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GRACE(1) General Commands Manual GRACE(1)

grace - command line interface
xmgrace - full-featured GUI mode
gracebat - batch mode - print and exit

Grace is a WYSIWYG tool to make two-dimensional plots of scientific data.

grace [ option | filename ]...
xmgrace [ option | filename ]...
gracebat [ option | filename ]...

Set autoscale type
Turn off all toolbars
Execute batch file on start up (i.e., after all other options have been processed and the UI initialized)
Assume the data file is block data
Form a set from the current block data set using the current set type from columns given in the argument
Set the hint for dates analysis
Read data from descriptor on startup
Set canvas size fixed to width*height
Use free page layout
Set the current graph number
Set the type of the current graph
No interactive session, just print and quit
Set default hardcopy device. See xmgrace -version for a list of supported devices.
Install private colormap
Turn the graph legend on
Set the axis scaling of the current graph to logarithmic
Set the maximal drawing path length
Run grace in monochrome mode (affects the display only)
Assume data file is in netCDF format. This option is present only if the netCDF support was compiled in
If -netcdf was used previously, read from the netCDF file X_var and Y_var variables and create a set. If X_var is "null" then load the index of Y to X. This option is present only if the netCDF support was compiled in
Assume the answer is yes to all requests, if the operation would overwrite a file, grace will do so without prompting
Don't use private colormap
In batch mode, do not print
Disable safe mode
Don't catch signals
Read data from named pipe on startup
Assume data file is in X Y1 Y2 Y3 ... format
Load parameters from file to the current graph
Interpret string as a parameter setting
Read data from stdin on startup
Save print output to file
Remove data file(s) after read
Write results of some data manipulations to file
Exchange the color indices for black and white
Run in the safe mode (default)
Save all to file
Integer seed for random number generator
Set the type of the next data file
Source type of next data file
Set allowed time slice for real time inputs to delay ms
Add timestamp to plot
Show the program version, registered devices and build time configuration information.

[DEBIAN] Direct PDF output has been disabled since the PDF library is not free software. There is an easy workaround - just use the epstopdf script from the tetex-bin package.

Set the viewport for the current graph
Set the working directory
Set the world coordinates for the current graph
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Please refer to the User's Guide for a list of important ones.

Specifies the directory where the Grace docs and libs are stored. Default is /usr/local/grace
The shell command to run an HTML viewer for on-line browsing of the help documents. Must include at least one instance of "%s" which will be replaced with the actual URL by Grace. Default is mozilla %s
Specifies the editor which is used to edit sets. Default is xterm -e vi
The print command.
and GRACE_FFTW_WISDOM_FILE A flag (0 or 1) and a file name which determine whether a FFT should use `wisdom' when using the FFTW libraries.

In many cases, when Grace needs to access a file given with a relative pathname, it searches for the file along the following path:
./pathname:./.grace/pathname:~/.grace/pathname:$GRACE_HOME/pathname

The following files are of a special importance:

gracerc - init file loaded upon start up.

templates/Default.agr - the default template, loaded whenever a new project is started.

fonts/FontDataBase - the file responsible for font configuration.

grconvert(1), X(1) [or Xorg(1)], Grace User's Guide

http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/

The best way to submit a bug report is using the "Help/Comments" menu entry. Alternatively, see the home page.

Grace is derived from ACE/gr (a.k.a Xmgr ) written by Paul J Turner. From version number 4.00, the development was taken over by a team of volunteers under the coordination of Evgeny Stambulchik.

Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Paul J Turner, Portland, OR
Copyright (c) 1996-2007 Grace Development Team

The program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

January 28, 2007