Line Modes

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LINE-MODE OPTIONS

The header line in a GRAF dataset defines the nature of the following data and their representation.

==> H:   X        Y,LTR1
              10        25.4
              12        36.9
              14        47.2

The letters following the comma (in the example LTR) specify the line mode. The above example shows a thick read line. The number defines the data symbol.

The line mode of GRAF data is specified by the following letters:
   first group:

   ",N"   no line
   ",L"   full lines ( = default)
   ",P"   dotted lines
   ",D"   dashed lines
   ",M"   dashed-dotted lines
  
second group:

   "S"    smooth lines (see parameter WEIGHT of the
            command "GDISP" or "GPLOT")
          (if the coordinates of a point are repeated in another
           line, the smoothing is interrupted at this point)
   "F"    fit a polynomial to the data
           (draw the line over the whole picture)
   "FF"   fit a polynomial to the data
           (draw the line only between data points)
   "H"    histogram                              (see footnote)
   "HH"   histogram, full                        (      "      )
   "I"    histogram with vertical lines          (     "       )
   "II"   histogram with small hatching          (     "       )
   "E"    histogram with statistical error bars (      "      )
   "A"    histogram, vertically hatched          (     "       )
   "C"    histogram, horizontally hatched        (     "       )
   "AC"   combination of "A" and "C"             (      "      )
   "J"    histogram, hatched (45 degr.)          (     "       )
   "K"    histogram, hatched (135 degr.)         (     "       )
   "JK"   combination of "J" and "K"             (      "      )
           (For the hatching, the distance of the lines is
            defined by the parameter "SYMBOL(s)" of the
            command "GDISP" or "GPLOT")
   "U"    columns (width defined by SYMBOL(s) or COLUMN(c) )
   "UU"   columns, full                 (     "      )
   "V"    columns, with vertical lines (     "      )
   "W"    columns, hatched              (     "      )
  
third group:

   "T"    thick lines (width defined by SYMBOL(s) or LINE(l) )
   "TT"   thick lines with double line width
   "TTT"  thick lines with triple line width
  
forth group:

   "O"    hatched area inside a polygon (fine hatching)
   "AO"                  "                (vertical)
   "CO"                  "                (horizontal)
   "ACO"                 "                (vert. and hor.)
   "JO"                  "                (45 degrees)
   "KO"                  "                (135 degrees)
   "JKO"                 "                (45 and 135 degrees)
   ( The width of the hatched lines for the 6 last options can be changed by the parameter LINEWIDTH, but only when CMODE(3) is specified. The parameter HATCHING defines the distance of the lines.)
   "OO"   full area inside a polygon
   ( An area can be filled if it is defined by a polygon of straight lines (line modes L,P,D,M), even if they are not drawn (line mode N). The area may also be defined by smooth lines (line mode S) with a parameter WEIGHT > 0. While filling areas defined by smooth lines with WEIGHT = 0 or by polynomials, difficulties may occur.)
  
fifth group (colors)

   ",R"   red              ",RG"    yellow
   ",G"   green            ",GB"    pink
   ",B"   blue             ",BR"    turquoise
   If supported by the device, additional colors may be chosen by additive mixing several letters (==>GGR).
   

   One letter (or letter combination) of each group may be specified
     (==> PS defines a smooth dashed line)
   

  The sequence of the different options is free.

   

  The histograms (line symbol H) are drawn in the following way:
The content Y(i) of the channel X(i) is taken to be valid from the channel-number limit X(i) to X(i+1). Thus, the value of X(i+1) simultaneously defines the end of the bin (i) and the begin of bin (i+1). This procedure enables the handling of a variable bin size. If you want to center the histogram bin around its nominal value, please shift the data by a data modification in the header line:

           ==>   H:   X-0.5   Y,H0
 
You may also use columns (line symbol U) which are centered at the given x value.