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This appendix contain the full list of symbols (characters) used by MathGL for setting up plot. Also it contain sections for full list of hot-keys supported by mglview tool and by UDAV program.

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* Symbols for styles::
* Hot-keys for mglview::
* Hot-keys for UDAV::
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@node Symbols for styles, Hot-keys for mglview, , Symbols and hot-keys
@section Symbols for styles
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Below is full list of all characters (symbols) which MathGL use for setting up the plot.

@table @samp
@item space ' '
empty line style (see @ref{Line styles});

empty color in @ref{chart}.

@item !
set to use new color from palette for each point (not for each curve, as default) in @ref{1D plotting};

set to disable ticks tuning in @ref{axis} and @ref{colorbar};

set to draw @ref{grid} lines at subticks coordinates too;

define complex variable/expression in MGL script if placed at beginning.

@item #
set to use solid marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or solid @ref{error} boxes;

set to draw wired plot for @ref{axial}, @ref{surf3}, @ref{surf3a}, @ref{surf3c}, @ref{triplot}, @ref{quadplot}, @ref{area}, @ref{bars}, @ref{barh}, @ref{tube}, @ref{tape}, @ref{cone}, @ref{boxs} and draw boundary only for @ref{circle}, @ref{ellipse}, @ref{rhomb};

set to draw also mesh lines for @ref{surf}, @ref{surfc}, @ref{surfa}, @ref{dens}, @ref{densx}, @ref{densy}, @ref{densz}, @ref{dens3}, or boundary for @ref{chart}, @ref{facex}, @ref{facey}, @ref{facez}, @ref{rect};

set to draw boundary and box for @ref{legend}, @ref{title}, or grid lines for @ref{table};

set to draw grid for @ref{radar};

set to start flow threads and pipes from edges only for @ref{flow}, @ref{pipe};

set to use whole are for axis range in @ref{subplot}, @ref{inplot};

change text color inside a string (see @ref{Font styles});

start comment in @ref{MGL scripts} or in @ref{Command options}.

@item $
denote parameter of @ref{MGL scripts}.

@item %
set color scheme along 2 coordinates @ref{Color scheme}.

@item &

set to pass long integer number in tick template @ref{xtick}, @ref{ytick}, @ref{ztick}, @ref{ctick}.

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item @quoteright{}
denote string in @ref{MGL scripts} or in @ref{Command options}.

@item *
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item +
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

set to print @samp{+} for positive numbers in @ref{axis}, @ref{label}, @ref{table};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item ,
separator for color positions (see @ref{Color styles}) or items in a list.

@item -
solid line style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

place entries horizontally in @ref{legend};

set to use usual @samp{-} for negative numbers in @ref{axis}, @ref{label}, @ref{table};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item .
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

set to draw hachures instead of arrows for @ref{vect}, @ref{vect3};

set to use dots instead of faces for @ref{cloud}, @ref{torus}, @ref{axial}, @ref{surf3}, @ref{surf3a}, @ref{surf3c}, @ref{surf}, @ref{surfa}, @ref{surfc}, @ref{dens}, @ref{map};

delimiter of fractional parts for numbers.

@item /
operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item :
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

stop color scheme parsing (see @ref{Color scheme});

range operation in @ref{MGL scripts}.

@item ;
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

end of an option in @ref{MGL scripts} or in @ref{Command options}.

@item <
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

style of @ref{subplot} and @ref{inplot};

set position of @ref{colorbar};

style of @ref{vect}, @ref{vect3};

align left in @ref{bars}, @ref{barh}, @ref{boxplot}, @ref{cones}, @ref{candle}, @ref{ohlc};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.


@item >
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

style of @ref{subplot} and @ref{inplot};

set position of @ref{colorbar};

style of @ref{vect}, @ref{vect3};

align right in @ref{bars}, @ref{barh}, @ref{boxplot}, @ref{cones}, @ref{candle}, @ref{ohlc};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item =
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

set to use equidistant columns for @ref{table};

set to use color gradient for @ref{vect}, @ref{vect3};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item @@
set to draw box around text for @ref{text} and similar functions;

set to draw boundary and fill it for @ref{circle}, @ref{ellipse}, @ref{rhomb};

set to fill faces for @ref{box};

set to draw large semitransparent mark instead of error box for @ref{error};

set to draw edges for @ref{cone};

set to draw filled boxes for @ref{boxs};

reduce text size inside a string (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item ^
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

style of @ref{subplot} and @ref{inplot};

set position of @ref{colorbar};

set outer position for @ref{legend};

inverse default position for @ref{axis};

switch to upper index inside a string (see @ref{Font styles});

align center in @ref{bars}, @ref{barh}, @ref{boxplot}, @ref{cones}, @ref{candle}, @ref{ohlc};

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item _
empty arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

disable drawing of tick labels for @ref{axis};

style of @ref{subplot} and @ref{inplot};

set position of @ref{colorbar};

set to draw contours at bottom for @ref{cont}, @ref{contf}, @ref{contd}, @ref{contv}, @ref{tricont};

switch to lower index inside a string (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item []
contain symbols excluded from color scheme parsing (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item @{@}
contain extended specification of color (see @ref{Color styles}), dashing (see @ref{Line styles}) or mask (see @ref{Color scheme});

denote special operation in @ref{MGL scripts};

denote 'meta-symbol' for LaTeX like string parsing (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item |
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

set to use sharp color scheme (see @ref{Color scheme});

set to limit width by subplot width for @ref{table};

delimiter in @ref{list} command;

operation in @ref{Textual formulas}.

@item \
string continuation symbol on next line for @ref{MGL scripts}.

@item ~
disable drawing of tick labels for @ref{axis} and @ref{colorbar};

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
line width (see @ref{Line styles});

brightness of a color (see @ref{Color styles});

precision of numbers in @ref{axis}, @ref{label}, @ref{table};

kind of smoothing (for digits 1,3,5) in @ref{smooth};

digits for a value.

@item 4,6,8
set to draw square, hex- or octo-pyramids instead of cones in @ref{cone}, @ref{cones}.

@item A,B,C,D,E,F,a,b,c,d,e,f
can be hex-digit for color specification if placed inside @{@} (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item A
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

set to use absolute position in whole picture for @ref{text}, @ref{colorbar}, @ref{legend}.

@item a
set to use absolute position in subplot for @ref{text};

style of @ref{bars}, @ref{barh}, @ref{cones}.

@item B
dark blue color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item b
blue color (see @ref{Color styles});

bold font face if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item C
dark cyan color (see @ref{Color styles});

align text to center if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item c
cyan color (see @ref{Color styles});

name of color axis;

cosine transform for @ref{transform}.

@item D
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item d
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

start hex-dash description if placed inside @{@} (see @ref{Line styles}).

@item E
dark green-yellow color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item e
green-yellow color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item F

set LaTeX-like format for numbers in @ref{axis}, @ref{label}, @ref{table}.

@item f
style of @ref{bars}, @ref{barh};

style of @ref{vect}, @ref{vect3};

set fixed format for numbers in @ref{axis}, @ref{label}, @ref{table};

Fourier transform for @ref{transform}.

@item G
dark green color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item g
green color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item H
dark gray color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item h
gray color (see @ref{Color styles});

Hankel transform for @ref{transform}.

@item I
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

set @ref{colorbar} position near boundary.

@item i
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

italic font face if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

set to use inverse values for @ref{cloud}, @ref{pipe}, @ref{dew};

set to fill only area with y1<y<y2 for @ref{region};

inverse Fourier transform for @ref{transform}.

@item j
line dashing style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item K
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles}).

@item k
black color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item L
dark green-blue color (see @ref{Color styles});

align text to left if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item l
green-blue color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item M
dark magenta color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item m
magenta color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item N
dark sky-blue color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item n
sky-blue color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item O
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item o
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

over-line text if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item P
dark purple color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item p
purple color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item Q
dark orange or brown color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item q
orange color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item R
dark red color (see @ref{Color styles});

align text to right if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles}).

@item r
red color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item S
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme}).

@item s
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

one of mask for face filling (see @ref{Color scheme});

start hex-mask description if placed inside @{@} (see @ref{Color scheme});

sine transform for @ref{transform}.

@item t
draw tubes instead of cones in @ref{cone}, @ref{cones};

@item T
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

place text under the curve for @ref{text}, @ref{cont}, @ref{cont3}.

@item t
set to draw text labels for @ref{cont}, @ref{cont3};

name of t-axis (one of ternary axis);

variable in @ref{Textual formulas}, which usually is varied in range [0,1].

@item U
dark blue-violet color (see @ref{Color styles});

disable rotation of tick labels for @ref{axis}.

@item u
blue-violet color (see @ref{Color styles});

under-line text if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles});

name of u-axis (one of ternary axis);

variable in @ref{Textual formulas}, which usually denote array itself.

@item V
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles});

place text centering on vertical direction for @ref{text}.

@item v
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles});

set to draw vectors on flow threads for @ref{flow}.

@item W
bright gray color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item w
white color (see @ref{Color styles});

wired text if placed after @samp{:} (see @ref{Font styles});

name of w-axis (one of ternary axis);

@item X
arrow style (see @ref{Line styles}).

@item x
one of marks (see @ref{Line styles}) or kind of @ref{error} boxes;

name of x-axis or x-direction or 1st dimension of a data array;

start hex-color description if placed inside @{@} (see @ref{Color styles});

style of @ref{tape}.

@item Y
dark yellow or gold color (see @ref{Color styles}).

@item y
yellow color (see @ref{Color styles});

name of y-axis or y-direction or 2nd dimension of a data array.

@item z

name of z-axis or z-direction or 3d dimension of a data array;

style of @ref{tape}.

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@node Hot-keys for mglview, Hot-keys for UDAV, Symbols for styles, Symbols and hot-keys
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@multitable @columnfractions .3 .7
@headitem Key @tab Description
@item @key{Ctrl-P}
@tab Open printer dialog and print graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-W}
@tab Close window.

@item @key{Ctrl-T}
@tab Switch on/off transparency for the graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-L}
@tab Switch on/off additional lightning for the graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-Space}
@tab Restore default graphics rotation, zoom and perspective.

@item @key{F5}
@tab Execute script and redraw graphics.

@item @key{F6}
@tab Change canvas size to fill whole region.

@item @key{F7}
@tab Stop drawing and script execution.

@item @key{Ctrl-F5}
@tab Run slideshow. If no parameter specified then the dialog with slideshow options will appear.

@item @key{Ctrl-Comma}, @key{Ctrl-Period}
@tab Show next/previous slide. If no parameter specified then the dialog with slideshow options will appear.


@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-G}
@tab Copy graphics to clipboard.



@item @key{Alt-P}
@tab Export as semitransparent PNG.

@item @key{Alt-F}
@tab Export as solid PNG.

@item @key{Alt-J}
@tab Export as JPEG.

@item @key{Alt-E}
@tab Export as vector EPS.

@item @key{Alt-S}
@tab Export as vector SVG.

@item @key{Alt-L}
@tab Export as LaTeX/Tikz image.

@item @key{Alt-M}
@tab Export as MGLD.

@item @key{Alt-D}
@tab Export as PRC/PDF.

@item @key{Alt-O}
@tab Export as OBJ.

@c @item @key{Alt-X}
@c @tab Export as X3D.
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@multitable @columnfractions .3 .7
@headitem Key @tab Description
@item @key{Ctrl-N}
@tab Create new window with empty script. Note, all scripts share variables. So, second window can be used to see some additional information of existed variables.

@item @key{Ctrl-O}
@tab Open and execute/show script or data from file. You may switch off automatic exection in UDAV properties

@item @key{Ctrl-S}
@tab Save script to a file.

@item @key{Ctrl-P}
@tab Open printer dialog and print graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-Z}
@tab Undo changes in script editor.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-Z}
@tab Redo changes in script editor.

@item @key{Ctrl-X}
@tab Cut selected text into clipboard.

@item @key{Ctrl-C}
@tab Copy selected text into clipboard.

@item @key{Ctrl-V}
@tab Paste selected text from clipboard.

@item @key{Ctrl-A}
@tab Select all text in editor.

@item @key{Ctrl-F}
@tab Show dialog for text finding.

@item @key{F3}
@tab Find next occurrence of the text.


@item @key{Win-C} or @key{Meta-C}
@tab Show dialog for new command and put it into the script.

@item @key{Win-F} or @key{Meta-F}
@tab Insert last fitted formula with found coefficients.

@item @key{Win-S} or @key{Meta-S}
@tab Show dialog for styles and put it into the script. Styles define the plot view (color scheme, marks, dashing and so on).

@item @key{Win-O} or @key{Meta-O}
@tab Show dialog for options and put it into the script. Options are used for additional setup the plot.

@item @key{Win-N} or @key{Meta-N}
@tab Replace selected expression by its numerical value.

@item @key{Win-P} or @key{Meta-P}
@tab Select file and insert its file name into the script.

@item @key{Win-G} or @key{Meta-G}
@tab Show dialog for plot setup and put resulting code into the script. This dialog setup axis, labels, lighting and other general things.



@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-O}
@tab Load data from file. Data will be deleted only at exit but UDAV will not ask to save it.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-S}
@tab Save data to a file.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-C}
@tab Copy range of numbers to clipboard.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-V}
@tab Paste range of numbers from clipboard.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-N}
@tab Recreate the data with new sizes and fill it by zeros.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-R}
@tab Resize (interpolate) the data to specified sizes.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-T}
@tab Transform data along dimension(s).

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-M}
@tab Make another data.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-H}
@tab Find histogram of data.



@item @key{Ctrl-T}
@tab Switch on/off transparency for the graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-L}
@tab Switch on/off additional lightning for the graphics.

@item @key{Ctrl-G}
@tab Switch on/off grid of absolute coordinates.

@item @key{Ctrl-Space}
@tab Restore default graphics rotation, zoom and perspective.

@item @key{F5}
@tab Execute script and redraw graphics.

@item @key{F6}
@tab Change canvas size to fill whole region.

@item @key{F7}
@tab Stop script execution and drawing.

@item @key{F8}
@tab Show/hide tool window with list of hidden plots.

@item @key{F9}
@tab Restore status for 'once' command and reload data.

@item @key{Ctrl-F5}
@tab Run slideshow. If no parameter specified then the dialog with slideshow options will appear.

@item @key{Ctrl-Comma}, @key{Ctrl-Period}
@tab Show next/previous slide. If no parameter specified then the dialog with slideshow options will appear.

@item @key{Ctrl-W}
@tab Open dialog with slideshow options.

@item @key{Ctrl-Shift-G}
@tab Copy graphics to clipboard.


@item @key{F1}
@tab Show help on MGL commands

@item @key{F2}
@tab Show/hide tool window with messages and information.

@item @key{F4}
@tab Show/hide calculator which evaluate and help to type textual formulas. Textual formulas may contain data variables too.


@item @key{Meta-Shift-Up}, @key{Meta-Shift-Down}
@tab Change view angle @math{\theta}.

@item @key{Meta-Shift-Left}, @key{Meta-Shift-Right}
@tab Change view angle @math{\phi}.

@item @key{Alt-Minus}, @key{Alt-Equal}
@tab Zoom in/out whole image.

@item @key{Alt-Up}, @key{Alt-Down}, @key{Alt-Right}, @key{Alt-Left}
@tab Shift whole image.

@item @key{Alt-P}
@tab Export as semitransparent PNG.

@item @key{Alt-F}
@tab Export as solid PNG.

@item @key{Alt-J}
@tab Export as JPEG.

@item @key{Alt-E}
@tab Export as vector EPS.

@item @key{Alt-S}
@tab Export as vector SVG.

@item @key{Alt-L}
@tab Export as LaTeX/Tikz image.

@item @key{Alt-M}
@tab Export as MGLD.

@item @key{Alt-D}
@tab Export as PRC/PDF.

@item @key{Alt-O}
@tab Export as OBJ.

@c @item @key{Alt-X}
@c @tab Export as X3D.

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