The KmPlot Handbook

The KmPlot Handbook

Klaus-Dieter Möller (kd.moeller t-online.de)

Philip Rodrigues

David Saxton

Revision 1.2.0 (2008-02-09)

Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 Klaus-Dieter Möller

Copyright © 2003 Philip Rodrigues (phil kde.org)

Copyright © 2006 David Saxton

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. First Steps With KmPlot

Simple Function Plot
Edit Properties

3. Using KmPlot

Function Types

Cartesian Functions
Parametric Functions
Functions in Polar Coordinates
Implicit Functions
Differential Functions

Combining Functions

Changing the appearance of functions

4. Configuring KmPlot

General Configuration

Diagram Configuration

Colors Configuration

Fonts Configuration

Coordinate System Configuration

Axes Configuration

Constants Configuration

5. KmPlot Reference

Function Syntax

Predefined Function Names and Constants

Trigonometric Functions
Hyperbolic Functions
Other Functions
Predefined Constants

Mathematical Syntax

Plotting Area

Crosshair Cursor

6. Command Reference

The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The View Menu
The Tools Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu

7. Scripting KmPlot

8. Developer's Guide to KmPlot

9. Credits and License

A. Installation

Introduction