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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.
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.
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.
Open a new plot file.
Open an existing plot file.
Open an existing data file.
Save the current plot file.
Print the graphical presentation.
Open the zoom dialog to change the magnification factor.
Reload the current file and refresh the plot.
Display the kpl help pages.
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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