8.2 An Example Configuration File

The following configuration file represents PyXPlot’s default configuration, and provides a useful index to all of the settings which are available. In subsequent sections, we describe the effect of each setting in detail.

[settings]
Aspect = 1.0
AutoAspect = On
AutoZAspect = On
AxesColour = Black
AxisUnitStyle = Ratio
Backup = Off
Bar = 1.0
BinOrigin = 0
BinWidth = 1
BoxFrom = 0
BoxWidth = 0
CalendarIn = British
CalendarOut = British
Clip = Off
Colour = On
DataStyle = Points
Display = On
DPI = 300
FontSize = 1
FuncStyle = Lines
Grid = Off
GridAxisX = 1
GridAxisY = 1
GridAxisZ = 1
GridMajColour = Grey70
GridMinColour = Grey85
Key = On
KeyColumns = 0
KeyPos = Top Right
Key_XOff = 0.0
Key_YOff = 0.0
Landscape = Off
LineWidth = 1.0
MultiPlot = Off
NumComplex = Off
NumDisplay = Natural
NumErr = On
NumSF = 8
OriginX = 0.0
OriginY = 0.0
Output =
PaperHeight = 297
PaperName = a4
PaperWidth = 210
PointLineWidth = 1.0
PointSize = 1.0
Samples = 250
TermAntiAlias = On
TermEnlarge = Off
TermInvert = Off
TermTransparent = Off
TermType = X11_SingleWindow
TextColour = Black
TextHAlign = Left
TextVAlign = Bottom
Title =
Title_XOff = 0.0
Title_YOff = 0.0
TRange_Log = False
TRange_Max = 1.0
TRange_Min = 0.0
UnitAbbrev = On
UnitAngleDimless = On
UnitPrefix = On
UnitScheme = SI
Width = 8.0
View_XY = 60
View_YZ = 30
ZAspect = 1.0

[terminal]
Colour = On
Colour_Err = Red
Colour_Rep = Green
Colour_Wrn = Amber
Splash = On

[styling]
Arrow_HeadAngle = 45
Arrow_HeadSize = 1.0
Arrow_HeadBackIndent = 0.2
Axes_LineWidth = 1.0
Axes_MajTickLen = 1.0
Axes_MinTickLen = 1.0
Axes_Separation = 1.0
Axes_TextGap = 1.0
Grid_MajLineWidth = 1.0
Grid_MinLineWidth = 0.5
Baseline_LineWidth = 1.0
Baseline_PointSize = 1.0

[variables]
pi = 3.14159265358979

[colours]
palette = Black, Red, Blue, Magenta, Cyan, Brown, Salmon, Gray,
Green, NavyBlue, Periwinkle, PineGreen, SeaGreen, GreenYellow,
Orange, CarnationPink, Plum

[latex]
Preamble =