grace6

Langue: en

Version: 313181 (ubuntu - 07/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

grace6 - command line interface
xmgrace6 - full-featured GUI mode
gracebat6 - batch mode - print and exit

DESCRIPTION

Grace is a WYSIWYG tool to make two-dimensional plots of scientific data.

This is Grace-5.99.1dev4, a preview release of the forthcoming Grace-6. Preview means that you should not use this version for a production work. Why?

First, the new format of project files, xgr, has not yet stabilized. In other words, anything you save with 5.99.x most probably will not load in the further 5.99.x and in the final 6.0 release without manual tweaking of some extent.
Another big deficiency of this release is that the old command interpreter has been removed, with no replacement on the horizon as of yet. In other words, any script-based usage of Grace is impossible now.

SYNOPSIS

grace6 [ option | filename ]...
xmgrace6 [ option | filename ]...
gracebat6 [ option | filename ]...

OPTIONS

-autoscale x|y|xy|none
Set autoscale type
-barebones
Turn off all toolbars
-block file
Assume the data file is block data
-bxy x:y:etc.
Form a set from the current block data set using the current set type from columns given in the argument
-datehint iso|european|us|days|seconds|nohint
Set the hint for dates analysis
-dpipe descriptor
Read data from descriptor on startup
-fixed width height
Set canvas size fixed to width*height
-free
Use free page layout
-hardcopy
No interactive session, just print and quit
-hdevice device_name
Set default hardcopy device. See xmgrace -version for a list of supported devices.

[DEBIAN] Direct PDF output has been disabled since the PDF library is not free software. There is an easy workaround - just use the epstopdf script from the tetex-bin package.

-hdevice-options option_string
Set options for default hardcopy device
-install
Install private colormap
-noask
Assume the answer is yes to all requests, if the operation would overwrite a file, grace will do so without prompting
-noinstall
Don't use private colormap
-noprint
In batch mode, do not print
-nosafe
Disable safe mode
-nosigcatch
Don't catch signals
-npipe file
Read data from named pipe on startup
-nxy file
Assume data file is in X Y1 Y2 Y3 ... format
-printfile file
Save print output to file
-results file
Write results of some data manipulations to file
-safe
Run in the safe mode (default)
-saveall file
Save all to file
-seed value
Integer seed for random number generator
-source disk|pipe
Source type of next data file
-timer delay
Set allowed time slice for real time inputs to delay ms
-settype xy|xydx|...
Set the type of the next data file
-version
Show the program version, registered devices and build time configuration information.
-wd path
Set the working directory
-usage|-help
This message

RESOURCES

When run in the GUI mode, the interface is a subject to X resource settings.
Please refer to the User's Guide for a list of important ones.

ENVIRONMENT

GRACE_HOME
Specifies the directory where the Grace docs and libs are stored. Default is /usr/local/grace
GRACE_HELPVIEWER
Specifies the browser which is used to display the Grace HTML help pages. Default is netscape
GRACE_EDITOR
Specifies the editor which is used to edit sets. Default is xterm -e vi
GRACE_PRINT_CMD
The print command.
GRACE_FFTW_RAM_WISDOM
and GRACE_FFTW_WISDOM_FILE A flag (0 or 1) and a file name which determine whether a FFT should use `wisdom' when using the FFTW libraries.

FILES

In many cases, when Grace needs to access a file given with a relative pathname , it searches for the file along the following path:
 ./pathname:./.grace/pathname:~/.grace/pathname: $GRACE_HOME/pathname

The following files are of a special importance:

templates/Default.xgr - the default template, loaded whenever a new project is started.

fonts/FontDataBase - the file responsible for font configuration.

SEE ALSO

grconvert(1), X(1), Grace User's Guide, /usr/share/doc/grace6/README.Debian

HOME PAGE

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

BUGS

The best way to submit a bug report is using the "Help/Report an issue" menu entry. Alternatively, see the home page.

AUTHORS

Grace is derived from ACE/gr (a.k.a Xmgr ) written by Paul J Turner. From version number 4.00, the development was taken over by a team of volunteers under the coordination of Evgeny Stambulchik. As of now, most of the codebase has been re-written from scratch. Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Paul J Turner, Portland, OR
Copyright (c) 1996-2004 Grace Development Team

LICENSE

The program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.