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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).
-
-