grace6(1)
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 stabi
- lized. 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/ <http://plasmagate.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
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.