How to read this tutorial
This tutorial is willingly overdocumented so that each and everyone of you could find whatever explanation they are looking for:
- if you just want to see what are the main features fo Ctioga, read through
and don’t hesitate to copy/paste the example lines (don’t forget to add
--xpdf,--openor--viewerYourFavoritePDFViewer to effectively look at the produced graph) to get an idea;
- for those who are always in a hurry, the file tutorial.sh can be executed to look at the results of all the examples in a row;
- if you are here because you don’t understand one option or set of options, just grep on it and you should find your way.
Here are the avalaible sections:
- Plotting math functions: where you will learn how to do some mathematics;
- Plotting simple data files: where you will play with data;
- Ruby Power: where you can use some very nice rubisms;
- Using presentation options: where you will learn how to customize your plot;
- Drawings: where you will know how to add some graphic materials;
- More words about backends: where other backends are described;
- Housekeeping and various options: where your won’t forget your housekeeping duties.
Have fun !
JJ Fleck 09/2006
