KnotPlot Command Line Options
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-stdin
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Reads input from the standard input instead of the keyboard.
Useful for demo-scripts.
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-nopanel
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Will start the program up without the
control panel.
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-nomonitor
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Will start the program up without the
command window.
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-par parameter value
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Sets parameter to value. Example:
-par cyl 0.9
sets
cyl-rad
to 0.9.
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-screensaver
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Starts up KnotPlot as a
screensaver.
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-font thefont
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Changes the font used in the
control panel.
For example
-font AvantGarde-Book
can be nice.
Click here to see
what fonts are available.
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-nographics
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Starts KnotPlot up in the shell without any windows.
Often useful for generating Postscript figures or running KnotPlot
in a batch job.
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-beads
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Usually KnotPlot starts up in the
'Smooth Tubes'
mode. This flag will start it in the 'Beads and Sticks'
mode.
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-flowers
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All I can say, on a decent SGI machine, try it.
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-manual
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Starts up a WWW browser looking at the
KnotPlot Manual
(local copy).
KnotPlot then exits.
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-info
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Starts up a WWW browser looking at the
KnotPlot Site.
KnotPlot then exits.
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[KnotPlot Manual],
[View Window],
[Control Panel],
[Command Window],
[Overview]
[Rob Scharein's
main WWW site],
[KnotPlot Site]