Ubuntu Manpage: d.graph - Program for generating and displaying simple graphics on the display monitor.

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NAME

       d.graph  - Program for generating and displaying simple graphics on the display monitor.

KEYWORDS

       display, cartography

SYNOPSIS

       d.graph
       d.graph --help
       d.graph [-m]  [input=name]   [color=string]   [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]  [--ui]

   Flags:
       -m
           Coordinates are given in map units

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name
           Name of file containing graphics commands, if not given reads from standard input

       color=string
           Color to draw with, either a standard GRASS color or R:G:B triplet
           Default: black

DESCRIPTION

d.graph draws graphics that are described either from standard input (default), or within a file (if an
input file name is identified on the command line). If graphics commands are entered from standard input,
a CTRL-d is used to signal the end of input to d.graph. Coordinates are given either as a percentage of
frame height and width (default) or in geographic coordinates (with the -m flag).

The program can be run interactively or non-interactively. The user can run the program completely
non-interactively by specifying the name of a graphics file containing the d.graph graphics commands. If
run non-interactively the d.graph command is saved to the display’s dedraw history. The user can also
elect to run the program partially interactively, by specifying any/all of the parameters except the
graphics file input=name parameter on the command line. In this case, d.graph will expect the user to
input d.graph graphics commands from standard input (i.e., the keyboard) and will (silently) prompt the
user for these graphics commands.

Alternately, the user can simply type d.graph on the command line, and be prompted for the values of all
parameters. In this case, the user is presented with the standard GRASS GUI interface.

The default coordinate system used is 0-100 percent of the active frame in x and similarly 0-100 in y,
regardless of the graphics monitor display frame size and aspect. The (0,0) location is the lower left
corner of the active graphics monitor display frame. All values may be floating point. If the -m flag is
given, geographic coordinates will be used instead.

COMMANDS

# comment
A line of comment which is ignored in the processing.

move xpos ypos
The current location is updated to xpos ypos. Unless the -m flag is used, values are stated as a
percent of the active display frame’s horizontal (xpos) and vertical (ypos) size, and may be floating
point values. Values are between 0-100. Note. A space must separate xpos and ypos.

draw xpos ypos
A line is drawn in the current color from the current location to the new location xpos ypos, which
then becomes the current location. Unless the -m flag is used, values are stated as a percent of the
active display frame’s horizontal (xpos) and vertical (ypos) size, and may be floating point values.
Values are between 0-100. Note. A space must separate xpos and ypos.

polygon xpos ypos xpos ypos ...
The coordinates appearing beneath the word polygon, one pair per line, circumscribe a polygon that is
to be filled with the current color.

polyline xpos ypos xpos ypos ...
The coordinates appearing beneath the word polyline, one pair per line, circumscribe a polygon that
is not to be filled with color.

color color
Sets the current color to that stated; subsequent graphics will be drawn in the stated color, until
the current color is set to a different color. Options are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
violet, brown, magenta, gray, white, black, an R:G:B triplet (separated by colons), or the word
"none" (draws in the default background color).

text line-of-text
The stated text is drawn at the current location using the current color, and the new current
location is then positioned at the end of the text string.

size xper yper
Subsequent text will be drawn such that the text is xper percent of the graphics monitor display
frame wide and yper percent of the frame high. By default, the text size is set to 5 percent of the
active frame’s width and 5 percent of the frame’s height. If only one value is given, then that
value will be used for both x and y scaling.
Note. A space must separate xper and yper.

symbol type size xper yper [line_color [fill_color]]
A symbol is drawn at the given size on the display monitor. The xper and yper options define the
center of the icon and are given as a percentage of the display frame (0,0 is lower left). The
symbol can be any of those stored in $GISBASE/etc/symbol/ (e.g. basic/circle) or stored in the user’s
mapset directory in the form $MAPSET/symbol/type/name. The colors may be either a standard color
name, an R:G:B triplet, or "none". If using an R:G:B triplet, each color value can range from 0-255.
If not specified the default line_color is black and the default fill_color is grey.

rotation angle
Subsequent text and symbols will be drawn such that they are rotated angle degrees counter-clockwise
from east.

icon type size x y
Draws an icon of types o, x, or + with specified size (in %) at location x,y. Note: type o
designates a square.

width value
Subsequent lines (including non-FreeType text) will be drawn with the given pixel thickness.
The default value is 0.

EXAMPLES

       For  an  example  use  of d.graph, examine the contents of the command file grass_logo.txt located in the
       d.graph source code directory. It will draw the CERL GRASS  logo  using  the  d.graph  graphing  commands
       stored  in  the  file.   Note  that the coordinates in the grass_logo.txt file were taken directly off an
       image drawn by hand on graph paper.

       A dynamic example can be found in the d.polar shell script.

   Draw a "star" symbol at a given map coordinate
       echo "symbol basic/star 20 2264417 5413182 black red" | d.graph -m

   Split the screen into quadrants:
       d.frame -s full_screen
       d.graph << EOF
         color 80:80:120
         polygon
          0 49.75
          0 50.25
          100 50.25
          100 49.75
         polygon
          49.85 0
          50.15 0
          50.15 100
          49.85 100
       EOF

NOTES

       d.graph remembers the last screen location (xpos ypos) to which the  user  moved,  even  after  the  user
       erases the display frame.  If the user runs d.graph repeatedly, and wishes to start anew with the default
       (xpos ypos) screen location, the user should clear the display frame between runs of d.graph.

LIMITATIONS

       There are no automated ways of generating graphic images. It is anticipated that GRASS  user  sites  will
       write programs to convert output from a resident graphics editor into GRASS d.graph format.  (e.g. EPS ->
       d.graph, perhaps with the help of a pstoedit plugin)

AUTHOR

       James Westervelt, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: d.graph source code (history)

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