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 ]...

-autoscale x|y|xy|none

Set autoscale type

-barebones

Turn off all toolbars

-block file

Assume the data file is block data

-bxy x:y:etc.

Form a set from the current block data set using the current set type from columns given in the argument

-datehint iso|european|us|days|seconds|nohint

Set the hint for dates analysis

-dpipe descriptor

Read data from descriptor on startup

-fixed width height

Set canvas size fixed to width*height

-free

Use free page layout

-hardcopy

No interactive session, just print and quit

-hdevice device_name

Set default hardcopy device

-hdevice-options option_string

Set options for default hardcopy device

-install

Install private colormap

-noask

Assume the answer is yes to all requests, if the operation would overwrite a file, grace will do so without prompting

-noinstall

Don't use private colormap

-noprint

In batch mode, do not print

-nosafe

Disable safe mode

-nosigcatch

Don't catch signals

-npipe file

Read data from named pipe on startup

-nxy file

Assume data file is in X Y1 Y2 Y3 ... format

-printfile file

Save print output to file

-results file

Write results of some data manipulations to file

-safe

Run in the safe mode (default)

-saveall file

Save all to file

-seed value

Integer seed for random number generator

-source disk|pipe

Source type of next data file

-timer delay

Set allowed time slice for real time inputs to delay ms

-settype xy|xydx|...

Set the type of the next data file

-version

Show the program version and exit

-wd path

Set the working directory

-usage|-help

This message

When run in the GUI mode, the interface is a subject to X resource settings.

Please refer to the User's Guide for a list of important ones.

GRACE_HOME

Specifies the directory where the Grace docs and libs are stored. Default is /usr/local/grace

GRACE_HELPVIEWER

Specifies the browser which is used to display the Grace HTML help pages. Default is netscape

GRACE_EDITOR

Specifies the editor which is used to edit sets. Default is xterm -e vi

GRACE_PRINT_CMD

The print command.

GRACE_FFTW_RAM_WISDOM

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:

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

fonts/FontDataBase - the file responsible for font configuration.

grconvert(1), X(1), Grace User's Guide

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

The best way to submit a bug report is using the "Help/Report an issue" 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. As of now, most of the codebase has been re-written from scratch.

Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Paul J Turner, Portland, OR

Copyright (c) 1996-2004 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.