From e79659a10dcf505ebdc81b702dd8bdc8a663310b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dima Kogan Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 00:04:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] minor documentation updates --- bin/feedgnuplot | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/feedgnuplot b/bin/feedgnuplot index b2a7b21..cbebe4f 100755 --- a/bin/feedgnuplot +++ b/bin/feedgnuplot @@ -1677,7 +1677,10 @@ C<--xmin/xmax/ymin/ymax/y2min/y2max/zmin/zmax xxx> Set the range for the given axis. These x-axis bounds are ignored in a streaming plot. The y2-axis bound do not apply in 3d plots. The z-axis bounds apply -I to 3d plots or colormaps. +I to 3d plots or colormaps. Note that there is no C<--xrange> to set both +sides at once or C<--xinv> to flip the axis around: anything more than the +basics supported in this option is clearly obtainable by talking to gnuplot, for +instance C<--set 'xrange [20:10]'> to set the given inverted bounds. =item @@ -1819,9 +1822,9 @@ Gnuplot can plot both data and symbolic equations. C generally plots data, but with this option can plot symbolic equations I. This is generally intended to augment data plots, since for equation-only plots you don't need C. C<--equation> can be passed multiple times for -multiple equations. The given strings are passed to gnuplot directly without any -thing added or removed, so styling and such should be applied in the string. A -basic example: +multiple equations. The given strings are passed to gnuplot directly without +anything added or removed, so styling and such should be applied in the string. +A basic example: seq 100 | awk '{print $1/10, $1/100}' | feedgnuplot --with 'lines lw 3' --domain --ymax 1 @@ -1881,11 +1884,13 @@ system's memory when reading bogus data C<--monotonic> -If C<--domain> is given, checks to make sure that the x- coordinate in the input +If C<--domain> is given, checks to make sure that the x-coordinate in the input data is monotonically increasing. If a given x-variable is in the past, all data currently cached for this curve is purged. Without C<--monotonic>, all data is -kept. Does not make sense with 3d plots. No C<--monotonic> by default. The data is -replotted before being purged +kept. Does not make sense with 3d plots. No C<--monotonic> by default. The data +is replotted before being purged. This is useful in streaming plots where the +incoming data represents multiple iterations of the same process (repeated +simulations of the same period in time, for instance). =item