* Sample command file for XYP8
*  using data about ostracode ontogeny
*
* I use asterisks in first column to denote comments.
* Comments will be ignored by the program.
* The program ignores anything it does not understand.
*
* specify title and labels for the axes
*  here the \i means that the word Cavellina will be italicized
*  in the HPGL plot code generated by the PLOT command
TITLE Development of the ostracode \iCavellina
*  here the \+ means that the 2 will be superscript
*  in the HPGL plot code generated by the PLOT command
XLABEL Log outline area in mm\+2
YLABEL Covariance with PC III
* file name of input data
FILE NBU.XU
* format as a FORTRAN format 
* (this one happens to be the default)
FORMAT (8F10.6)
* specify which columns of the file 
* have the data for each variable
XCOL 1
YCOL 4
* set the color as 3; color 3 will be assigned 
* to all points read until another COLOr statement occurs
COLOR 3
* set symbol to ']' filled squares
SYMB ]
* set connect status to TRUE
CONNECT
* open file and read to its end
READ
* next input file
FILE EDU.XU
* new color
COLOR 4
* set symbol to ')' filled circles
SYMB )
* for other variables (format, connect, columns) use the same
* values as were used to read the previous file.
READ
* set note color in the same way as you set point color
COLOR 3
* note number 1 uses physical coordinates 
* (that's what the 0 after the 1 means)
* at plotter coordinates 2500 2500.  
* Its text is "Cavellina nebrascensis", italicized
NOTE 1 0 2500 2500 \iCavellina nebrascensis
* note number 2 uses physical coordinates also; 
* it is at 2500 2000, and its
* text is "Cavellina edmistonae", italicized
COLOR 4
NOTE 2 0 2500 2000 \iCavellina edmistonae
* use PREView to see the plot on screen
PREV
* change the ticks on the X axis to integer increments on the
* outside and increment of .2 on the inside.
TICK 1 .2
PREV
* continue with the Oxygen Isotope demo
CFIL OXYGEN.CMD