5.4.2 Captions and Presentation

xgrid : adds a grid on a 2D graphic; the calling parameter is the number of the color.
xtitle : adds title above the plot and axis names on a 2D graphic

titlepage : graphic title page in the middle of the plot

//Presentation
x=-%pi:0.1:%pi;
y1=sin(x);y2=cos(x);y3=x;
X=[x;x;x]; Y=[y1;y2;y3];
plot2d(X',Y',style=[-1 -2 -3],leg="caption1@caption2@caption3",...
rect=[-3,-3,3,2],nax=[2,10,2,5]);
xtitle(["General Title";"(with xtitle command)"],...
"x-axis title","y-axis title (with xtitle command)");
xgrid();
xclea(-2.7,1.5,1.5,1.5);
titlepage("Titlepage");
xstring(0.6,.45,"(with titlepage command)");
xstring(0.05,.7,["xstring command after";"xclea command"],0,1);
plot2d(X',Y',style=[-1 -2 -3],leg="caption1@caption2@caption3",...
rect=[-3,-3,3,2],nax=[2,10,2,5]);

**Figure 5.5:** Grid, Title eraser and comments
$\begin{figure}\begin{center} %%If you prefer cm use the followin two lines \f... ...es/nouv4.epsf hscale=100.0 vscale=100.0} \end{picture}}\end{center} \end{figure}$

plotframe : graphic frame with scaling and grid

We have seen that it is possible to control the tics on the axes, choose the size of the rectangle for the plotand add a grid. This operation can be prepared once and then used for a sequence of different plots. One of the most useful aspect is to get graduations by choosing the number of graduations and getting rounded numbers.

rect=[-%pi,-1,%pi,1];
tics=[2,10,4,10];
plotframe(rect,tics,[%t,%t],...
['Plot with grids and automatic bounds','angle','velocity']);

graduate : a simple tool for computing pretty axis graduations before a plot.