KMATPLOT(1)

NAME
kmatplot - A Gnuplot-like tool for plotting data sets in 2D or 3D.

SYNOPSIS
kmatplot

DESCRIPTION
This manual page briefly documents KMatplot. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

KMatplot is a Gnuplot-like tool for plotting data sets in either two or three dimensions. It can plot many types of 2d plots, including pixmaps and contours, and 3d surfaces. It offers a full WYSIWYG mode with multiple objects on a single page. As opposite to Gnuplot, KMatplot is very clickable, so easier to use for unexperienced users. It can be used instead of Gnuplot with Octave and Scilab (although the Debian package is not built with Scilab support by default) - there are new dll functions installed in those packages, which communicate with KMatplot through a Unix socket. Those functions are named 'kplot', 'kimage', kmesh', and are similar to those found in Octave by default. Example plots can be found in the Help menu of the program. Help for many of the Octave functions can be found within Octave, for example: "help kplot", "help kaddaxes".

AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Hugo van der Merwe <hvdm@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).