Re: Help! Any presentation graphics program in Debian Linux?
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, W. Zabolotny wrote:
> Hi!
> I'd like to know if there is any good free application for preparing
> of presentation graphics available in Debian distribution.
> Such functions as bar charts, pie charts, scatter plots, line charts,
> "whisker box" (for presentation os standard deviation) and so on are
> necessary.
[ anti-M$ snip ]
>
> If someone knows about such package, or could suggest another solution
> (maybe a set of macros for Scilab, or Latex???) - please let me know.
The program you are looking for is gnuplot. If you use latex, there are
even some features to include the results in a latex file. Here's a quick
start (since it took me way to long to figure this out):
[ Note, file.dat is usually 2 points on each line. I haven't tried the 3d
stuff yet. ]
1) gnuplot - takes yo into an interactive mode to do the following
2) plot 'file1.dat', 'file2.dat' with <style> <num>
where <style> can be any of the following:
`lines`, `points`, `linespoints`, `impulses`, `dots`, `steps`,
`fsteps`, `histeps`, `errorbars`, `xerrorbars`, `yerrorbars`,
`xyerrorbars`, `boxes`, `boxerrorbars`, `boxxyerrorbars`,
`financebars`, `candlesticks` or `vector`
and <num> effects the color
For latex:
3) set terminal latex - make latex compatable output
4) set output 'filename.tex' - don't make the visual plot
5) plot ... - send stuff to the file
6) In latex, use: \input{filename}
HTH,
Brandon
P.S. gnuplot has excellent online help, type 'help' at the prompt to step
through everything.
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