function plotting (was: Re: [NTG-context] Q: about \externalfile from metafun-p.pdf)
On Mon 03.10.2005 19:26, Christopher Creutzig wrote: MetaPost is not really a function plotter. So, yes, you have to use some sort of loop, although there may be some predefined macros hiding them. Is there a better way in ConTeXt/tex for this?! Should i use some external Programms for this? al ;-) ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: function plotting (was: Re: [NTG-context] Q: about \externalfile from metafun-p.pdf)
Alexander Lazic wrote: On Mon 03.10.2005 19:26, Christopher Creutzig wrote: MetaPost is not really a function plotter. So, yes, you have to use some sort of loop, although there may be some predefined macros hiding them. Is there a better way in ConTeXt/tex for this?! Should i use some external Programms for this? al ;-) I use gnuplot which makes graphs of superb visual quality and has extensive support for many different function manipulations and weird stuff that you want to do with it. I do something like: set terminal latex set output file.tex set title '\bf My wonderful function $sin(\omega t)$' set xlabel '$t\ \rm[s]$' set ylabel '$A$' plot sin(x) and then \input file inside of the main LaTeX file. Gnuplot cannot make output in ConTeXt (yet), but perhaps you can include the resulting PDFs in your ConTeXt source. (Gnuplot is one of the very few examples where I still use LaTeX.) You can also output the (ConTeXt-friendly) metapost (with set terminal), but you lose on quality. Mojca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: function plotting (was: Re: [NTG-context] Q: about \externalfile from metafun-p.pdf)
On Die 04.10.2005 19:48, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I use gnuplot which makes graphs of superb visual quality and has extensive support for many different function manipulations and weird stuff that you want to do with it. I have also think on gnuplot, but wasn't sure that i can use the ps/pdf into my context doc. and then \input file inside of the main LaTeX file. Gnuplot cannot make output in ConTeXt (yet), but perhaps you can include the resulting PDFs in your ConTeXt source. (Gnuplot is one of the very few examples where I still use LaTeX.) You can also output the (ConTeXt-friendly) metapost (with set terminal), but you lose on quality. Well i will also try with gnuplot. How much bad is 'lose quality' in %? greetings al ;-) ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
