Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-16 Thread Rupert Swarbrick
Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:21:41AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: >> Dear Debian-Science, >> >> I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, >> preferably packaged in Debian. > > I have been using GLE since 10+ years http://glx.sourceforge.net

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-15 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:21:41AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > Dear Debian-Science, > > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, > preferably packaged in Debian. I have been using GLE since 10+ years http://glx.sourceforge.net/ The webpage says it is under a BSD l

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-15 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Bill Allombert wrote: Dear Debian-Science, I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, preferably packaged in Debian. What gnuplot capabilities do you need (3D, curve fitting, flexible output formats, limited programming) and what capabilities d

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-09 Thread Thomas Walter
On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 13:31, Chris Walker wrote: > "david schryer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what > > > you had to install is pydev, is that correct? > > > > > > Almost. Pydev can be installed directly from eclipse usin

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-09 Thread Thomas Walter
Hi, On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 00:39, Stuart Prescott wrote: [snip] > > One thing that I found with PyX (and is true of many graphing > packages) is that the size (bounding box in EPS speak) of the final > graph is always different even if you give the graph the same > dimensions when you create it.

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-09 Thread Thomas Walter
On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 08:11, david schryer wrote: [snip] > >From my experience texlive is better for a single user install and > others have said that TeTeX is better for a multi-user server, but > that might change in the future as texlive is more modular so can be > installed as a working TeX i

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-08 Thread Chris Walker
"david schryer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what > > you had to install is pydev, is that correct? > > > Almost. Pydev can be installed directly from eclipse using its add-in > manager, check out: > http://www.fabioz.com/pyde

Re: eclipse.. and C++ IDE [was Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?]

2006-04-08 Thread david schryer
Eclipse is found in regular Debian unstable apt repositories at: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/eclipse   There is another Debian package that aids C and C++ development, but I have no experiance with it: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/eclipse-cdt I am not a C++ developer so I

eclipse.. and C++ IDE [was Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?]

2006-04-08 Thread Marc Baaden
>>> "david schryer" said: >> > so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what >> > you had to install is pydev, is that correct? [..] Hi, talking about eclipse, two questions. a) you say it is in Debian.. I couldn't find it. Is there a specific apt repository? (I inst

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread david schryer
Programmers often forget how much work it takes to learn how to use their programs.  Both need to be praised. One thing that I found with PyX (and is true of many graphing packages) is that the size (bounding box in EPS speak) of the final graph is always different even if you give the graph the sa

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread david schryer
so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what you had to install is pydev, is that correct? Almost.  Pydev can be installed directly from eclipse using its add-in manager, check out: http://www.fabioz.com/pydev/manual_101_root.html In addition, I had to install pyx in  a "

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Stuart Prescott
Hi David, thanks for the kind words! I can hardly claim credit for making PyX as good as it is, but I will agree with you that it is a very nice tool. It does produce some very very nice results. I'll also not claim to be an expert in plotting programs, but I'm pleased that my reviews of them has

Re: OT: naming your application was: Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006, Gary Pajer wrote: > >> I am writing in LaTeX. This included installing python, eclipse, > >> pydev, compiling the pyx module and getting them all to work together > >so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what > >you had to install is pydev, is

OT: naming your application was: Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Gary Pajer
Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: On Fri, 07 Apr 2006, david schryer wrote: I am writing in LaTeX. This included installing python, eclipse, pydev, compiling the pyx module and getting them all to work together so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what you ha

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006, david schryer wrote: >I am writing in LaTeX. This included installing python, eclipse, >pydev, compiling the pyx module and getting them all to work together so you got python + eclipse + pyx as shipped with Debian and only what you had to install is pydev, is that co

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread david schryer
Thanks to Stuart's through work and expert opinion I tried out PyX today and was producing perfect graphs within a few hours for a paper I am writing in LaTeX.   This included installing python, eclipse, pydev, compiling the pyx module and getting them all to work together -- as a python newbie.  C

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread gerber van der graaf
Apologize!! The list on my system was not updated correctly due to a spelling error in /etc/apt/sources.list. Gerber public key: D39A2B64 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Thomas Walter
Hi Gerber, On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 13:09, Gerber van der Graaf wrote: > I do not find gri in the package list with aptitude or with "apt-cache > search gri". Has it been packaged for Debian? If this is not the case, yes, it is packaged for debian, see http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/ma

Keep advertising [was Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?]

2006-04-07 Thread Stephan Gromer
Dear all, > [..] why are you advertizing on debian list for it? With all respect, but I > think it that only software would be discussed on this list that have > been packaged for this distro. Irrespective of the fact that this particular software is packed for Debian, I would like to point out t

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Gerber van der Graaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not find gri in the package list with aptitude or with "apt-cache > search gri". Has it been packaged for Debian? Yes. > If this is not the case, > why are you advertizing on debian list for it?

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Stéphane Péchard
> I do not find gri in the package list with aptitude or with "apt-cache > search gri". Has it been packaged for Debian? curious : http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=gri&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all I have it on my Sid, works fine stéphane -- ~ s

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-07 Thread Gerber van der Graaf
I do not find gri in the package list with aptitude or with "apt-cache search gri". Has it been packaged for Debian? If this is not the case, why are you advertizing on debian list for it? With all respect, but I think it that only software would be discussed on this list that have been packaged fo

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Debian-Science, > > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, > preferably packaged in Debian. > > Do you have experiences with some of them ? I'm addicted to Gri. A friend wrote it, and I wrote the Emacs mode. See

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Thomas Walter
Hi, On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 00:21, Bill Allombert wrote: > Dear Debian-Science, > > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, > preferably packaged in Debian. > > Do you have experiences with some of them ? > > Cheers, > -- > Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Imagine a

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 6 April 2006 at 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | What we are missing is a libified gnuplot. The Gnome guys once had a project call guppy (or something like it ...) but it died many years ago. GNU had plotutils, but that's not quite there either. It has becomes a lot easier to embed R with r

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Gary Pajer
Stuart Prescott wrote: Hi! i read your thread, it is not a good thead and possible was write by someone who don't have patience to learn something new. As the OP on that thread, I'll jump to my own defence here... I was more than [snip] newer than the one that I tested). Given that

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread maicon
oh! sorry you are right no was you that write! but, about the real time data I made this question in xmgrace forum, whem the anwser comes I will foward to the list! Em Quinta 06 Abril 2006 10:12, Jakson A. Aquino escreveu: > Hi Maicon, > > On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:05:54AM -0300, maicon wrote:

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread picca
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 14:33:16 +0200 (CEST) Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I'm not completely wrong the issue was that the programs you mention > are not able to automatically process data without user interaction, but > perhaps I missed something. I use gnuplot because I can obtain d

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Stuart Prescott
> Hi! i read your thread, it is not a good thead and possible was write by > someone who don't have patience to learn something new. As the OP on that thread, I'll jump to my own defence here... I was more than willing to learn something new -- that's why I was asking for advice on what was ava

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Jakson A. Aquino
Hi Maicon, On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 09:05:54AM -0300, maicon wrote: > Hi! i read your thread, it is not a good thead and possible was write by > someone who don't have patience to learn something new. > Xmgrace is a respectable plot application in scientic comunit and you can do > all that orig

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, maicon wrote: Xmgrace is a respectable plot application in scientic comunit and you can do all that origin makes and even more ! i recommend !! Labpot is a excelente progam to! Scigraphica i never use but . If I'm not completely wrong the issue was that the programs you

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-06 Thread maicon
Hi! i read your thread, it is not a good thead and possible was write by someone who don't have patience to learn something new. Xmgrace is a respectable plot application in scientic comunit and you can do all that origin makes and even more ! i recommend !! Labpot is a excelente progam to! Sci

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-05 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 6 April 2006 at 01:01, Gregor Gorjanc wrote: | Bill Allombert wrote: | > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, | > preferably packaged in Debian. [...] | | http://www.r-project.org Seconded, though it may not be for the faint of heart. R is much, much_ more gen

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-05 Thread Jakson A. Aquino
Hi, On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:21:41AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, > preferably packaged in Debian. You might be interested in this thread about "Publication quality graphs": http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/10/

Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-05 Thread Gregor Gorjanc
Bill Allombert wrote: > Dear Debian-Science, > > I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, > preferably packaged in Debian. > > Do you have experiences with some of them ? > > Cheers, R http://www.r-project.org -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc -

alternatives to gnuplot ?

2006-04-05 Thread Bill Allombert
Dear Debian-Science, I am looking for a GNU GPL-compatibly licensed alternative to gnuplot, preferably packaged in Debian. Do you have experiences with some of them ? Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s