PyChart Reference Manual

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This document describes PyChart version 1.30.

Copying: Your rights.
Introduction: Overview of pychart, along with examples.
Options: Controlling pychart via env variable and cmdline.
Anatomy: Overview of chart components
Attributes: Setting and reading object attributes.
Unit: Unit of length and scaling chart.
chart_data: Reading CSV files and transforming data.
area: Defining the size of drawing area and coordinate system
bar_plot: Drawing a bunch of bars.
interval_bar_plot: Interval bar plots.
line_plot: Line and scatter plots.
range_plot: Range-fill plots.
pie_plot: Pie plots to show shares of things.
legend: A small box that describes lines or bars.
line_style: Specifying width, color, and dash style of lines.
color: Red, green, yellow, etc.
fill_style: Specfiying background patterns
font: Changing font name, size, and angle
text_box: Drawing a "callout box" with texts and arrows
arrow: Drawing arrows.
canvas: Controlling the output file and format
Indexes:
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Area
coord: Specifying the coordinate system. Linear, log, etc.
axis: Displaying X and Y axes.
Line and scatter plots
tick_mark: Drawing a funny symbol drawn at each sample point.
error_bar: Drawing error bars
Controlling the output file and format
Creating canvas: Creating a new canvas and closing it.
Drawing on canvas: Drawing graphs on canvas
Drawing objects: Drawing lines, polygons, etc on canvas
Clipping: Setting up a clipping region.