id = "grace"
name = "Grace"
homepage = "https://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/"
description = "WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for X11"
executables = ["xmgrace", "gracebat", "grconvert"]
platforms = ["macos", "linux"]
[dotfiles]
paths = ["~/.grace/gracerc.user"]
secret = []
side_effect = false
[commands]
format = 1
label = "Plot data with Grace"
description = "Load a data file into Grace and either open the GUI (xmgrace) or print straight to a file without a session (gracebat, or xmgrace with Hardcopy). Only common plotting options are offered."
quality = "ai-draft"
parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = false, short_attached = false, short_bundles = false }
[[commands.source]]
id = "man"
kind = "manual"
url = "https://manpages.debian.org/testing/grace/xmgrace.1.en.html"
revision = "testing 2026-10-27"
evidence = '''
grace [ option | filename ]...
xmgrace [ option | filename ]...
gracebat [ option | filename ]...
-hardcopy No interactive session, just print and quit
-hdevice device_name Set default hardcopy device. See xmgrace -version for a list of supported devices.
-log x|y|xy Set the axis scaling of the current graph to logarithmic
-noask Assume the answer is yes to all requests, if the operation would overwrite a file, grace will do so without prompting
-nxy file Assume data file is in X Y1 Y2 Y3 ... format
-printfile file Save print output to file
-param file Load parameters from file to the current graph
-graphtype xy|chart|fixed|polar|pie Set the type of the current graph
'''
[[commands.field]]
id = "nxy"
label = "Data file (X Y1 Y2 ... columns)"
type = "path"
option = ["-nxy"]
path = { kind = "file", role = "input", must_exist = true }
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "param"
label = "Parameter file"
type = "path"
option = ["-param"]
path = { kind = "file", role = "input", must_exist = true }
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "graphtype"
label = "Graph type"
type = "enum"
option = ["-graphtype"]
choices = [{ value = "xy", label = "XY" }, { value = "chart", label = "Chart" }, { value = "fixed", label = "Fixed" }, { value = "polar", label = "Polar" }, { value = "pie", label = "Pie" }]
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "log"
label = "Logarithmic axes"
type = "enum"
option = ["-log"]
choices = [{ value = "x", label = "X" }, { value = "y", label = "Y" }, { value = "xy", label = "X and Y" }]
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "hardcopy"
label = "Print and quit (no GUI)"
type = "boolean"
option = ["-hardcopy"]
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "hdevice"
label = "Hardcopy device"
description = "Device name such as PNG, EPS or PostScript; run xmgrace -version for the list."
type = "string"
option = ["-hdevice"]
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "printfile"
label = "Save print output to"
type = "path"
option = ["-printfile"]
path = { kind = "file", role = "output", must_exist = false }
effect = "overwrite"
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.field]]
id = "noask"
label = "Overwrite without asking"
type = "boolean"
option = ["-noask"]
effect = "overwrite"
sources = ["man"]
[[commands.task]]
id = "plot-gui"
label = "Open data in the GUI"
fields = ["nxy", "param", "graphtype", "log"]
required = ["nxy"]
[[commands.task]]
id = "render"
label = "Render data to an image"
set = { hardcopy = [true] }
lock = ["hardcopy"]
fields = ["nxy", "param", "graphtype", "log", "hdevice", "printfile", "noask"]
required = ["nxy", "printfile"]
[[commands.group]]
id = "basic"
label = "Basic"
fields = ["nxy", "param", "graphtype", "log"]
[[commands.group]]
id = "advanced"
label = "Advanced"
fields = ["hardcopy", "hdevice", "printfile", "noask"]
