--- a/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/plot.txi
@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@
 All of Octave's plotting functions use @code{gnuplot} to handle the
 actual graphics. Most types of plots can be generated using the basic
 plotting functions, which are patterned after the equivalent functions
-in @sc{Matlab}. The use of these functions is generally
-straightforward, and is the preferred method for generating plots.
-However, for users familiar with @code{gnuplot}, or for some
-specialized applications where the basic commands are inadequate,
-Octave also provides two low-level functions, @code{gplot} and
-@code{gsplot}, that behave almost exactly like the corresponding
-@code{gnuplot} functions @code{plot} and @code{splot}. Also note that
-some advanced @sc{Matlab} features from recent versions are not
-implemented, such as handle-graphics and related functions.
+in @sc{Matlab}.
 
 @menu
 * Two-Dimensional Plotting::    
@@ -26,7 +18,6 @@
 * Multiple Plots on One Page::  
 * Multiple Plot Windows::       
 @c *Exporting Plots::
-* Low-Level plotting commands::
 * Interaction with gnuplot::    
 @end menu
 
@@ -101,26 +92,11 @@
 
 @DOCSTRING(xlabel)
 
-@DOCSTRING(top_title)
-
 @node Multiple Plots on One Page
 @section Multiple Plots on One Page
 
-The following functions all require a version of @code{gnuplot} that
-supports the multiplot feature.
-
-@DOCSTRING(mplot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(multiplot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(oneplot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(plot_border)
-
 @DOCSTRING(subplot)
 
-@DOCSTRING(subwindow)
-
 @node Multiple Plot Windows
 @section Multiple Plot Windows
 
@@ -129,225 +105,9 @@
 @c @node Exporting Plots
 @c FIXME -- add info about getting paper copies of plots.
 
-@node Low-Level plotting commands
-@section Low-Level plotting commands
-
-@deffn {Command} gplot @var{ranges} @var{expression} @var{using} @var{title} @var{style}
-Generate a 2-dimensional plot.
-
-The @var{ranges}, @var{using}, @var{title}, and @var{style} arguments
-are optional, and the @var{using}, @var{title} and @var{style}
-qualifiers may appear in any order after the expression.  You may plot
-multiple expressions with a single command by separating them with
-commas.  Each expression may have its own set of qualifiers.
-
-The optional item @var{ranges} has the syntax
-
-@example
-[ x_lo : x_up ] [ y_lo : y_up ]
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-and may be used to specify the ranges for the axes of the plot,
-independent of the actual range of the data.  The range for the y axis
-and any of the individual limits may be omitted.  A range @code{[:]}
-indicates that the default limits should be used.  This normally means
-that a range just large enough to include all the data points will be
-used.
-
-The expression to be plotted must not contain any literal matrices
-(e.g. @code{[ 1, 2; 3, 4 ]}) since it is nearly impossible to
-distinguish a plot range from a matrix of data.
-
-See the help for @code{gnuplot} for a description of the syntax for the
-optional items.
-
-By default, the @code{gplot} command plots the second column of a matrix
-versus the first.  If the matrix only has one column, it is taken as a
-vector of y-coordinates and the x-coordinate is taken as the element
-index, starting with zero.  For example,
-
-@example
-gplot rand (100,1) with linespoints
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-will plot 100 random values and connect them with lines.  When
-@code{gplot} is used to plot a column vector, the indices of the
-elements are taken as x values.
-
-  If there are more than two columns, you can
-choose which columns to plot with the @var{using} qualifier. For
-example, given the data
-
-@example
-x = (-10:0.1:10)';
-data = [x, sin(x), cos(x)];
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-the command
-
-@example
-gplot [-11:11] [-1.1:1.1] \
-  data with lines, data using 1:3 with impulses
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-will plot two lines.  The first line is generated by the command
-@code{data with lines}, and is a graph of the sine function over the
-range @minus{}10 to 10.  The data is taken from the first two columns of
-the matrix because columns to plot were not specified with the
-@var{using} qualifier.
-
-The clause @code{using 1:3} in the second part of this plot command
-specifies that the first and third columns of the matrix @code{data}
-should be taken as the values to plot.
-
-In this example, the ranges have been explicitly specified to be a bit
-larger than the actual range of the data so that the curves do not touch
-the border of the plot.
-@end deffn
-
-@deffn {Command} gsplot @var{ranges} @var{expression} @var{using} @var{title} @var{style}
-Generate a 3-dimensional plot.
-
-The @var{ranges}, @var{using}, @var{title}, and @var{style} arguments
-are optional, and the @var{using}, @var{title} and @var{style}
-qualifiers may appear in any order after the expression.  You may plot
-multiple expressions with a single command by separating them with
-commas.  Each expression may have its own set of qualifiers.
-
-The optional item @var{ranges} has the syntax
-
-@example
-[ x_lo : x_up ] [ y_lo : y_up ] [ z_lo : z_up ]
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-and may be used to specify the ranges for the axes of the plot,
-independent of the actual range of the data.  The range for the y and z
-axes and any of the individual limits may be omitted.  A range
-@code{[:]} indicates that the default limits should be used.  This
-normally means that a range just large enough to include all the data
-points will be used.
-
-The expression to be plotted must not contain any literal matrices (e.g.
-@code{[ 1, 2; 3, 4 ]}) since it is nearly impossible to distinguish a
-plot range from a matrix of data.
-
-See the help for @code{gnuplot} for a description of the syntax for the
-optional items.
-
-By default, the @code{gsplot} command plots each column of the
-expression as the z value, using the row index as the x value, and the
-column index as the y value.  The indices are counted from zero, not
-one.  For example,
-
-@example
-gsplot rand (5, 2)
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-will plot a random surface, with the x and y values taken from the row
-and column indices of the matrix.
-
-If parametric plotting mode is set (using the command
-@kbd{gset parametric}, then @code{gsplot} takes the columns of the
-matrix three at a time as the x, y and z values that define a line in
-three space.  Any extra columns are ignored, and the x and y values are
-expected to be sorted.  For example, with @code{parametric} set, it
-makes sense to plot a matrix like
-@iftex
-@tex
-$$
-\left[\matrix{
-1 & 1 & 3 & 2 & 1 & 6 & 3 & 1 & 9 \cr
-1 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 5 & 3 & 2 & 8 \cr
-1 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 3 & 3 & 7}\right]
-$$
-@end tex
-@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-
-@example
-1 1 3 2 1 6 3 1 9
-1 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 8
-1 3 1 2 3 4 3 3 7
-@end example
-@end ifinfo
-
-@noindent
-but not @code{rand (5, 30)}.
-@end deffn
-
-@deffn {Command} replot options
-The @code{replot} command allows you to force the plot to be
-redisplayed.  This is useful if you have changed something about the
-plot, such as the title or axis labels.  The @code{replot} command also
-accepts the same arguments as @code{gplot} or @code{gsplot} (except for
-data ranges) so you can add additional lines to existing plots.  
-
-For example,
-
-@example
-gset term tek40
-gset output "/dev/plotter"
-gset title "sine with lines and cosine with impulses"
-replot "sin (x) w l"
-@end example
-
-will change the terminal type for plotting, add a title to the current
-plot, add a graph of
-@iftex
-@tex
-$\sin(x)$
-@end tex
-@end iftex
-@ifinfo
-sin (x) 
-@end ifinfo
-to the plot, and force the new plot to be
-sent to the plot device.  This last step is normally required in order
-to update the plot.  This default is reasonable for slow terminals or
-hardcopy output devices because even when you are adding additional
-lines with a replot command, gnuplot always redraws the entire plot, and
-you probably don't want to have a completely new plot generated every
-time something as minor as an axis label changes.
-
-@findex shg
-The command @code{shg} is equivalent to executing @code{replot}.
-@end deffn
-
-@DOCSTRING(automatic_replot)
-
-Note that NaN values in the plot data are automatically omitted, and
-Inf values are converted to a very large value before calling gnuplot.
-
-@c FIXME -- add info about what to do to get plots on remote X
-@c terminals.  People often forget how to properly set DISPLAY and run
-@c xhost.
-
-
 @node Interaction with gnuplot
 @section Interaction with @code{gnuplot}
 
 @DOCSTRING(gnuplot_binary)
 
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_has_frames)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_plot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_replot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_splot)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_using)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_with)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_axes)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_title)
-
-@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_command_end)
+@DOCSTRING(gnuplot_use_title_option)