NAME

       quickplot_shell - a remote command line shell for quickplot

SYNOPSIS

       Usage: quickplot_shell [PID]|[-h|--help]|[QUICKPLOT_OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       Quickplot is an interactive 2D plotter.  It's primary focus is to interactively display 2D
       plots.  quickplot_shell connects to a running Quickplot program.  quickplot_shell provides
       a  command  line  interface  for  most  of  the  graphical user interfaces that are in the
       Quickplot program.  quickplot_shell reads and writes to standard input and standard output
       respectively.   When  standard  input is a tty device quickplot_shell enables readline tab
       completion and history.  If you would like to save your Quickplot  shell  history  between
       sessions  just  create  a  .quickplot_history  in  your home directory with a command like
       `touch ~/.quickplot_history'.

       If the argument option PID is not given, quickplot_shell will launch Quickplot  as  a  new
       process  and  connect  to  that  new process.  In this case Quickplot will be started with
       QUICKPLOT_OPTIONS if any are given.

       If PID is given, quickplot_shell will connect to a running Quickplot program with  process
       ID PID.

       quickplot_shell  sets up two named pipes, signals the running Quickplot program and writes
       commands and reads responses to and from the pipe.  The named pipes will  be  unlinked  as
       soon  as they are connected, and hence will be removed automatically when the two programs
       are no longer running.

       quickplot_shell, the remote Quickplot shell, acts just like running quickplot  --shell,  a
       local  Quickplot  shell,  but  quickplot_shell runs as a separate process and talks to the
       Quickplot program using pipes, where as quickplot --shell runs one process with  both  the
       GUI and the shell with no pipes.  You may connect any number of remote Quickplot shells to
       a Quickplot program.

       -h, --help
              display help and exit

SEE ALSO

       quickplot(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1998-2011  Lance Arsenault

       Quickplot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  terms  of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License  as  published  by the Free Software Foundation, either
       version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       Quickplot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,  but  WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;
       without  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License  along  with  Quickplot.
       If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

AUTHOR

       Lance Arsenault <lanceman@users.sourceforge.net>
       Send bug reports or comments to the above address.
       For more information, see the Quickplot homepage at
       <http://quickplot.sourceforge.net/>.

                       Quickplot Version 1.0.1rc: 10 Jan 2016 04:50:02 UTC     QUICKPLOT_SHELL(1)