Index

grouped

2-D

bins, specifying for histogram

bar3 <1> <2>

bar3h

barh

binary images

BMP

buttons on toolbar

C

callbacks

function handles used for

using function handles for

CData property

CDataMapping property

closing MATLAB, errors occurring when

cla

clabel <1> <2>

clf

close

close request function

default

closereq.m

CloseRequestFcn property

color limits, calculating

colordef

colormaps

simulating multiple

ColorOrder

colors

changing color scheme

controlled by axes

mapping to data

specifying figure colors

used for plotting

compass

compass plots

complex numbers, plotting

with feather

containers for graphics objects

contour

specifying contour levels <1> <2>

contour3

contourc <1> <2>

contourf <1> <2>

converting the data class of an indexed image

copying

figures

options

copying graphics objects

current

cursors

curve fitting graph data

D

data statistics

Data Statistics tool

E

editing plots

interactively

efficient programming <1> <2>

ending plot edit mode

erase modes

and printing

background

direction and velocity graphs

none

xor

errors closing MATLAB

examples

copying graphics objects

custom pointers

discrete data graphs

double axis graphs

finding object handles

histograms

hold

line

movies

multiline text

newplot

object creation functions

plot

ScreenSize property

setting default property values

simulating multiple colormaps

specifying figure position

subplot

text

exporting

formats

MATLAB and GhostScript

LaTeX

extent of computer screen

F

feather <1> <2>

figure

figures

defining custom pointers

defining pointers

defining the color of

preparing to accept graphics

printing

default figure size for printing

protecting from output

rendering properties

saving

specifying pointers

standard plotting behavior

files

figure .fig

fill, properties changed by

fill3, properties changed by

findobj

fonts

axis labels

formats for figures

function handles

Handle Graphics callbacks

functions

convenience forms

high-level vs. low-level

G

gca

handle visibility

gcf

handle visibility

gco

get

getframe

GIF graphic file format

ginput

gradient

graphical input

graphics

improving performance of

graphics file formats

list of formats supported by MATLAB

graphics images

16-bit

intensity

8-bit

intensity

RGB

converting from one format to another

graphics M-files

graphics objects

accessing hidden handles

axes

controlling where they draw

copying

deleting

function handle callbacks

functions that create

convenience forms

handle validity versus visibility

HandleVisibility property

common to all objects

factory defined

getting current values

listing possible values

querying in groups

search path for default values

graphs

bar

direction and velocity

discrete data

feather plots

generating M-code for

H

handles to graphics objects

finding

handles, saving in M-files

HandleVisibility property

HDF

hist

specifying number of bins

hold

and NextPlot

testing state of

hold state, testing for

HorizontalAlignment property

I

image <1> <2>

properties changed by

image types

images

information about files

CData

XData and YData

RGB

size and aspect ratio

storing in MATLAB

truecolor

types

J

JPEG

L

labeling

axes

labeling graphs <1> <2>

LaTeX

See TeX

legend

legends

limits

line styles

lines

adding as annotations

adding to existing graph

marker types

styles

LineStyleOrder property

locking axes position

loglog, properties changed by

low-level functions

M

mapping data to color

markers used for plotting

MATLAB 4 color scheme

matrix

representing as

M-code, saving a graph as

meshc

M-files

basic structure of graphics

closereq

movie <1> <2>

moving

N

newplot

example using

NextPlot property

add

new

replace

replacechildren <1> <2>

setting plotting color order

O

open

organization of Handle Graphics

orient

setting from the command line

OuterPosition property

P

panels

paper type

paper type for printing

setting from the command line

PaperPosition property

PaperType property

parent, of graphics object

PCX

plot <1> <2>

properties changed by

plot edit mode

plot3

properties changed by

plotedit

plots

editing

plotting

adding to existing graph

elementary functions for

overlaying bar graphs

quiver plots

specifying line styles <1> <2>

PNG

writing as 16-bit using imwrite

pointers

PointerShapeCData property

PointerShapeHotSpot property

polar

polar coordinates

Position property

positioning text on a graph

printing

figure size

setting from the command line <1> <2> <3>

fonts

supported for HPGL

supported for PostScript and GhostScript

supported for Windows drivers

setting from the command line

MATLAB printer driver

definition

OpenGL

paper type

PaperType property

PostScript

renderer

resolution

with painters renderer

with Z-buffer renderer

properties

changed by built-in functions

changed by object creation functions

defining in startup.m

for labeling axes

naming convention

specifying default values

Q

quiver <1> <2>

quiver plots

2-D

combined with contour plot

displaying velocity vectors

quiver3

R

Renderer property

rendering

reset

RGB

converting the data class of

rose <1> <2>

rotating 3-D views

rotating axis labels

S

saveas

saving figures

saving graphs

screen extent, determining

ScreenSize property

selecting multiple objects

selection button

semilogx, properties changed by

semilogy, properties changed by

set

ShowHiddenHandles property

size of computer screen

spline

stairs <1> <2>

stairstep plot

starting plot edit mode

statistics

stem