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1.TH PLOT 1G "18 January 1983"
2.SH NAME
3plot \- graphics filters
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B plot
6[
7.BR \-T terminal
8[ raster ] ]
9.SH DESCRIPTION
10These commands read plotting instructions (see
11.IR plot (5))
12from the standard input,
13and in general
14produce plotting instructions suitable for
15a particular
16.I terminal
17on the standard output.
18.PP
19If no
20.I terminal
21type is specified, the environment parameter $TERM
22(see
23.IR environ (7))
24is used.
25Known
26.I terminals
27are:
28.TP
29.B 4014
30Tektronix 4014 storage scope.
31.TP
32.B 450
33DASI Hyterm 450 terminal (Diablo mechanism).
34.TP
35.B 300
36DASI 300 or GSI terminal (Diablo mechanism).
37.TP
38.B 300S
39DASI 300S terminal (Diablo mechanism).
40.TP
41.B ver
42Versatec D1200A printer-plotter.
43This version of
44.I plot
45places a scan-converted
46image in `/usr/tmp/raster' and sends the
47result directly to the plotter device rather than to
48the standard output.
49The optional argument causes a previously
50scan-converted file
51.I raster
52to be sent to the plotter.
53.SH FILES
54/usr/bin/tek
55.br
56/usr/bin/t450
57.br
58/usr/bin/t300
59.br
60/usr/bin/t300s
61.br
62/usr/bin/vplot
63.br
64/usr/tmp/raster
65.SH "SEE ALSO"
66plot(3X), plot(5)
67.SH BUGS
68There is no lockout protection
69for /usr/tmp/raster.