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Short: Interactive function and data plotting
Uploader: Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>
Author: Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley
Type: gfx/misc
Replaces: gfx/misc/gnuplot-3.7bin.lha
This is the Amiga version of gnuplot-3.7.1. The Aminet distribution is
split across three archives:
gnuplot-3.7.1bin.lha
Binaries for 68000/68020/68040 (ieee math), 68020/68040 (68881 math),
and the online help file gnuplot.gih. All these executables support
GIF and PNG output. The gif driver uses gd library version 1.3, which
is free of Unisys licensed code, and the png driver is built with libpng
1.0.3 and z library 1.1.3.
The distribution binaries were made with SAS/C 6.58. Gnuplot builds
out of the box with Geek Gadgets gcc from http://www.ninemoons.com/GG/.
There are no PPC executables.
gnuplot-3.7.1doc.lha
Documentation in .guide and .html format, the Unix man page in nroff
format.
gnuplot-3.7.1src.lha
The complete original source code.
INSTALLATION
============
Install the executable appropriate for your machine (eg. SAS/68020/gnuplot.881)
as gnuplot in a location of choice. The help file gnuplot.gih goes to S:.
FEATURES
========
This is mainly a bugfix release. Refer to ANNOUNCEMENT, and the NEWS
file in the source distribution for details.
For the Amiga, pipe support, and a new "window" terminal option have
been added in version 3.7. The "window" option is based on the code in
Aminet:util/gnu/gnuplot.lha by George Coulouris. A better makefile
for use with SAS/C was added in 3.7.1.
The binaries in this release includes the following drivers, which were
not present in the 3.7 version: aifm (Adobe Illustrator 3.0 Format),
hp2623A (HP2623A and maybe others), hp2648 (HP2648 and HP2647),
hpgl (HP7475 and relatives), pcl5 (HP LaserJet III), qms (QMS/QUIC Laser printer),
tgif (TGIF X11), tkcanvas (Tk/Tcl canvas widget), mp (MetaPost plotting standard - NEW
in 3.7.1). I hope these drivers are useful for some of you.
STACK USAGE
===========
I ran all.dem with the 68040+68881 version, and StackMon reported a maximum
stack usage of about 10k. YMMV.
OBSOLETE VERSIONS ON AMINET
===========================
util/gnu/gnufit12gp35.lha 271K 258+gnuplot 3.5 patched with gnufit 1.2
The functionality of gnufit has been integrated and enhanced in
gnuplot-3.7.
util/gnu/gnuplot-3.5.lha 921K 231+Interactive function and data plotting p
Previous version, 3.5.
util/gnu/gnuplot.lha 753K 161+Gnuplot, AmigaDOS 3.0 driver
This version for AmigaOS 3.0+ plots to a window instead of a screen.
I have integrated this feature into gnuplot-3.7 in a backwards
compatible manner.
util/gnu/GNUPLOT_bin.lha 594K 154+This is gnuplot version 3.5.248 the late
util/gnu/GNUPLOT_doc.lha 250K 154+This is gnuplot version 3.5.248 the late
util/gnu/GNUPLOT_src.lha 632K 154+This is gnuplot version 3.5.248 the late
This is the long obsolete beta248 version. The last public beta
version was beta349.
BUILDING FROM SOURCE
====================
The Build/ directory in the bin archive contains the makefiles I used for
building the distribution. I did the following steps:
o unpack the gnuplot source archive
o cd into the gnuplot source directory
o unpack the gd, png, and zlib library archives. These are available from
http://www.boutell.com/gd/
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngcode.html
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
respectively.
o in the top level directory, I created a Makefile (Build/Makefile)
to build all libraries and gnuplot with one make command. This
Makefile cannot be used with SAS/C's smake, because smakefiles
cannot use the cd command.
o in the gd source directory, I modified the existing Makefile
for SAS/C (Build/smakefile.gd)
o in the libpng source directory, I copied and modified the existing
scripts/makefile.ama to smakefile (BUild/smakefile.png)
o in the zlib source directory, I copied and modified the existing
amiga/Makefile.sas to smakefile (Build/smakefile.zlib)
o in the gnuplot source directory, I copied and modified the original
makefile.amg to smakefile (Build/smakefile)
o adjust the CPU and MATH variables in the top Makefile
o run GNU make :)
SUPPORT
=======
This gnuplot distribution is provided AS IS. The terms and conditions
of using gnuplot are explicitly outlined in the gnuplot Copyright
statement, which can be found in the top level directory of all
distribution archives.
My Amiga is running mostly Linux or NetBSD these days, so I'm not going
to provide any specific AmigaOS support. For general problems with
gnuplot, use the established comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot forum on
Usenet, or subscribe to info-gnuplot@dartmouth.edu (send mail with
"subscribe info-gnuplot" to majordomo@dartmouth.edu).