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GRAPH(1)		     General Commands Manual			GRAPH(1)

NAME
     graph - compile graphs into pic input

SYNOPSIS
     graph [ options ] [ filename ...  ]

DESCRIPTION
     graph  is a perl script which takes sets of X Y data and generates a (human
     readable) pic program that will produce the graphed data.	 The  output  is
     designed  such  that  you can save it in a file and tweak it to make it fit
     your document.  Try one and look at the output.   The  output  is	actually
     commented.

     The graph is autosized and auto ticked.

     The input data format is similar that of xgraph(1), i.e.,
	 1 1
	 2 2
	 3 3
	 "sloped across

	 1 4
	 2 4
	 3 4
	 "straight across

CONTROL OPTIONS
     You  may set the graph title, the X title, and the Y title with the follow-
     ing control sequences in the data stream:
	 %T Graph title in +4 point font
	 %X X axis title and/or units in +2 point font
	 %Y Y axis title and/or units in +2 point font
	 %fakemax-X <value>	force graph to be that big
	 %fakemax-Y <value>	force graph to be that big
	 %fakemin-X <value>	force graph to be that small
	 %fakemin-Y <value>	force graph to be that small

OPTIONS
     -rev	 reverse X/Y data sense (and titles).  Note this is  done  after
		 processing  any  fudging  of the input data stream(s) (see -xk,
		 -yk, -logx, etc below).

     -below	 put data set titles below the graph rather than to the right.

     -close	 no extra space around the data's endpoints.

     -qline	 connect the quartile center points.

     -grid	 dotted line grid marks.

     -nobox	 no box around whole graph.

     -big	 make the graph take the whole page.

     -medium	 make the graph take about 1/2 the page.

     -small	 make the graph be small.

     -grapheach  draw each data set in its own graph.

     -nolabels	 no X/Y/Title labels.

     -nodatal	 no data set labels.

     -nomarks	 do not mark each data point with  distinct  markers  (endpoints
		 are still marked).

     -k 	 print values larger than 1000 as value/1000.

     -xk	 multiply X input by 1024 (blech).

     -yk	 multiply Y input by 1024 (blech).

     -xm	 multiply X input by 1024*1024 (blech).

     -ym	 multiply Y input by 1024*1024 (blech).

     -logx	 convert X input into lag base 2 of X input.

     -logy	 convert Y input into lag base 2 of Y input.

EXAMPLE
     Workstation price performance from a Digital ad.  Process with
	 graph -rev workstations | groff -TX75

	 "%T Workstation Price / Performance, 6/93
	 "%X SPECINT 92 Performance
	 "%Y Price in $1000's
	 35 5
	 65 10
	 78 15
	 110 70
	 "Dec AXP line

	 25 4
	 25 8
	 38 16
	 48 21
	 52 23
	 64 27
	 "Sun SPARC line

QUARTILE FORMAT
     Data  points are x y1 y2 y3 y4 y5.   You get a two lines from the first two
     y values, a mark at the third, and another line from the last two.

SEE ALSO
     gtroff(1), gpic(1), perl(1).

BUGS
     This should probably be called pic_graph or something like that.

     This isn't done as much as I would like.	It  isn't  integrated  with  the
     groff preprocessor yet.  It doesn't know about .GS/.GE things.  I use it to
     manually generate a pic file and then include that.

									GRAPH(1)

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