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Manual for psimpoll and pscomb

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Menu K: interactive plotting

K Interactive plotting (on)                      [on]
Controls whether the user can select taxa individually for plotting (on), or taxa are plotted in the order found in the input files, running sequentially through each input file in the order given on the command line (off).

Toggles from `on' to `off'.

When running under this option, the program provides a screen listing of all boxes in the dataset, each preceded by its number. The first six characters of each box name are given where the dataset includes less than 110 boxes, the first three characters for less than 153 boxes, and the number only for less than 237 boxes. The option is not available for 238 or more boxes (because there is not enough room on the screen). Previously `plotted' boxes are marked by a hyphen between the box number and the box name, and listed by box number beneath the display of names. Numbers in the extreme left margin indicate a file which is started within the row, or the last file to be begun within the row if more there is more than one.

Box names are derived from the names of the taxa in the original psimpoll datasets, except for:

C14C
Radiocarbon age column;
Dend
Dendrogram from zonation by CONISS or CONIIC.
LSSc
Depth or age scale from the left hand side of the plot;
LTSc
Timescale from the left hand side of the plot;
RSSc
Depth or age scale from the right hand side of the plot;
SedC
Troels-Smith sediment description column;
Zone
Zonation column.
Each input Postscript file will thus have a `LSSc' and either a `RSSc' box or a `Zone' box on every page. There will be one copy per page of any of those boxes on this list that occur at all.

For example:

pscomb 1.00

74 boxes
1  0-LSca     1 SedC     2 C14C     3-_Betul   4 _Coryl   5 _Pinus   6 _Querc
   7 _Ulmus   8 _Alnus   9 _Fraxi  10 _Junip  11 _Salix  12 _Empet  13 _Callu
  14 Cypera  15 Poacea  16 _Filip  17 _Poten  18 _Artem  19 Brassi  20 Caryop
  21 _Jasio  22 Zone    23 LSca    24 SedC    25 C14C    26 _Rumex  27 _Polyp
  28 _Pteri  29 Filica  30 _Huper  31 <>      32 _Sphag  33 &Charc  34 Zone  
2 35 LSca    36 SedC    37 C14C    38-_Betul  39 _Coryl  40 _Pinus  41 _Querc
  42 _Ulmus  43 _Alnus  44 _Junip  45 _Salix  46 _Empet  47 _Callu  48 Cypera
  49 Poacea  50 _Filip  51 _Poten  52 _Artem  53 Caryop  54 _Jasio  55 _Campa
  56 RSca    57 LSca    58 SedC    59 C14C    60 _Rumex  61 _Ranun  62 Apiace
  63 _Sedum  64 _Saxif  65 _Plant  66 _Polyp  67 _Pteri  68 Pterop  69 !Palyn
  70 <>      71 _Sphag  72 &Charc  73 RSca  

Enter 'Q', or 'N': see documentation for details

Taxa plotted so far:                               0.31 pages plotted
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You select a box for plotting by entering its number, or a number range. Any other characters, including spaces, are ignored. A number range is given by entering n1-n2, where n1 and n2 are the first and last numbers of the desired range. Alternatively, instead of a number, enter `N' to force the start of a new page, or `Q' to end the plot. As usual, pscomb is not case-sensitive about either of these characters.

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