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There are three ways to select values for the flags:  by entering values for each of them on the command line, by entering values as prompted or by choosing features one by one.

The following pages contain a summary of the features that can be turned on or off, with the corresponding values used in the coding scheme described below the charts.  With each pair of options the default mode is given first, then the alternate mode and the corresponding decimal or octal code used to turn on the alternate mode.

Overall Flags:



        Draw a complete box
                Just draw the x and y axes          2      02
        Put tick marks all around
                No tick marks at top & right        4      04
        Cut off plot symbols
                Let plot symbols overlap axes       8     010
        Drop out-of-range points
                Draw them on the axes      16     020
        Don't draw border
                Draw border around the edge        32     040
        Use [ ] to enclose units
                Use ( ) to enclose units           64    0100
        Numbers/labels on the left
                Put them on the right side        128    0200
        Draw y axis on both sides
                Don't draw the right-side axis    256    0400
        Draw y axis on both sides
                Only draw the right-side axis     512   01000
        Use traditional axis labels
                Use APS-style* axis labels       1024   02000

*American Physical Society (APS) style labels have parenthesis around the units and no multiplication sign in front of the scale factor. For dimensionless quantities, the inverse of the scale factor is placed in front of the label with no parenthesis.

Axis Flags



        Use normal tick spacing
                User-defined tick spacing           1      01
        Use normal auto-ranging
                Consider entered ranges exact       2      02
        Move in 1st, last tick marks
                Don't move tick marks       4      04
        Use linear axis
                Use logarithmic axis        8     010
        Number axis
                Don't number axis          16     020
        Use scientific notation on linear axis
                Use engineering notation           32     040
        Can use decimal notation on log axis
                Force power-of-10 notation         32     040
        Use trailing zeroes
                No trailing zeroes         64    0100
        Use leading zeroes
                No leading zeroes         128    0200
        Print all axis numbers
                Don't print first number          256    0400
        Draw tick marks
                Don't draw tick marks     512   01000
        Tick marks inside axis
                No ticks marks inside axis       1024   02000
        No tick marks outside axis
                Tick marks extend outside axis   2048   04000
        Dual-height tick marks
                Uniform tick marks       4096  010000
        Normal tick marks
                Tick marks form a grid   8192  020000
        Draw axis and numbers
                Don't draw axis and numbers     16384  040000

If you enter ty with no arguments, you will be prompted to enter a value for each of the flags.  If you enter nothing for a flag, you will be able to define the plot characteristics feature by feature.

When coding the flags for the axes and overall plot, the normal settings for plot and axis features each have a value of zero and the alternate settings have the values shown in the chart. Each flag represents the sum of the alternate modes selected. For example, entering 1,040 for an axis selects no numbering (16) and no tick marks inside the axis (1024). All other features are set to the usual mode.

A zero entered on the command line for one of the values means all the usual modes are used.  If you enter a . for a value, C-PLOT will use the previous value for that set of flags and will not prompt for the individual features.  If you precede a value by a + or a -, the features corresponding to the value will be turned on or off.

You can enter numbers in decimal, octal or hexadecimal.  For octal, precede the number by 0, for hex, precede the number by 0x. When you next use the ty command, C- PLOT will display values according to the last-used input format.

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