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@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@
The overall appearance of the graph is controlled by options to the
@Code "@Graph" symbol. As usual, these options follow the @Code "@Graph"
symbol, with their values enclosed in braces; they may appear in any order,
-and if omitted are assigned some sensible default value.
+and if omitted are assigned some sensible default value. The default
+values may be changed by setting options in the setup file as usual.
+@PP
+There is a @Code "font" option for changing the font throughout the
+graph, whose value is anything suitable for passing to Lout's
+@Code "@Font" symbol. Indeed, you can get the same effect by
+placing a @Code "@Font" symbol immediately before @Code "@Graph"
+in the usual way. However, the @Code "font" option is useful
+because it can be set in the setup file, where it applies to
+every graph in your document.
@PP
There is a @Code "style" option for controlling the overall style of the
graphs. @RawIndex { graphs (statistical) }
@@ -32,7 +41,8 @@ graphs. @RawIndex { graphs (statistical) }
graphs.yorigin @SubIndex { @Code yorigin option }
yorigin.graph @Index { @Code "yorigin" option (graphs) }
@ID @OneRow @Code @Verbatim {
--2p @Font @Graph
+@Graph
+ font { -2p }
style { axes }
xorigin { 0 }
yorigin { 0 }
@@ -59,9 +69,7 @@ yorigin.graph @Index { @Code "yorigin" option (graphs) }
}
}
}
-We have requested a smaller font size for this graph as a whole by
-preceding it with {@Code "-2p @Font"}, meaning two points smaller, and
-we have used some other options which will be explained shortly. The
+We have used some other options which will be explained shortly. The
resulting graph has an x axis and a y axis instead of a frame, like this:
@CD -2p @Font @Graph
style { axes }