


PLINIT(3)                   PLplot API                  PLINIT(3)


NAME
       plinit - Initialize PLplot

SYNOPSIS
       plinit()

DESCRIPTION
       Initializing  the plotting package.  The program prompts for the device
       keyword or number of the desired output device.  Hitting  a  RETURN  in
       response  to  the  prompt  is  the  same as selecting the first device.
       plinit(3) will issue no prompt if either the device was specified  pre-
       viously  (via  command line flag, the plsetopt(3) function, or the pls-
       dev(3) function), or if only one  device  is  enabled  when  PLplot  is
       installed.   If  subpages  have  been  specified,  the output device is
       divided into nx by ny subpages, each of  which  may  be  used  indepen-
       dently.   If plinit(3) is called again during a program, the previously
       opened file will be closed.  The subroutine pladv(3) is used to advance
       from one subpage to the next.

       Redacted form: plinit()

       This function is used in all of the examples.

AUTHORS
       Geoffrey  Furnish  and  Maurice LeBrun wrote and maintain PLplot.  This
       man page was automatically generated from the  DocBook  source  of  the
       PLplot   documentation,   maintained   by  Alan  W.  Irwin  and  Rafael
       Laboissiere.

SEE ALSO
       PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/resources.


























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