1 <chapter id="commands">
2 <title>Command Reference</title>
4 <sect1 id="a-file-menu">
5 <title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
13 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
15 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
16 <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
20 <para><action>Starts a new Plot by clearing the coordinate system
21 and resetting the function parser.</action></para>
27 <menuchoice><shortcut>
28 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
29 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
30 <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
31 <listitem><para><action>Opens an existing document.</action>
39 action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
40 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
41 <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
42 <listitem><para><action>Saves the document.</action></para></listitem>
48 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
49 <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
50 <listitem><para><action>Saves the document under another
51 name.</action></para></listitem>
58 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
60 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
61 <guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
65 <para><action>Sends the plot to a printer or file.</action></para>
72 <shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
73 &Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap>
74 </keycombo></shortcut>
75 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
76 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
77 <listitem><para><action>Exits</action> &kmplot;.</para></listitem>
82 <sect1 id="a-view-menu">
83 <title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
87 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Colors...</guimenuitem>
90 Displays the <guilabel>Color Settings</guilabel> dialog box. See
91 <xref linkend="configuration"/>.
97 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Coordinate System...</guimenuitem>
99 <listitem><para>Displays the <guilabel>Coordinate System</guilabel> dialog box. See <xref linkend="configuration"/>.
105 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Scaling...</guimenuitem>
107 <listitem><para>Displays the <guilabel>Scaling Settings</guilabel> dialog box. See
108 <xref linkend="configuration"/>.
114 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Fonts...</guimenuitem>
116 <listitem><para>Displays the <guilabel>Font Settings</guilabel> dialog box. See
117 <xref linkend="configuration"/>.
123 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Coordinate System I</guimenuitem>
125 <listitem><para>Show both positive and negative x- and y-values on the grid.
131 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Coordinate System II</guimenuitem>
133 <listitem><para>Show positive and negative y-values, but positive x-values only
139 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Coordinate System III</guimenuitem>
141 <listitem><para>Show only positive x- and y-values.
148 <sect1 id="a-functions-menu">
149 <title>The <guimenu>Plot</guimenu> Menu</title>
155 <guimenu>Functions</guimenu>
156 <guimenuitem>New Function Plot...</guimenuitem>
159 <listitem><para>Opens the dialog for creating a new function plot. See <xref
160 linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para></listitem>
166 <guimenu>Functions</guimenu>
167 <guimenuitem>New Parametric Plot...</guimenuitem>
170 <listitem><para>Opens the dialog for creating a new parametric plot. See <xref
171 linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para></listitem>
177 <guimenu>Functions</guimenu>
178 <guimenuitem>New Polar Plot...</guimenuitem>
181 <listitem><para>Opens the dialog for creating a new polar plot. See <xref
182 linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para></listitem>
188 <guimenu>Functions</guimenu>
189 <guimenuitem>Edit Plots...</guimenuitem>
192 <listitem><para>Displays the functions dialog. There you can add, edit and remove functions. See <xref
193 linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para></listitem>
200 <sect1 id="a-zoom-menu">
201 <title>The <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu> Menu</title>
202 <para>The first five items in the menu change zoom-mode.</para>
207 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
208 <guimenuitem>No Zoom</guimenuitem>
211 <listitem><para>Disable the zoom-mode.</para></listitem>
220 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
221 <guimenuitem>Zoom rectangular</guimenuitem>
224 <listitem><para>Let the user draw a rectangle. The minimum and maximum values will be set to the coordinates of the rectangle.</para></listitem>
232 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
233 <guimenuitem>Zoom in</guimenuitem>
236 <listitem><para>The minimum and maximum values will come closer to each other and the selected point in the graph will be centered.</para></listitem>
244 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
245 <guimenuitem>Zoom out</guimenuitem>
248 <listitem><para>The minimum and maximum values will be more separated from each other and the selected point in the graph will be centered.</para></listitem>
256 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
257 <guimenuitem>Center a point</guimenuitem>
260 <listitem><para>The selected point in the graph will be centered.</para></listitem>
268 <guimenu>Zoom</guimenu>
269 <guimenuitem>Fit widget to trigonometric functions</guimenuitem>
272 <listitem><para>The scale will be adapted to trigonometric functions. This works both for radians and degrees.</para></listitem>
279 <sect1 id="a-settings-menu">
280 <title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
284 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
285 <guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem>
288 <para><action>Toggle on and off the display of the toolbar.</action>
289 The default is on.</para>
294 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
295 <guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem>
298 <para><action>Toggle on and off the display of the statusbar at the bottom of
299 the &kmplot; main window.</action>
300 The default is on.</para>
305 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
306 <guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
309 <para><action>Personalize the keybindings</action> for &kmplot;.</para>
314 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
315 <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
318 <para><action>Personalize the toolbars</action> for &kmplot;.</para>
323 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
324 <guimenuitem>Configure &kmplot;</guimenuitem>
327 <para><action>Customize</action> &kmplot;. The options available to
328 you are described in <xref linkend="configuration"/>.</para>
335 <sect1 id="a-tools-menu">
336 <title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title>
338 <para>This menu constains some tools for the functions that can be useful:</para>
342 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
343 <guimenuitem>Get y-value</guimenuitem>
346 <para>Let the user get the y-value from a specific x-value. At the moment, only plot functions are supported. Type a value or expression in the textbox under "X:". In the list below all the available functions are shown. Press the "Calculate" button to find the function's y-value. The result will be shown in the y-value box.</para>
352 <sect1 id="a-help-menu">
353 <title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
355 <para>&kmplot; has a standard &kde; <guimenu>Help</guimenu> as described
356 below, with one addition:</para>
360 <term><menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu>
361 <guimenuitem>Names...</guimenuitem>
364 <para>Opens a window with a list of the predefined function names and constants
365 that &kmplot; knows.</para>
370 <para>The standard &kde; <guimenu>Help</guimenu> entries are:</para>
372 &help.menu.documentation;
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