This is Dataplot file    C:\DATAPLOT\HELP\CHARACTERS.
 
Purpose: List the character types available within Dataplot
 
Example of usage:
 
   CHARACTERS CIRCLE SQUARE
 
Within Dataplot, this CHARACTERS file may be
viewed by entering:
 
   LIST CHARACTERS.     (be sure to include the trailing .)
 
You may specify character types within Dataplot from the
following 5 general categories:
 
   1) common plotting characters;
   2) any ascii keyboard character;
   3) Greek symbols;
   4) mathematics symbols;
   5) miscellaneous symbols.
 
The case (upper versus lower) and font (simplex,
duplex, triplex, etc.) of the plot character follows
the current setting of the CASE and FONT commands.  The
Greek, math, and miscellaneous symbols are available
only when one of the Hershey fonts have been specified
via the FONT or CHARACTER FONT commands.
 
1. The common plot characters include--
 
      blank                BLANK or NONE or BL or NO
      circle               CIRCLE or O or CI
      square               SQUARE or BOX or SQ
      diamond              DIAMOND or DI
      triangle             TRIANGLE or TR
      reverse triangle     REVTRI or TRIREV or RT
      star                 STAR or ST
      arrow up             ARROWU or AU
      arrow down           ARROWD or AD
      vertical bar         VERTICAL BAR or VB
      pyramid              PYRAMID
      cube                 CUBE
      arrow                ARROW or ARRH
      vector               VECTOR
 
2. The ascii keyboard characters include
 
      0 to 9               0 to 9
      A to Z               A to Z
      period               .  or PERIOD or POINT or DOT
      bar                  -  or BAR or BARS or HYPHEN
      plus                 +  or PLUS or CROSS
      asterisk             *  or ASTERISK
      left bracket         [
      right bracket        ]
      left brace           {
      right brace          }
      exclamation point    !  or EXCLAMATION
      double quote         "  or QUOTE2
      number               #  or NUMBER
      dollar               $  or DOLLAR
      percent              %  or PERCENT
      ampersand            &  or AMPERSAND
      single quote         '  or QUOTE1
      left parenthesis     (  or LEFTPA
      right parenthesis    )  or RIGHTP
      colon                :  or COLON
      semi-colon           ;  or SEMICO
      comma                ,  or COMMA
      question mark        ?  or QUESTION
      apostrophe           '  or APOSTROPHE
      underscore           -  or UNDERSCORE
      at sign              @  or AT
      slash                /  or SLASH or DIAGONAL
      reverse slash         `  or REVSLASH
      equal sign           =  or EQUAL
      greater than sign    >  or GREATER
      less than sign       <  or LESS
      vertical bar         \  or VBAR
      tilda                ~  or TILDA
      carat                ^  or CARAT
 
3. The available Greek symbols are listed by entering
 
      LIST GREEKSYMB.      or     HELP GREEK SYMBOLS
 
4. The available mathematics symbols are listed by entering
 
      LIST MATHSYMB.       or     HELP MATH SYMBOLS
 
5. The available miscellaneous symbols are listed by entering
 
      LIST MISCSYMB.       or     HELP MISC SYMBOLS
 
   Note that when the math, greek, or miscellaneous symbols are used,
   the usual trailing () is left off, thus
 
      CHARACTERS ALPH() BETA() GAMM()   is incorrect;
      CHARACTERS ALPH BETA GAMM         is   correct.
