Re: alternatives to gnuplot ?
Gerber van der Graaf <gerber_graaf@users.sourceforge.net> 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?
I'm the Debian maintainer for it, as well as being upstream for the
Emacs mode.
> With all respect, but I
> think it that only software would be discussed on this list that have
> been packaged for this distro. Gerber
With all due respect, I'm surprised that you couldn't find it. ;-)
$ apt-cache show gri
Package: gri
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: science
Installed-Size: 1456
Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith <psg@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.12.11-0sarge1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), netcdfg3 (>= 3.5.0-1)
Suggests: gri-html-doc, gri-ps-doc, gri-el
Description: a language for scientific illustration
Gri is an open-source language for scientific graphics programming. It is
command-driven, as opposed to point/click. Some users consider Gri similar
to LaTeX, since both provide extensive power as a reward for tolerating a
learning curve. The output is industry-standard PostScript as output,
suitable for inclusion in other documents.
.
Gri can make x-y graphs, contour graphs, and image graphs. Fine control is
provided over all aspects of drawing, e.g. line widths, colors, fonts,
etc. Greek letters and mathematical symbols are available in a TeX-like
syntax.
.
Folks who write 1000-line Gri scripts usually start with something as
simple as the following:
.
open file.dat # open a file
read columns x * y # read the 1st column as x and the 3rd as y
draw curve # draw the data and autoscale the axes
.
A full manual is also available in HTML (gri-html-doc package), in
PostScript suitable for printing (gri-ps-doc package) and on-line by
following links from the gri home page:
http://gri.sourceforge.net/
The above is my sarge build of the unstable version that I use at work.
Peter
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