---
name: "plwind"
section: "3plplot"
platform: "linux"
package: "plplot-doc"
version: "5.15.0+dfsg2-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/plwind"
---

# plwind(3plplot)

Specify window

## NAME

**plwind** - Specify window

## SYNOPSIS

**plwind**(*xmin*, *xmax*, *ymin*, *ymax*)

## DESCRIPTION

Specify the window, i.e., the world coordinates of the edges of the viewport.

Redacted form: **plwind(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)**

This function is used in examples 1, 2, 4, 6-12, 14-16, 18, 21, 23-27, 29, and 31.

## ARGUMENTS

- *xmin* (**PLFLT**(3plplot), input)

  The world x coordinate of the left-hand edge of the viewport.

- *xmax* (**PLFLT**(3plplot), input)

  The world x coordinate of the right-hand edge of the viewport.

- *ymin* (**PLFLT**(3plplot), input)

  The world y coordinate of the bottom edge of the viewport.

- *ymax* (**PLFLT**(3plplot), input)

  The world y coordinate of the top edge of the viewport.

## AUTHORS

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.

## SEE ALSO

PLplot documentation at http://plplot.org/documentation.php.