gnuplot-4.6中文手册-修订2.pdf

第一部分 GnuPlot 4.6 中文手册 当前修订次数：1 版权 Copyright (C) 1986 - 1993, 1998, 2004, 2007 Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to distribute the complete modified source code. Modifications are to be distributed as patches to the released version. Permission to distribute binaries produced by compiling modified sources is granted, provided you 1. distribute the corresponding source modifications from the released version in the form of a patch file along with the binaries, 2. add special version identification to distinguish your version in addition to the base release version number, 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the support of your modified version, and 4. retain our contact information in regard to use of the base software. Permission to distribute the released version of the source code along with corresponding source modifications in the form of a patch file is granted with same provisions 2 through 4 for binary distributions. 作者 Original Software: Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley. Gnuplot 2.0 additions: Russell Lang, Dave Kotz, John Campbell. Gnuplot 3.0 additions: Gershon Elber and many others. Gnuplot 4.0 additions: S list of contributors at head of this document. 译者：三寸断梁， 前言 本文档针对 4.6 版手册翻译了全文大约 %85 的内容，终端部分从略。本手册是本人空闲时间学习 gnuplot 而翻译，疏漏难免。不保证含义准确，仅供参考。若发现手册中有错误可以报告： gnuplot_cn_manual@126.com ，邮件主题必须以gnuplot: 开始，否则系统不接收，成功后你可以 收到自动回复的邮件。 Gnuplot 是一个小巧的命令行绘图工具，运行于 LINUX ，OS/2 ，MS Windows ，VMS 等等其它平台。 它的源代码开放。它最初被设计为科学家或学生交互式创建函数图像和数据图表。但是现在它也作为一 个绘图引擎用于其它程序，octav 是一个例子。 Gnuplot 支持多种类型的绘图，2D 和