The KmPlot Handbook

Klaus-Dieter Möller <kd.moeller@t-online.de>

Philip Rodrigues

Revision 1.0 (2003-09-25)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

KmPlot is a mathematical function plotter for the KDE Desktop.

KmPlot is part of the KDE-EDU Project: http://edu.kde.org/


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Using KmPlot
Function Types
Explicit Functions
Parametric Functions
Entering Functions in Polar Coordinates
Combining Functions
Changing the appearance of functions
3. Configuring KmPlot
Colors Configuration
Coords Configuration
The Axes Tab
The Grid Tab
The Fonts Tab
Scaling Configuration
4. KmPlot Reference
Function Syntax
Predefined Function Names and Constants
Extensions
Mathematical Syntax
Plotting Area
Cross Hair Cursor
5. Command Reference
The File Menu
The View Menu
The Functions Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
6. Developer's Guide to KmPlot
7. Credits and License
A. Installation