Otherwise, 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. + + 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> + A bitmap marker displays a bitmap. The size of the bitmap is con- + trolled by the number of coordinates specified. If two coordinates, + they specify the position of the top-left corner of the bitmap. The + bitmap retains its normal width and height. If four coordinates, the + first and second pairs of coordinates represent the corners of the bit- + map. The bitmap will be stretched or reduced as necessary to fit into + the bounding rectangle. + + Bitmap markers are created with the marker's <B>create</B> operation in the + form: <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>bitmap</B> ?<I>option</I> <I>value</I>?... There may be + many <I>option</I>-<I>value</I> pairs, each sets a configuration options 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 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- + + <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 + will not be drawn. The default is "". + + <B>LINE</B> <B>MARKERS</B> + A line marker displays one or more connected line segments. Line mark- + ers are created with marker's <B>create</B> operation in the form: <I>pathName</I> + <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>line</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 line markers: + + <B>-dashes</B> <I>dashList</I> + Sets the dash style of the line. <I>DashList</I> is a list of up to 11 + numbers that alternately represent the lengths of the dashes and + 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>-dashes</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. + + 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. + + <B>-stipple</B> <I>bitmap</I> + Specifies that the polygon should be drawn with a stippled pat- + tern rather than a solid color. <I>Bitmap</I> specifies a bitmap to use + as the stipple pattern. If <I>bitmap</I> is "", then the polygon is + filled with a solid color (if the <B>-fill</B> option is set). The + default is "". + + <B>TEXT</B> <B>MARKERS</B> + A text marker displays a string of characters on one or more lines of + text. Embedded newlines cause line breaks. They may be used to anno- + tate regions of the graph. Text markers are created with the <B>create</B> + operation in the form: <I>pathName</I> <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>text</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 text 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 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>-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 + real number representing the angle of rotation. The marker is + first rotated along its center and is then drawn according to + its anchor position. The default is 0.0. + + <B>-text</B> <I>text</I> + Specifies the text of the marker. The exact way the text is + displayed may be affected by other options such as <B>-anchor</B> or + <B>-rotate</B>. + + <B>WINDOW</B> <B>MARKERS</B> + A window marker displays a widget at a given position. Window markers + are created with the marker's <B>create</B> operation in the form: <I>pathName</I> + <B>marker</B> <B>create</B> <B>window</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> 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. + + +</PRE> +<H2>GRAPH COMPONENT BINDINGS</H2><PRE> + Specific barchart 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. + + The <B>-bindtags</B> option for these components controls addition tag names + which can be matched. Implicitly elements and markers always have tags + matching their names. Setting the value of the <B>-bindtags</B> option + doesn't change this. + + +</PRE> +<H2>C LANGUAGE API</H2><PRE> + You can manipulate data elements from the C language. There may be + situations where it is too expensive to translate the data values from + ASCII strings. Or you might want to read data in a special file for- + mat. + + Data can manipulated from the C language using BLT vectors. You spec- + ify the X-Y data coordinates of an element as vectors and manipulate + the vector from C. The barchart will be redrawn automatically after + the 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 <tcl.h> #include <blt.h> + + register int i; Blt_Vector *xVec, *yVec; double x[50], y[50]; + + /* Get the BLT vectors "X" and "Y" (created above from Tcl) */ if + There may be cases where the bar chart 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 + looked at, the more work the bar chart 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> Don't stipple or dash the element. Solid bars are much faster. + + <B>o</B> If you update data elements frequently, try turning off the widget's + <B>-bufferelements</B> option. When the bar chart is first displayed, it + draws data elements into an internal pixmap. The pixmap acts as a + cache, so that when the bar chart needs to be redrawn again, and the + data elements or coordinate axes haven't changed, the pixmap is sim- + ply copied to the screen. This is especially useful when you are + using markers to highlight points and regions on the bar chart. But + if the bar chart is updated frequently, changing either the element + data or coordinate axes, the buffering becomes redundant. + + +</PRE> +<H2>LIMITATIONS</H2><PRE> + Auto-scale routines do not use requested min/max limits as boundaries + when the axis is logarithmically scaled. + + The PostScript output generated for polygons with more than 1500 points + may exceed the limits of some printers (See PostScript Language Refer- + ence Manual, page 568). The work-around is to break the polygon into + separate pieces. + + +</PRE> +<H2>KEYWORDS</H2><PRE> + bar chart, widget + + + +BLT BLT_VERSION barchart(n) +</PRE> +<HR> +<ADDRESS> +Man(1) output converted with +<a href="http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/man2html.html">man2html</a> +</ADDRESS> +</BODY> +</HTML> |