Controlling the Appearance of Your Plots

• Choosing an output device

• Setting the axes

• Setting the box size and shape

• Setting plot and other labels

• Setting point and line styles

• Some other useful commands are

  
  

  clear

  Clear the display.

  pause wait-time "message"

  Print a message and wait the specified number of seconds. If wait-time is negative, wait until carriage-return is pressed before continuing.

  replot

  Repeat the previous plot or splot command with new parameter settings.

  reset

  Restore all options to their default settings.

  show <option>

  Show the value of any quantity that can be set.