The K Desktop Environment

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3. Usage

3.1 Call by Command Line

When starting kpl from the command prompt, you can supply the name of a plot or data file:

 
kpl [filename]
In case of activated setting Autoplot, the graphical presentation is displayed immediately.

3.2 Drag and Drop

kpl makes use of the KDE Drag and Drop protocol. This means that you can open plot and data files by dragging their symbols onto the kpl window. Data files will be recognized by the extension .dat, plot files by the extension .plo.

3.3 Keyboard Shortcuts

kpl supports the following shortcuts:

Ctrl + N          Open a new plot file.
Ctrl + O          Open an existing plot file.
Ctrl + S          Save the current plot file.
Ctrl + P          Print the graphical presentation.
Ctrl + Q          Quit kpl.
F5                Reload the current file and refresh the plot.
F1                Display the kpl help pages.
Left              Scroll left.
Right             Scroll right.
Down              Scroll down.
Up                Scroll Up.
Page Up           Scroll page up.
Page Down         Scroll page down.
Ctrl + Page Up    Scroll page left.
Ctrl + Page Down  Scroll page right.
Home              Scroll to bottom margin.
End               Scroll to top margin.
Ctrl + Home       Scroll to left margin.
Ctrl + End        Scroll to right margin.

3.4 Tool Bar

New Plot File

Open a new plot file.

Open Plot File

Open an existing plot file.

Open Data File

Open an existing data file.

Save

Save the current plot file.

Print

Print the graphical presentation.

Zoom

Open the zoom dialog to change the magnification factor.

Reload

Reload the current file and refresh the plot.

Help

Display the kpl help pages.

3.5 Status Bar

The horizontal and vertical positions of the mouse pointer are displayed in cm on the status bar at the bottom of the kpl window, for positions inside the data frame in data units, too.

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