SYNOPSIS

ty [x_type y_type overall_type]

ty [x_type y_type z_type overall_type]

DESCRIPTION

The ty command allows direct control over the style of the plot. The stylistic choices are encoded in flags. One flag controls x-axis features, the next controls the y-axis. If in 3D mode, the third flag controls the z-axis. The last flag controls overall features of the plot.

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[1]_ axis labels	1024	02000

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.

EXAMPLE

ty 24 520 130