Re: Simplest 2D Plot Program?
On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 05:04:42PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
> I want to plot a set of unconnected points at irregular intervals over a
> period of ten years.
>
> I have used apt-cache search to find and try several programs - xgraph
> seems to be the closest to my needs but I can't make it plot large
> points. They must be there as it will draw lines connecting the points
> but without the lines the points are invisible even with the -P option.
>
> I hope there is a simple Debian program to do this job and I would
> appreciate any recommendations.
Don't know exactly what you are looking for, but I like xgraphic which
is bundled with the xd3d contour app. There is no Debian package for
it, but it compiled with no problem from their site. I don't recall
the url, but googling under Linux gave it straight up.
It's a bit flakey in a few ways (particularly in placing labels on the
graph), but some of the flakiness can be worked out by pressing other
keys (like the grid key). It has a few neat features (like linear
regression only on points visible in the window, so you can zoom in on
spots on a curve and get the equivalent of a tangent--useful in
titrations. ;-) and outputs ps files.
If you try it, do it under /tmp to get used to how the output files are
created.
HTH,
Kenward
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