GNUplot is nice, but it can be buggy... Data needs to be perfect or it will core/gpf or generate empty or incorrect in unexplainable manner. The same can be said if the resolution can't handle the amount of data to be displayed.... And, of course, it's quite out of date... No updates in years.
Sorry so late to the game... Been on vacation. Howard Dossy wrote: > On 2003.08.08, Ross Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plplot looks good, but I get lots of core dumps while using it. > > Emu_graph seems to be meant for a browser tcl plugin only, and while gd > > seems to work, it's intended for drawing -- graphing would take a > lot of > > work. > > > > Does anyone have a working graphing setup? > > I don't have it "working" but if I had to graph stuff, I'd look at > gnuplot: > > http://www.gnuplot.info/ > > How would I use Gnuplot, you ask? I'd set it to generate the output as > a PNG ("set terminal png") then tell it to send the PNG to a file ("set > output <filename>"). Unfortunately, the "small" size for PNG is > 640x480, which might not be what you wanted. > > If you need a little more control, I might get Gnuplot to output in SVG > (Scalable Vector Graphics) format ("set terminal svg") and specify the > size. Then, I might use a tool like Batik (xml.apache.org's SVG > toolkit, http://xml.apache.org/batik/) and its image transcoding > capabilities to render the SVG as, say, JPEG, so I could display them on > the web. > > Perhaps if you define exactly what "graphing" you're looking to do, I > could offer more useful suggestions. > > -- Dossy > > -- > Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > > -- > AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ > > To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the > body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the > Subject: field of your email blank. > -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
