Create a ploticus script
in a text editor and then run the ploticus script.
For example, if your ploticus script is called
pie2.htm, you could generate an EPS file
by typing the command
ploticus -eps pie2.htm
You can modify the script as desired with your favorite text editor.
Here is a directory of the available man pages for ploticus (if they are not present you can download them from the above web site):
PROGRAMS ploticus(1) the ploticus program GENERAL INFO Faq(pl) frequently asked questions scripts(pl) script syntax dataformat(pl) plot data file formats scaleunits(pl) various means of scaling a plot paper(pl) producing paper-based reports (PostScript, EPS) web(pl) producing web-based graphics (PNG, GIF) posters(pl) producing posters slides(pl) producing slides interactive(pl) interactive graphics (X11) controlling(pl) controlling ploticus from other programs PROCEDURES annotate(pl) add annotation areadef(pl) define a plotting area axis(pl) render an axis, either X or Y bars(pl) produce bar graphs or histograms bevelrect(pl) draw a bevelled rectangle breakaxis(pl) break an axis to accomodate an extreme value catslide(pl) adjust placement of categories curvefit(pl) generate a curve from data points defineunits(pl) explicitly define scaling units drawcommands(pl) draw using command set endproc(pl) mark the end of a proc's attributes getdata(pl) get or specify plot data import(pl) import an external GIF file legend(pl) render a legend legendentry(pl) define a legend entry explicitly line(pl) draw arbitrary lines lineplot(pl) produce a line plot originaldata(pl) reference original data set page(pl) set page-wide attributes/ break page pie(pl) produce a pie graph print(pl) show outliers, contents of variables, etc. rangebar(pl) produce a rangebar / boxplot rangesweep(pl) produce a range sweep scatterplot(pl) produce a scatterplot tabulate(pl) run tabulations & frequency distributions transform(pl) perform transformations on data set trailer(pl) specify data at end of control file ATTRIBUTE TYPES attributetypes(pl) description of attribute types color(pl) colors condex(pl) conditional expressions linedetails(pl) line style, width, color, etc. symboldetails(pl) symbol shape, color, etc. textdetails(pl) text size, color, style, position, etc. DETAILS dates(pl) working with date data times(pl) working with time data missingdata(pl) Working with missing data variables(pl) system @variables functions(pl) available $functions specialchars(pl) Special characters config(pl) ploticus configuration files limits(pl) program limitations Problems(pl) where to ask questions & report problems