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Syntaxplot [-Tterminal[raster]] [-l#] [-w#] [-c#]
Description
The command reads plotting instructions from the standard input and
produces plotting instructions for a specified terminal on the standard
output. For further information see
Options
The following options are available with the command.
-Tterminal Uses the specified terminal name as the terminal type
for which plotting instructions are to be generated. If
a terminal type is not specified, the environment param‐
eter $TERM is used. For more information, see The termi‐
nal type can be one of the following:
450 DASI Hyterm 450 terminal (diablo mechanism).
300 DASI 300 or GSI terminal (diablo mechanism).
300S DASI 300S terminal (diablo mechanism).
4014 or tek
Tektronix 4014 or 4015 with Enhanced Graphics
Module. (Use 4013 for Tektronix 4014 or Tek‐
tronix 4015 without the Enhanced Graphics Mod‐
ule).
4013 Tektronix 4013 Storage scope
aed AED 512 color graphics terminal
bitgraph or bg
BBN bitgraph graphics terminal
crt Any crt capable of running
dumb dumb terminals without cursor addressing or
line printers
grn given a plot file, produces a grn file.
hp7221 Hewlett Packard 7221 Graphics terminal.
hp2648 Hewlett Packard 2648 Graphics terminal.
imagen or ip
Imagen laser printer (default 240 DPI resolu‐
tion).
lvp16 DEC LVP16 Graphics Plotter.
hp7475a HP 7475A Graphics Plotter.
ver Versatec D1200A printer-plotter. This version
of places a scan-converted image in and sends
the result directly to the plotter device
rather than to the standard output. The
optional argument causes a previously scan-con‐
verted file raster to be sent to the plotter.
var Benson Varian printer-plotter.
vt125 DEC vt125 terminal.
raster Is a scan-converted temporary file that is sent directly
to the plotter. The raster file is only specified with
the -Tver option.
If terminal is either an lvp16 or a hp7475a, you can specify the fol‐
lowing options. These options must follow the -Tterminal option:
-l# length of paper window in plotter units (unit scale)
-w# width of paper window in plotter units (unit scale)
-c# initial pen carousel to be used
Restrictions
A lockout protection does not exist for
Files
/usr/bin/t4013
/usr/bin/aedplot
/usr/bin/bgplot
/usr/bin/crtplot
/usr/bin/dumbplot
/usr/bin/gigiplot
/usr/bin/grnplot
/usr/bin/hpplot
/usr/bin/hp7221plot
/usr/bin/implot
/usr/bin/lvp16
/usr/bin/tek
/usr/bin/t450
/usr/bin/t300
/usr/bin/t300s
/usr/bin/vplot
/usr/tmp/raster
See Alsograph(1g), plot(3x), plot(5)plot(1g)
