Gnuplot *does* provide GIF output:
set term gif
set output "foo.gif"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Jan Skibinski
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 9:33 AM
> To: David Barton
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Gif writer module
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> > Without any intention of denigrating excellent work in Haskell, is
> > there any reason to prefer this over gnuplot? What is it?
> >
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> What can I answer here on "what is it?"? See for yourself
> on my html page - I am not hiding anything. Far from being
> finished (for example, the phase portrait type of plots
> would be handy too) this little module demonstrate the
> right level of Haskell abstraction and flexibility, I think.
>
> Believe me, I tried very hard to find anything on gnuplot
> vs. gif output: their faq, manual, etc. And I could not find
> anything. If gnuplot has such capability than I am not the
> one to blame but their own outdated documentation.
>
> Being as lazy as anyone, I do not find writing this sort of
> things exceedingly exciting. But once I have done it I really
> enjoy the fruits of my labour, because this is exactly what I
> wanted for my more serious work at hand, where Haskell program
> is embedded in an engineering report (on seismic qualification
> of certain scientific instrument). And for this the gnuplot
> -- no matter how fancy it might be, is far from being the right
> tool. Heck, I even consider sharing the report with the world
> to help a bit with Haskell advocacy.
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> Jan
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