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- From: oa@iah.com (Rick Lutowski)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Looking for Scientific Graphics Library
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 15:29:00 GMT
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- titan@netcom.com (Eric Cummings) wrote:
- >Aosheng Wang <awang@chemsun.chem.umn.edu> wrote:
- >. . .
- >>I am looking for a MS Windows library for scientific graphics that we can
- >>use in our software development projects for data collection and
- >>visualization. Specifically, we would like to have following graphics
- >>capabilities in our package:
- >
- >>1. Real time graph display during the data collection.
- >>2. X-Y line graphs that supports multiple Y data series in different
- >> colors.
- >>3. Interactive zooming functions.
- >>4. Capable of graph export in Windows metafile format.
- >>5. Graph annotations.
- >>6. Graph printing
- >. . .
- >
- >I am interested in the same thing. If you know of any such libraries
- >please email me too, or post the info in this group. Thanks!
- >
- My company is commercializing a set of government libraries which
- I call the Programmer's Reusable Libraries (PRL). (More background
- info is available on web page http://www.iah.com/oa/). PRL includes
- a full-featured scientific plotting library similar in nature to
- CA-DISSPLA. Properly utilized from an application program, PRL
- should be capable of meeting 5 of the 6 desired capabilities above.
-
- The only one of the above features it does not currently meet is
- #4 - there is no Windows metafile driver (there is a metafile
- output option, but it is a custom format and not Windows). This
- reflects the fact that the package is currently supported under
- UNIX (about 10 different flavors) and DEC VMS, but not Windows,
- NT, or OS/2 as yet. Unfortunately, I will not be able to perform
- a port to any of these OSs in the near future, even though the
- amount of work involved is minimal - the code is very portable
- and all machine and OS dependencies are well-isolated.
-
- Because there is clearly a need for such a package under Windows,
- et al, I would like to explore the possibility of finding one
- or more volunteers to port PRL to these OSs. Just to be up front
- about it, I have no delusions of financial grandeur here and
- do not expect to make much, if any, money as a result of such a port.
- I currently give PRL away for free under Linux, and the distribution
- terms under Windows, et al are currently unspecified. Providing
- needed service is the sole motivation. Anyone who has the guts
- and drive to help out and produce a successful port will also help
- determine the distribution policy.
-
- If anyone on this thread thinks they might be interested in
- participating in such a effort, please drop me a line, check out
- my web page, and see the current discussion in comp.sw.components.
-
- Rick Lutowski
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