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Sample Xmgrace input batch file

READ NXY "5M030.rmsd1.txt"
READ NXY "5M030.rmsd2.txt"
s0 line color 1
s1 line color 2
s0 legend "pose1 rmsd"
s1 legend "pose2 rmsd"
title "RMSD"
xaxis label "time (ps)"
yaxis label "RMSD (angstroms)"
PRINT TO "${system}.eps"
DEVICE "EPS" OP "level2"
PRINT

Run Xmgrace with the command

xmgrace -batch temp.bfile -nosafe -hardcopy

where temp.bfile is the name of the batch file nosafe allows xmgrace to write the output eps plot hardcopy means make the plot and exit. Do not show gui.

For high resolution png file output with transperant background: The DEVICE "PNG" DPI dpi does not seem to change anything.

PRINT TO "output.png"
HARDCOPY DEVICE "PNG"
PAGE SIZE 2560, 2048
DEVICE "PNG" FONT ANTIALIASING on
DEVICE "PNG" OP "transparent:on"
DEVICE "PNG" OP "compression:9"
PRINT

Panel plots

To plot a panel plot with xmgrace use the following batchfile

 # make a panel plot
 arrange (2,1,.1,.6,.6,ON,ON,ON)
 # chose the first panel 
 FOCUS G0
 READ NXY "file1.txt"
 s0 line color 1
 title "DMMGBSA_run 5M030-POSE1"
 xaxis label "time"
 yaxis label "DMMGBSA_run"
 yaxis tick major 5
 yaxis tick minor 1
 #chose the next panel
 FOCUS G1
 READ NXY "file2.txt"
 READ NXY "file3.txt"
 s0 line color 1
 s1 line color 2
 s0 legend "pose1 rmsd"

Arrange existing graphs (or add extra if needed) to form an nrows by ncols matrix, leaving offset at each page edge with hgap and vgap relative horizontal and vertical spacings

 ARRANGE(nrows, ncols, offset, hgap, vgap, hvinv, hinv, vinv)

Makes graph current and unhides it if necessary

 FOCUS graph

Histogram

standard histogram (with bars) produced by xmgrace. arrange (1,1,.1,.6,.6,ON,ON,ON) FOCUS G0 READ NXY "temp1.txt" READ NXY "temp2.txt" #range(0..10) with 101 bins of 0.1 each HISTOGRAM (S0, MESH(-60, -20, 101), OFF, OFF) HISTOGRAM (S1, MESH(-60, -20, 101), OFF, OFF) #hides the NXY graph G0.S0 HIDDEN TRUE G0.S1 HIDDEN TRUE S2 line color 1 S2 legend "6 atoms restrained" S3 line color 2 S3 legend "no restrained" AUTOSCALE PRINT TO "histogram.png" HARDCOPY DEVICE "PNG" PAGE SIZE 2560, 2048 DEVICE "PNG" FONT ANTIALIASING on DEVICE "PNG" OP "transparent:on" DEVICE "PNG" OP "compression:9" PRINT

line histogram arrange (1,1,.1,.6,.6,ON,ON,ON) FOCUS G0 READ NXY "temp1.txt" READ NXY "temp2.txt" #range(0..10) with 101 bins of 0.1 each HISTOGRAM (S0, MESH(-60, -20, 101), OFF, OFF) HISTOGRAM (S1, MESH(-60, -20, 101), OFF, OFF) # output histograms to files WRITE G0.S2 FILE "temp1.dat" WRITE G0.S3 FILE "temp2.dat" # clear all data from program KILL G0.S0 KILL G0.S1 KILL G0.S2 KILL G0.S3 # reread data back in to get rid of formatting READ NXY "temp1.dat" READ NXY "temp2.dat" #hides the NXY graph S0 line color 1 S0 legend "6 atoms restrained" S1 line color 2 S1 legend "no restrained" AUTOSCALE

adjusting the placement of the label

The command for adjusting the placement of the label is as follows:

legend 0.25, 0.8

here the x-axis is 0.25 and y-axis is 0.8. where 1,1 is in the top right corner.

the command in the context of an example script:

cat << EOF > temp.bfile

arrange (1,1,.1,.6,.6,ON,ON,ON)
FOCUS G0
READ NXY "temp1.txt"
#range(0..10) with 101 bins of 0.1 each
HISTOGRAM (S0, MESH(-60, -20, 101), OFF, OFF)
# output histograms to files
WRITE G0.S1 FILE "temp1.dat"
# clear all data from program
KILL G0.S0
KILL G0.S1
# reread data back in to get rid of formatting
READ NXY "temp1.dat"
#hides the NXY graph
S0  line color 1
S0  legend "6 atoms restrained"
legend 0.25, 0.8
AUTOSCALE

EOF

Running xmgrace

to view the image type the following in the command line

 xmgrace -batch temp.bfile  

to print to a file without viewing

 gracebat -batch temp.bfile -nosafe -hardcopy -printfile "fig.png" -hdevice PNG

Save a state

You can manipulate your xmgrace plot with the GUI. After the graph looks the way you want it, you can save the project. After saving the state you can open the project file with a text editor and see the commands associated with that state. Then you can use the commands in a batch script and automate the creation of beautiful plots.

Axis labels

Manually position the yaxis label.

yaxis label "Ligand RMSD"
yaxis label place spec
yaxis label place 0.000000, 0.060000

Adjust the font size of yaxis label. Turn off the xaxis label.

yaxis ticklabel char size 0.800000
xaxis ticklabel off

To put the Angstrom symbol in a label use the typesetting string (\cE\C). Other font info is at [1]. This also changes the font to Helvetica \f{Helvetica} and reduces the size \-.

yaxis label "\f{Helvetica}\-Ligand RMSD (\cE\C)"

To put greek symbols in the label, use the following:

yaxis label "\f{Symbol}a\f{}"

This will print "α" (alpha). Changing the letter "a" in the expression will change the symbol. For example:

"\f{Symbol}b\f{}" will print "β" (Beta), 
"\f{Symbol}D\f{}" will print "Δ" (capital delta). 

The "\f{}" in the end of the expression returns the font to the original.

Links

xmgrace user's guide
xmgrace tutorial