PLOTTEXT

comments

 Command form: <! comment... 

 To insert comment lines, that is, lines that will not be drawn on the
 plot, in a formatted text file, include <! in positions one and two on
 a line. The rest of the line will be considered to be a comment and will
 be ignored. This is useful for documenting formatted text files.

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delimiters

 Command form: <Qx>, <Qxy>
 Default delimiters: < and >

 To set the leading command delimiter to x and the trailing command
 delimiter to y, include <Qxy> in the formatted text.  If  a single
 character, x, is to be the leading and the trailing command delimiter,
 simply include <Qx> in the formatted text.  This is useful when the
 current command delimiters are required as characters to be drawn.
 Within a file, the command delimiters will remain as set until changed
 with  another <Qx> or <Qxy> command, but the command delimiters always
 default to < and  > when the PLOTTEXT command is entered.

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continuations

 Command form: <->

 To continue a line of formatted text onto the next line of a file,
 include <-> at the end of the line.  The next line of text will be
 drawn at the end of the line with the continuation. Blanks at the end
 of the line with the continuation command, but before the  <-> will
 be included, as well as blanks at the beginning of the next line.
 This is useful when you have so many text formatting commands in a
 line that the line becomes very long.  The maximum total input line
 length is 255 characters.

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blank_line

 Command form: < > 

 To insert a blank line in the plotted text use  < >.  Blank lines
 that are encountered in a formatted text file are simply ignored.

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height

 Command form: <Hxx.x>, <Hxx.x%>
 Default height: the current value of TXTHIT

 To set the character height to xx.x units, include  <Hxx.x> in the
 formatted text. This applies to subsequent text. The units, either
 centimeters or inches, are defined by  the SET UNITS command. To set the
 height as a percentage of the height of the current window, that is, 
 YUWIND-YLWIND, use <Hxx.x%>.  Within a file, the text height will
 remain as set until changed with another <Hxx.x> or <Hxx.x%> command,
 but the text height always defaults to the current value of TXTHIT
 when the PLOTTEXT command is entered.

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spacing

 Command form: <Sxx.x>, <Sxx.x%>  
 Default line spacing: 1.5*TXTHIT

 To set the line spacing to xx.x units, include  <Sxx.x> in the
 formatted text. The units, either  centimeters or inches, are defined
 by the SET UNITS command. To set the line spacing as a  percentage of the
 height of the current window, that is,  YUWIND-YLWIND, use <Sxx.x%>.
 The line spacing is the distance from the bottom of the previous text
 line to the bottom of the current text line. This spacing is the
 automatic vertical spacing to be used between text lines, but line
 spacing takes place immediately so that each character in a text line
 may be drawn at any vertical distance, always measured from the
 bottom of the previous text line. Within a file, the line spacing will
 remain as set until changed with another <Sxx.x> or <Sxx.x%> command,
 but the line spacing always defaults to 1.5 times the current value of
 TXTHIT when the PLOTTEXT command is entered.

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margin

 Command form: <Mxx.x>, <Mxx.x%> 
 Default left margin: 0.01*(XUWIND-XLWIND)

 To set the left margin to xx.x units, include  <Mxx.x> in the
 formatted text.  The units, either  centimeters or inches, are
 defined by the SET UNITS command. To set the left margin as a  percentage
 of the width of the current window, that is,  XUWIND-XLWIND, use
 <Mxx.x%>.  The left margin applies to the subsequent text lines.  It
 does not apply to the current line.  Within a file, the left margin
 will remain as set until changed with another <Mxx.x> or <Mxx.x%>
 command, but  the left margin always defaults to 0.01 times the width
 of the current  window.

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bolding

 Command form: <Bn>, <Bn:m>, <B>  
 Default: no bolding

 Bolding means that the text characters will be filled with a dot or a
 hatch pattern. Bolding should only be used with the fonts: ROMAN.SERIF,
 ROMAN.FUTURA, ROMAN.FASHON, ROMAN.LOGO1, ROMAN.SWISSL, ROMAN.SWISSM,
 ROMAN.SWISSB, or TRIUMF.OUTLINE. Within a file, bolding will remain as
 set until turned off with a <B> command, or a new pattern is selected.
 If n is negative, the fill pattern, using |n|, is drawn, but the outline
 of the character(s) is not drawn.

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colour

 Command form: \verb+<Cn>+ 
 Default colour: the current colour as set by the COLOUR command

 To set the colour, include <Cn> in the text. This applies to subsequent
 text.  Within a file, the colour will remain as set until changed with 
 another <Cn> command, but the colour always defaults to the current
 colour as set by the COLOUR command.

   1 - white,   2 - red,  3 - green, 4 - blue, 5 - yellow, 6 - cyan,
   7 - magenta, 8 - white 

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font

 Command form: <Ffontname> 
 Default font: the current font as selected with the SET FONT command

 To select a font,  include <Ffontname> in the formatted text. This
 will apply to subsequent text. Within a file, the font will remain as
 set until changed with another <Ffontname> command, but the font always
 defaults to the current font as set by the SET FONT command.

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centre_justify

 Command form: <JC>, <JCxx.x>, <JCxx.x%> 

 To centre text at the location xx.x  units from the left edge of the
 current window, that is,  XLWIND, include <JCxx.x> before the text.
 The units, either centimeters or inches, are defined by the  SET UNITS
 command.  To centre the text at a location defined as a percentage of
 the width of the current window,  that is, XUWIND - XLWIND, use
 <JCxx.x%>. If no number is present, that is, <JC>, the text will be
 centred at the location midway in the window between the right edge,
 XUWIND, and the left edge. The centred text will include all text after
 the <JC>, <JCxx.x> or <JCxx.x%> command and up to the next justification
 command (justify left, right, or centre) or up to the end of the line,
 whichever comes first. 

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left_justify

 Command form: <JL>, <JLxx.x>, <JLxx.x%> 

 To left justify text at the location xx.x  units from the left edge
 of the current window, that is,  XLWIND, include <JLxx.x> before the
 text. The units, either centimeters or inches, are defined by the 
 SET UNITS command.  To left justify the text at a  location defined as a
 percentage of the width of the current  window, that is, XUWIND -
 XLWIND, use  <JLxx.x%>.  If no number is present, that is, <JL>, the
 text will be left justified at the left edge of the window.  The left
 justified text will include all text after the <JL>, <JLxx.x> or
 <JLxx.x%> command and up to the next justification command (justify left,
 right, or centre) or up to the end of the line, whichever comes first. 

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right_justify

 Command form: <JR>, <JRxx.x>, <JRxx.x%> 

 To right justify text at the location  xx.x units from the left edge
 of the current window, that is, XLWIND, include <JRxx.x> before the 
 text. The units, either centimeters or inches, are defined by the 
 SET UNITS command.  To right justify the text at a  location defined as a
 percentage of the width of the current  window, that is, XUWIND-XLWIND,
 use  <JRxx.x%>. If no number is present, that is, <JR>, the text will be
 right justified at the right edge of the window, that is, XUWIND.  The
 right justified text will include all text after the <JR>, <JRxx.x> or
 <JRxx.x%> command and up to the next justification command (justify left,
 right, or centre) or up to the end of the line, whichever comes first. 

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horizontal_spacing

 Command form: <Zxx.x>, <Zxx.x%>

 To insert a horizontal space of xx.x units, include <Zxx.x> in the
 formatted text. The units, either centimeters or inches, are defined
 by  the SET UNITS command. To set the horizontal space as  a percentage
 of the width of the current window, that is,  XUWIND - XLWIND, use
 <Zxx.x%>.  The horizontal space, which may be positive or negative,
 is measured from the current location.  The right, centre and left
 justification tabs, are  measured from the left edge of the window.

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subscript_mode

 Command form: <_>

 To enter sub-script mode, include  <_> in the formatted text. Subsequent
 text will have 60% the  current height and will be vertically spaced
 down a distance equal to 60% of the current height. This allows for
 multiple levels of sub-scripts, but for  every level of sub-scripting,
 there must be a corresponding level of super-scripting to bring the text
 back ``up''.  Within a file, each level of sub-scripting remain in effect
 until <^>, super-script mode, is  encountered.

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superscript_mode

 Command form: <^>

 To enter super-script mode, include  <^> in the formatted text. Subsequent
 text will have 60% the current height and will be vertically spaced up a
 distance equal to 60% of  the current height. This allows for multiple
 levels of super-scripts, but  for every level of super-scripting, there
 must be a corresponding level of sub-scripting to bring the text back
 ``down''.  Within a file, each level of super-scripting remain in effect
 until <_>, sub-script mode, is encountered.

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slant

 Command form: <EM>, <EMxx.x>
 Default angle: 20 degrees

 To control emphasis, or italics, mode, include <EM> in the formatted
 text.  <EM>  acts like a toggle switch in that the first time <EM> is 
 encountered italics mode will be turned on, that is, subsequent text
 will be in italics, and the next time it is encountered, italics mode
 will be turned off.  Italics mode may be used for any character in any
 font, even with bolding on.  The default slant angle is 20 degrees,
 however you can specify any angle, in degrees. For example: <EM25>

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hexadecimal

 Command form: <X>

 To control hexadecimal text input mode, include  <X> in the formatted
 text.  <X> acts like a  toggle switch in that the first time <X> is
 encountered,  hexadecimal mode is turned on, and the next time it is
 encountered,  hexadecimal mode is turned off.  Hexadecimal mode means
 that the text is be  assumed to be pairs of hexadecimal digits that
 represent non-keyboard  characters. The hexadecimal codes for characters
 depend on which font is being used.  The special character names hopefully
 eliminate the need for most usages of hexadecimal mode input.

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accents

 Command form: 
  <\b>  macron (bar) under previous character
  <\d>  dot under previous character
  <\^>  circumflex over previous character
  <\'>  acute over previous character
  <\`>  grave over previous character
  <\">  umlaut over previous character
  <\~>  tilde over previous character
  <\=>  macron (bar) over previous character
  <\.>  dot over previous character
  <\u>  breve over previous character
  <\v>  v over previous character
  <\H>  dieresis (double quote) over previous character

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