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General features </H1> <P> This section explains features common to all the programs in <A NAME="tex2html1062" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> and summarizes the philosophy behind the system. Some of the features described here may make more sense once you reach the cook-book section where we present actual examples of their use. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2931" HREF="node32.html">4.1 <B>GMT</B> units</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2932" HREF="node33.html">4.2 <B>GMT</B> defaults</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2933" HREF="node34.html">4.2.1 Overview and the <U>.gmtdefaults4</U> file</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2934" HREF="node35.html">4.2.2 Changing <B>GMT</B> defaults</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2935" HREF="node36.html">4.3 Command line arguments</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2936" HREF="node37.html">4.4 Standardized command line options</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2937" HREF="node38.html">4.4.1 Data domain or map region: The <B>-R</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2938" HREF="node39.html">4.4.2 Coordinate transformations and map projections: The <B>-J</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2939" HREF="node40.html">4.4.3 Map frame and axes annotations: The <B>-B</B> option</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2940" HREF="node41.html">4.4.3.1 Geographic basemaps</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2941" HREF="node42.html">4.4.3.2 Cartesian linear axes</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2942" HREF="node43.html">4.4.3.3 Cartesian log<IMG WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0" SRC="img2.png" ALT="$_{10}$"> axes</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2943" HREF="node44.html">4.4.3.4 Cartesian exponential axes</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2944" HREF="node45.html">4.4.3.5 Cartesian time axes</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2945" HREF="node46.html">4.4.4 Header data records: The <B>-H</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2946" HREF="node47.html">4.4.5 Portrait plot orientation: The <B>-P</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2947" HREF="node48.html">4.4.6 Plot overlays: The <B>-K</B> <B>-O</B> options</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2948" HREF="node49.html">4.4.7 Timestamps on plots: The <B>-U</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2949" HREF="node50.html">4.4.8 Verbose feedback: The <B>-V</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2950" HREF="node51.html">4.4.9 Plot positioning and layout: The <B>-X</B> <B>-Y</B> options</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2951" HREF="node52.html">4.4.10 Binary table i/o: The <B>-b</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2952" HREF="node53.html">4.4.11 Number of Copies: The <B>-c</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2953" HREF="node54.html">4.4.12 Data type selection: The <B>-f</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2954" HREF="node55.html">4.4.13 Data gap detection: The <B>-g</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2955" HREF="node56.html">4.4.14 Multiple segment data: The <B>-m</B> option</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2956" HREF="node57.html">4.4.15 Lat/Lon or Lon/Lat?: The <B>-:</B> option</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2957" HREF="node58.html">4.5 Command line history</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2958" HREF="node59.html">4.6 Usage messages, syntax- and general error messages</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2959" HREF="node60.html">4.7 Standard input or file, header records</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2960" HREF="node61.html">4.8 Verbose operation</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2961" HREF="node62.html">4.9 Program output</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2962" HREF="node63.html">4.10 Input data formats</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2963" HREF="node64.html">4.11 Output data formats</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2964" HREF="node65.html">4.12 <I>PostScript</I> features</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2965" HREF="node66.html">4.13 Specifying pen attributes</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2966" HREF="node67.html">4.14 Specifying area fill attributes</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2967" HREF="node68.html">4.15 Color palette tables</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2968" HREF="node69.html">4.15.1 Categorical CPT files</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2969" HREF="node70.html">4.15.2 Regular CPT files</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2970" HREF="node71.html">4.16 Character escape sequences</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2971" HREF="node72.html">4.17 Grid file format specifications</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2972" HREF="node73.html">4.18 Options for COARDS-compliant netCDF files</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2973" HREF="node74.html">4.19 The NaN data value</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html2974" HREF="node75.html">4.20 <B>GMT</B> environment parameters</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html2929" HREF="node32.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2923" HREF="GMT_Docs.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2917" HREF="node30.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2925" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2927" HREF="node256.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" 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