On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:56:37 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Should I be compiling and installing gnuplot 4.2.2 ? Is there a > better open source alternative ( scriptable, controllable ) for > my needs, perhaps something in the distro I haven't noticed? On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 07:33:50AM -0400, Ricardo Franklin wrote: > I don't know other way, but I have installed SL 4 and SL 5 and I > installed gnuplot 4.2.2 and in both cases works very good.
Keith writes: Indeed, the gnuplot 4.2.2 source (from the gnuplot site and sourceforge) was quite easy to compile. The compile process does not find libpdf, but the package will make postscript and I can make PDFs from that. The program is much improved over 4.0.0. I am making 60 graphs from a pile of raw data, in one big gnuplot script - MUCH faster than doing it manually with Open Office Chart. The new version allows individual control of line color for plots. No more yellow and light green lines on a white background! If I can figure out how to make minor tick gridlines do what I want, I will be 99% satisfied. I prefer dense minor gridlines, plotted in faint bluegreen ( rgb #C0FFEE ) like the graph paper of my youth. I would prefer to install from an RPM, but I couldn't find any and I do not know an easy way to make one. Separate subject, is there a magical tool that will take a standard "automake" package ( using the mantra "./configure, make, make install" that we all know and love ) and auto-magically produce an RPM? Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs
