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<chapter id="commands">
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<title
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>Command Reference</title
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<sect1 id="a-file-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><shortcut
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> <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>N</keycap
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></keycombo
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> </shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>New</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Starts a new Plot by clearing the coordinate system and resetting the function parser.</action
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></para
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>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><shortcut
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> <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>O</keycap
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></keycombo
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></shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Open...</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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><action
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>Opens an existing document.</action>
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</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><shortcut
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><keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>S</keycap
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></keycombo
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></shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Save</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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><action
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>Saves the document.</action
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></para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Save As...</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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><action
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>Saves the document under another name.</action
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></para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><shortcut
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> <keycombo action="simul"
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>&Ctrl;<keycap
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>P</keycap
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></keycombo
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> </shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Print...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Sends the plot to a printer or file.</action
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></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><shortcut
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><keycombo action="simul"
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> &Ctrl;<keycap
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>Q</keycap
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> </keycombo
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></shortcut
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> <guimenu
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>File</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Quit</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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><action
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>Exits</action
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> &kmplot;.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-view-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Colours...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Displays the <guilabel
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>Colour Settings</guilabel
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> dialogue box. See <xref linkend="configuration"/>. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Coordinate System...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Displays the <guilabel
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>Coordinate System</guilabel
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> dialogue box. See <xref linkend="configuration"/>. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Scaling...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Displays the <guilabel
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>Scaling Settings</guilabel
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> dialogue box. See <xref linkend="configuration"/>. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Fonts...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Displays the <guilabel
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>Font Settings</guilabel
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> dialogue box. See <xref linkend="configuration"/>. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Coordinate System I</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Show both positive and negative x- and y-values on the grid. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Coordinate System II</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Show positive and negative y-values, but positive x-values only </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Edit</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Coordinate System III</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Show only positive x- and y-values. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-functions-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Plot</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Functions</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>New Function Plot...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Opens the dialogue for creating a new function plot. See <xref linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Functions</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>New Parametric Plot...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Opens the dialogue for creating a new parametric plot. See <xref linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Functions</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>New Polar Plot...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Opens the dialogue for creating a new polar plot. See <xref linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Functions</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Edit Plots...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Displays the functions dialogue. There you can add, edit and remove functions. See <xref linkend="using-kmplot"/>.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-zoom-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<para
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>The first five items in the menu change zoom-mode.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>No Zoom</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Disable the zoom-mode.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Zoom rectangular</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Let the user draw a rectangle. The minimum and maximum values will be set to the coordinates of the rectangle.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Zoom in</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The minimum and maximum values will come closer to each other and the selected point in the graph will be centred.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Zoom out</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The minimum and maximum values will be more separated from each other and the selected point in the graph will be centred.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Centre a point</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The selected point in the graph will be centred.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Zoom</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Fit widget to trigonometric functions</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The scale will be adapted to trigonometric functions. This works both for radians and degrees.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-settings-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Toggle on and off the display of the toolbar.</action
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> The default is on.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Toggle on and off the display of the statusbar at the bottom of the &kmplot; main window.</action
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> The default is on.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Personalise the keybindings</action
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> for &kmplot;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Personalise the toolbars</action
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> for &kmplot;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Configure &kmplot;</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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><action
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>Customise</action
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> &kmplot;. The options available to you are described in <xref linkend="configuration"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-tools-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Tools</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<para
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>This menu constains some tools for the functions that can be useful:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Tools</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Get y-value</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Let the user get the y-value from a specific x-value. At the moment, only plot functions are supported. Type a value or expression in the textbox under "X:". In the list below all the available functions are shown. Press the "Calculate" button to find the function's y-value. The result will be shown in the y-value box.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="a-help-menu">
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<title
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>The <guimenu
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>Help</guimenu
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> Menu</title>
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<para
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>&kmplot; has a standard &kde; <guimenu
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>Help</guimenu
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> as described below, with one addition:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term
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><menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Help</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Names...</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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></term>
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<listitem>
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<para
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>Opens a window with a list of the predefined function names and constants that &kmplot; knows.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para
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>The standard &kde; <guimenu
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>Help</guimenu
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> entries are:</para>
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&help.menu.documentation; </sect1>
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