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BARGRAPH(1)		    General Commands Manual		   BARGRAPH(1)

NAME
       bargraph	- compile bar graphs into pic input

SYNOPSIS
       bargraph	[ filename ...	]

DESCRIPTION
       bargraph	 is  a perl script which takes a set of	Y data with labels and
       generates a (human readable) pic	 script	 that  will  produce  the  bar
       graph.	The  output (pic input)	is commented and is designed such that
       you should be able to go	in and adjust it to fit	your  document	should
       you need	to do so.

       The input data format is:

	   3 foo bar
	   9 bigger foo
	   "Silly example

       with output like

			     bigger
			      foo
			  +----------+
			  |	     |
	       foo	  |	     |
	       bar	  |	     |
	   +----------+	  |	     |
	   |	      |	  |	     |
	   +----------+	  +----------+
	 -------------------------------
		3	       9

		 Silly example

OPTIONS
       The following command line options are available

       -big	 Make the x/y defaults be 7.5 inches, crank up the title size,
		 and don't put a spacer	at the top.  Used for printing a graph
		 on a full page.

       -nobox	 Do not	put an outline box around the bargraph.

CONTROL	OPTIONS
       The following may be included in	the graph to control the format	of the
       graph.  They must be at the beginning of	a line and by themselves.

       %ps <ps>		 point size.  Default is 10.

       %ft <ft>		 font.	Default	is CB.

       %labelgap <val>	 the  space  in	 inches	between	fill labels.  The bars
			 may be	filled with different fill values (no patterns
			 yet, pic doesn't do that).   If  you  want  to	 label
			 these,	the labels are labelgap	inches apart.  Default
			 is 1.5	inches.

       %xsize <val>	 the  width  of	 the  graph  in	 inches.  Default is 7
			 inches.

       %ysize <val>	 the height of the graph  in  inches.	Default	 is  6
			 inches.

       %Title n|s <title>
			 the  title of the bargraph.  The title	option is fol-
			 lowed by a a "n"orth (top) or "s"outh (bottom)	 indi-
			 cator	which controls placement of the	title.	No de-
			 fault.

       %titleplus <val>	 increases the size of the title  in  pointsize.   De-
			 fault is 0.

       %boxpercent <val> a  value  between 0 and 100 that controls how closely
			 the bars are to each other.  A	value of 100 means the
			 bars touch.  Default is 75.

       %worse <D> <W>	 An idiot arrow	is drawn  to  indicate	which  way  is
			 worse.	  <D>  is  the	direction  and must be "up" or
			 "down".  <W> is the location specifier	 and  must  be
			 one  of "n"orth, "w"est, "e"ast, "s"outh, "nw"	north-
			 west, ne, sw, se, etc.

       %better <D> <W>	 An idiot arrow	is drawn to indicate which way is bet-
			 ter.  <D> is  the  direction  and  must  be  "up"  or
			 "down".   <W>	is  the	location specifier and must be
			 one of	"n"orth, "w"est, "e"ast, "s"outh, "nw"	north-
			 west, ne, sw, se, etc.

       %fakemax		 pretend  that	one  data  point was this big when au-
			 toscaling.  THis is used to make  a  series  of  bar-
			 graphs	be all drawn to	the same scale.

FILL CONTROL
       Each datum may be follwed by a fill specifier as	follows
	    3 foo bar %fill.5
       Labels  may  be specified to group a set	of data	that all have the same
       data.  If a line	appears	like
	    %label.5 The foo bar data
       then you	get a label below the graph.

SEE ALSO
       gtroff(1), graph(1), gpic(1)

TODO
       Make a -horizontal option that prints the graphs	the other way.

       Hack pick to get	access to postscripts stipple patterns.

BUGS
       This isn't done.	 It isn't integrated with the groff preprocessor  yet.
       It doesn't know about .GS/.GE thingys.  I use it	to manually generate a
       pic  file  and then include that.  I have to talk to James to see if he
       wants it	as part	of the gpic stuff.

								   BARGRAPH(1)

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