This is the readme.1st file for STAPLOT v3. 97/01/19 1) If you have downloaded the zipped tarfile, put it in the appropriate place in your local Matlabpath and unpack it. If you do not have tar and gzip, you must download the individual source files: Make a local directory or folder in your Matlabpath called STAPLOT. Go into that folder/directory and make one called BATHYMETRY. ftp all of the source files, e.g: ftp> prompt ftp> binary ftp> mget * This should download all of the source correctly. 2) start Matlab 3) IN MATLAB, cd to wherever you put the STAPLOT files. 4) Type 'staplot '. What you want to see is a message saying: Load saved session 'sample1'? [y] >> 5) You can use your web browser to follow along a sample session (contained in staplot.html), or print out text of same (in staplot.txt). 6) Now, :-) time to install STAPLOT properly. Start matlab, cd to the directory in which you've placed STAPLOT, and run install.m. This must be a directory in which you have read/write permission! 7) Make sure the STAPLOT folders/directories are in your Matlabpath. (Read the manual (gasp!) or type 'help path' at the Matlab prompt for ideas on how to do this.) 8) If you've followed this list to the letter, and it doesn't work, (particularly possible for Mac and VAX/VMS users), please contact me at dbyrne@ldeo.columbia.edu, and if I can I'll try to help you out. Let me know a) what error message you're seeing b) what version of Matlab you're using c) what kind of computer you have. This is the end of the readme.1st file for STAPLOT v3.