NAME

       quickplot_shell - a remote command line shell for quickplot

SYNOPSIS

       Usage: quickplot_shell [PID]|[-h|--help]|[QUICKPLOT_OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       Quickplot  is  an  interactive  2D  plotter.   It's  primary  focus is to interactively display 2D plots.
       quickplot_shell connects to a  running  Quickplot  program.   quickplot_shell  provides  a  command  line
       interface  for  most of the graphical user interfaces that are in the Quickplot program.  quickplot_shell
       reads and writes to standard input and standard output respectively.  When standard input is a tty device
       quickplot_shell enables readline tab completion and history.  If you would like to  save  your  Quickplot
       shell  history  between  sessions  just create a .quickplot_history in your home directory with a command
       like `touch ~/.quickplot_history'.

       If the argument option PID is not given, quickplot_shell will launch  Quickplot  as  a  new  process  and
       connect  to  that  new process.  In this case Quickplot will be started with QUICKPLOT_OPTIONS if any are
       given.

       If PID is given, quickplot_shell will connect to a running Quickplot program with process ID PID.

       quickplot_shell sets up two named pipes, signals the running Quickplot program and  writes  commands  and
       reads  responses  to  and from the pipe.  The named pipes will be unlinked as soon as they are connected,
       and hence will be removed automatically when the two programs are no longer running.

       quickplot_shell, the remote Quickplot shell, acts just like running quickplot --shell, a local  Quickplot
       shell,  but  quickplot_shell  runs  as a separate process and talks to the Quickplot program using pipes,
       where as quickplot --shell runs one process with both the GUI and the  shell  with  no  pipes.   You  may
       connect any number of remote Quickplot shells to a Quickplot program.

       -h, --help
              display help and exit

SEE ALSO

       quickplot(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1998-2011  Lance Arsenault

       Quickplot  is  free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       Quickplot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without  even  the
       implied  warranty  of  MERCHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
       License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along  with  Quickplot.   If  not,  see
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

AUTHOR

       Lance Arsenault <lanceman@users.sourceforge.net>
       Send bug reports or comments to the above address.
       For more information, see the Quickplot homepage at
       <http://quickplot.sourceforge.net/>.

                               Quickplot Version 1.0.1rc: 10 Jan 2016 04:50:02 UTC            QUICKPLOT_SHELL(1)