kst2(1)

NAME

   kst --- plots scientific data

SYNOPSIS

   kst

   kst    [ -F DATASOURCE ] [ -f STARTFRAME ] [ -n NUMFRAMES ] [ -s
          FRAMESPERSAMPLE [ -a ] ] kstfile

   kst    datasource [ -f STARTFRAME ] [ -n NUMFRAMES ] [ -s
          FRAMESPERSAMPLE [ -a ] ] [ -P PLOTNAME ] [ -A] [ -d ] [ -l ] [
          -b ] [ -x FIELD ] [ -e FIELD ] [ -r RATE ] [ -y FIELD ] [ -p
          FIELD ] [ -h FIELD ] [ -z FIELD ] [ --png filename ] [ --print
          filename [ --landscape | --portrait ] [ --Letter | --A4 ] ]

DESCRIPTION

   kst is a graphical data plotting tool, which includes  the  ability  to
   plot  live  data  (contiuously  update  the  plot  as  new data becomes
   available).

   kst may be run entirely from within its GUI, in which case  no  command
   line  arguments  are  needed.   kst  has  a  powerful wizard for easily
   setting up new plots.

   In the second invocation, kst loads pre-saved plot specifications  from
   the  file  kstfile  and optionally may override some of the settings in
   that file.

   In the third invocation, kst displays plots of the data as directed  in
   the  default  manner.   Additional  datasources may be specified on the
   command line with options for that datasource  following  it.   Command
   line  options  generally  apply  to all subsequent options unless later
   overridden.

OPTIONS

   -A     plot all curves in separate plots

   -a     average frames (simple mean) when plotting with -s.

   --A4   use A4 sized paper for printing.  Requires --print.

   -b     plot as bargraphs.

   -d     use points when plotting curves.

   -e FIELD
          use FIELD as the magnitude of error bars  applied  to  the  next
          plot.

   -F datasource
          override the datasource indicated in the kstfile and instead use
          datasource.

   -f STARTFRAME
          begin plotting at STARTFRAME frames into the data.  Set to -1 to
          start at NUMFRAMES from the end of the data.

   -h FIELD
          plot FIELD as a histogram.

   -l     use lines when plotting curves.

   --landscape
          use  landscape  orientation  for  printing.   Requires  --print.
          --Letter use US  Letter  sized  paper  for  printing.   Requires
          --print.

   -n NUMFRAMES
          plot  at  most  NUMFRAMES frames of data.  Set to -1 to indicate
          all of the data.

   -P PLOTNAME
          plot all plots in the plot named PLOTNAME.

   -p FIELD
          plot FIELD as a power spectrum plot.

   --png filename
          render to a portable network graphics (png) image with file name
          filename and quit.

   --portrait
          use portrait orientation for printing.  Requires --print.

   --print filename
          print the plot to file filename and quit.

   -s FRAMESPERSAMPLE
          plot every FRAMESPERSAMPLE frames when plotting.

   -x FIELD
          use FIELD as the X-axis vector.

   -y FIELD
          plot FIELD as an XY plot.

   -z FIELD
          plot FIELD as an image.

EXAMPLES

   Plot all data in column 2 from data.dat.
          kst data.dat -y 2

   Same as above, except only read 20 lines, starting at line 10.
          kst data.dat -f 10 -n 20 -y 2

   also read col 1. One plot per curve.
          kst data.dat -f 10 -n 20 -y 1 -y 2

   Read col 1 from data2.dat and col 1 from data.dat
          kst data.dat -f 10 -n 20 -y 2 data2.dat -y 1

   Same as above, except read 40 lines starting at 30 in data2.dat
          kst data.dat -f 10 -n 20 -y 2 data2.dat -f 30 -n 40 -y 1

   Specify  the  X vector and error bars: Plot x = col 1 and Y = col 2 and
   error flags = col 3 from data.dat
          kst data.dat -x 1 -e 3 -y 2

   Get the X vector from data1.dat, and the Y vector from data2.dat.
          kst data1.dat -x 1 data2.dat -y 1

   Placement: Plot column 2 and column 3 in plot P1 and column 4  in  plot
   P2
          kst data.dat -P P1 -y 2 -y 3 -P P2 -y 4

BUGS

   Please  report bugs to either the kst mailing list at [email protected] or to
   the kde bugzilla under the kst product at http://bugs.kde.org/.  If you
   can  run kst, you can easily report bugs by selecting Bug Report Wizard
   from the Help menu.

AUTHOR

   Matthew Truch <[email protected]>

LICENSE

   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify  this  document
   under  the  terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
   any later version published by the Free Software  Foundation;  with  no
   Invariant  Sections,  with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
   Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the `COPYING.DOC' file  as
   part of the kst distribution.

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