COMMAND NAME: plot TYPE: Action SYNTAX: "plot " DESCRIPTION: Initiates plotting of data in memory on a device of the users choice. The data are divided into reasonable logical units (such as stations, baselines, triangles etc.) before plotting. Only one experiment/frequency combination is plotted on any given page, though such a combination may span many pages. If the input parameter "mode" is set to "split", as opposed to "nosplit", a separate set of plots is generated for each source present. The data are filtered by the input settings before plotting takes place, so you can plot restrictively without having to actually edit the data. The optional arguments "y-axis" and "x-axis" determine what variables get plotted against each other. If these arguments are omitted, the axis input settings (which can be set either in the previous "plot" command, or in a separate "axis" command) will be used. If only one axis is specified, it is assumed to be the Y axis, and the X axis is set to "time". Certain combinations of axes are nonsensical, and are locked out. For a list of available plot axes, see "help axis". The behaviour of the plot command is controlled by a few other parameters. The "grid" input setting determines how many plots will appear per page in the x and y directions. The "xscale" and "yscale" input parameters allow user-override of the default range of the plots (normally either the natural range of the data, or a fixed range for phase-like quantities). Scan time is handled slightly differently, in that all plots in a frequency/experiment combination are forced to the same start and stop times on the plot, to ensure that plots line up with each other. Manual override of the default is accomplished via the "timerange" input setting. The "device" input setting determines what plot device will be used for the plots. If you leave this blank, aedit will prompt you with a list of accessible devices. For details, see "help device". Note also that you must issue a "clear plot" command to make sure aedit has finished writing (buffered) information to the plot. This is crucial for hardcopy devices, as the disk file generated by aedit (which must then be manually sent to an appropriate printer) will be incomplete otherwise. If you are using an interactive device, particularly on an X-window workstation, you will be able to perform point-and-shoot editing, area editing (see "help edit"), and identification and examination of individual data points (see "help fplot" and "help zoom"). To use these features, you must of course have data plotted on the screen.