timeline3

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Usage: pl -gif timeline3.htm



#proc getdata
data:
   NBC	8:00	9:00	"Wind\non Water"
   NBC  9:00	9:30	"Encore!\nEncore!"
   NBC  9:30	10:00	"Conrad\nBloom"
   NBC	10:00	11:00	"Trinity"
   ABC	8:00	8:30	"Secret\nLives"
   ABC	8:30	9:00	"Sports\nNight"
   ABC	9:00	11:00	"Movie of the Week"
   CBS	8:00	8:30	"Cosby"
   CBS	8:30	9:00	"Kids say..."
   CBS	9:00	10:00	"Charmed"
   CBS	10:00	11:00	"To have\nand to Hold"

#proc areadef
   title: Evening television schedule
   rectangle: 1 1 5 2
   xscaletype: time
   xrange: 08:00 11:00
   yscaletype: categories
   ycategories: 
	NBC
	ABC
	CBS

#proc xaxis
   stubs: inc 1 hours

#proc yaxis
   stubs: categories

#proc bars
   color: powderblue2
   axis: x
   locfield: 1
   segmentfields: 2 3
   labelfield: 4
   longwayslabel: yes
   labeldetails: size=6