The LabPlot Handbook

Stefan Gerlach <gerlach@mbi-berlin.de>

Revision 1.4.1 (03/17/2005)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

LabPlot is a program for two- and three-dimensional function plotting and data analysis.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
LabPlot Revision History
2. Features
3. Using LabPlot
Command Line Options
Specify a File
Other Command Line Options
The Spreadsheet
The Worksheet
Drag and Drop
Positioning with the Mouse
Status Bar
Side Tool Bar
4. Command Reference
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Plot Menu
The Analysis Menu
The Appearance Menu
The Drawing Menu
The Sheet List Menu
The Scripting Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
Main Tool Bar
Side Tool Bar
5. The Dialogs
Function
Data
Plot List
Graph List
Import Dialog
Edit
Objects
File Info
Dump
Appearance
Plot Settings
Worksheet Settings
Axes
Title
Legend
Analysis
Arrange
Overlay
GRASS
QSA Workbench
6. Advanced Topics
multiple plots
using date and time formats
QWT 3D Plots
GRASS
7. Parser functions
standard function
GSL special function
GSL random number distributions
constants
GSL constants
8. Examples
9. Known Bugs
10. Questions and Answers
11. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to Obtain LabPlot
Requirements
Compilation and Installation