C-PLOT

Scientific Graphics and Data Analysis

4.2. - v draw PseudoGraphics plot



uses the alternate characters available on many terminals (or else standard ASCII characters) to quickly draw a low-resolution version of the plot, with axes, range settings and points.
v
The v command erases the video screen and draws a bare-bones display of your plot. The values of the tick numbers and the positions of the major tick marks are shown as they will appear on the plot. However, symbol, text and most other formatting features described in Chapters 5 and 6 are not available with PseudoGraphics.