2000-07-03 16:26:56 +00:00
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Gnuplot.py is a Python package that interfaces to gnuplot, the popular plotting
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program. It allows you to use gnuplot from within Python to plot arrays of data
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from memory, data files, or mathematical functions. If you use Python to
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perform computations or as `glue' for numerical programs, you can use this
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package to plot data on the fly as they are computed. And the combination with
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Python makes it is easy to automate things, including to create crude
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`animations' by plotting different datasets one after another.
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Commands are communicated to gnuplot through a pipe and data either through
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the same pipe (as "inline" data) or through temporary files. It has been
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written and tested on a unix computer.
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This package has an object-oriented design that allows the user flexibility to
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set plot options and to run multiple gnuplot sessions simultaneously. If you
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are more ambitious, it is not difficult to add entirely new types of plottable
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items by deriving from the `PlotItem' class.
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For a demonstration, run the python file by typing `python demo.py'.
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2001-11-08 15:35:47 +00:00
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WWW: http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/
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