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- The GNUPLOT source code and executables may be copied and/or modified
- freely as long as the copyright messages are left intact.
-
- See the History file for changes to GNUPLOT.
-
- Compilation instructions are near the end of this file.
-
- GNUPLOT has been tested on Sun3's and Sun4's (SunOS 4.0.3 and 4.1.1),
- a VAX 6410 (VMS 5.2), Commodore Amiga's (KS/WB 1.3 and 2.0, SAS/C 6.2
- and Aztec C beta 5.2a), IBM PC XT's and AT's (MS-DOS 3.3/5.0 BC++
- 3.1/TC++ 1.0 MSC 7.0), IRIS 4D/70G and 4D/25G with MIPS C, NeXT with
- gnu C 1.34, DECStation 5000/200PXG (ULTRIX V4.1), AT&T 3B1 (version
- 3.51m with cc and gcc 1.39), and Apollo's (DomainOS SR10.3 BSD4.3
- with C compiler 68K Rev 6.7(316)). The code is written with
- portability in mind. GNUPLOT has not been tested on Pyramid 90x.
-
- There is a mailing list for gnuplot users. Note, however, that the
- newsgroup
- comp.graphics.gnuplot
- is identical to the mailing list (they
- both carry the same set of messages). We prefer that you read the
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- (If you can read that newsgroup, and are already on the mailing list,
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- and for mailing administrative requests is
- info-gnuplot-request@dartmouth.edu
- The mailing list for bug reports is
- bug-gnuplot@dartmouth.edu
- The list of those interested in beta-test versions is
- info-gnuplot-beta@dartmouth.edu
-
- [Please tell us the version and machine on which your bug occurred.]
-
-
-
- PREPROCESSOR #DEFINES
-
- These #defines should be checked before compilation (see the makefiles):
- define file note
- ------ ---- --------
- NOVFORK Makefile define if you don't have the vfork() system call
- GAMMA Makefile define if you've got gamma(3)
- MEMCPY Makefile define if your bcopy() is called memcpy()
- MEMSET Makefile define if you have memset() but not bzero()
- NOCOPY Makefile define if you've don't have a memcpy() by any name
- bcopy() plot.h define if you've got a memcpy() by some OTHER name
- (see example in plot.h)
- PC Makefile define if compiling on a PClone
- MSDOS Makefile define if compiling under MSDOS;
- automatically defined by Microsoft C 5.10
- HELPFILE Makefile name including path of gnuplot.gih file.
- VERYLARGE plot.h define to be largest coordinate number.
- SHELL plot.h default shell to spawn if SHELL environment
- variable not found at run-time
- NOCWDRC Makefile define to inhibit check of ./.gnuplot
- READLINE Makefile define if you want command-line editing
-
- Valid TERMFLAGS defines. These defines are used to include the
- various plotting terminals, printers, and protocols that a given version
- of gnuplot can access:
-
- define file note
- ------ ---- --------
- TERMFLAGS Makefile the set of terminals you want, from below
- or term.h
-
- AED AED 512 and AED 767
- AIFM Adobe Illustrator Format
- AMIGASCREEN Amiga custom screen
- APOLLO Apollo Graphics Primitive Resource (resizable window)
- ATT6300 PC with AT&T 6300 graphics
- BITGRAPH BBN BitGraph
- CGI SCO CGI
- COREL COREL! Draw Format
- CORONA PC with Corona graphics 325
- DXY800A Roland DXY800A plotter
- DUMB Printer or glass dumb terminal
- DXF AutoCad (Release 10.x) dxf file format
- EEPIC EEPIC-extended LaTeX driver, for EEPIC users
- EGALIB PC with EGA/VGA graphics.
- EMTEX LaTeX picture environment with emTeX specials
- EPS180 Epson-LQ style 24-pin 180-dot per inch printers
- EPS60 Epson-style 60-dot per inch printers
- EPSONP Epson LX-800, Star NL-10, NX-1000 and lots of others
- EXCL Talaris EXCL laser printer format
- FIG Fig graphics language (requires object.h from TransFig)
- GPR Apollo Graphics Primitive Resource (fixed-size window)
- HERCULES IBM PC/Clone with Hercules graphics board
- HP2648 HP2648, HP2647
- HP26 HP2623A and maybe others
- HP500C HP Deskjet 500 C and maybe other Color Deskjets
- HP75 HP7580, and probably other HPs
- HPGL HP7475 and (hopefully) lots of others
- HPLJII HP Laserjet II
- HPPJ HP PaintJet
- IMAGEN Imagen laser printers (300dpi) (requires -Iterm also)
- IRIS4D IRIS4D series computer
- KERMIT MS-DOS Kermit Tektronix 4010 emulator
- LATEX LaTeX picture environment
- MF Metafont Format
- MIF FrameMaker MIF 3.00 Format
- NEC NEC CP6 pinwriter printer
- NEXT NeXTStep Window System (only grey scale)
- OS2PM OS/2 Presentation Manager
- PBM PBMPLUS pbm, pgm, ppm formats
- PCL HP PCL5 (actually HPGL/2)
- POSTSCRIPT PostScript
- PRESCRIBE Kyocera Laser printer
- PSLATEX Postscript graphics, LaTeX labels and titles
- PSTRICKS PSTRICKS 0.91 format
- QMS QMS/QUIC laserprinter (Talaris 1200 and others)
- REGIS ReGis graphics (vt125, vt220, vt240, Gigis...)
- RGIP Redwood Graphics Interface Protocol
- SELANAR Selanar
- STARC Star Color Printer
- SUN Sun Microsystems Workstation
- T410X Tektronix 4106, 4107, 4109 and 420x terminals
- TANDY60 Tandy DMP-130 series 60-dot per inch graphics
- TEK Tektronix 4010, and probably others
- TEXDRAW TeXDraw format (for LaTeX)
- TGIF TGIF X11 Drawing Tool
- TPIC Tpic specials for TeX
- UNIXPC unixpc (ATT 3b1 or ATT 7300)
- UNIXPLOT unixplot
- V384 Vectrix 384 and tandy color printer
- VTTEK VT like Tektronix 4010 emulator
- X11 X11R4 window system
-
-
- These #defines are defined automatically by various compilers, some
- gnuplot routines check these defines to implement features found in the
- various environments:
-
- define note
- ------ --------
- AMIGA_AC_5 defined for Manx Aztec C 5.2a on the Amiga
- AMIGA_SC_6_1 defined for SAS/C 6.1 or later versions on the Amiga
- apollo defined by Apollo's C compilers.
- _CRAY defined by CRAY's C compiler.
- __TURBOC__ defined automatically by Borland C++ 3.x
- unix defined by most unix C compilers.
- vms (and VMS) defined by VAX-11 C under VMS.
- __ZTC__ Zortech C compiler under MSDOS.
- _Windows defined by Borland C++ 3.0 compiling for MS-Windows
-
-
- TO COMPILE
-
- under UNIX:
- To compile do:
- Copy makefile.unx to Makefile
- cp makefile.unx Makefile
- Look through the Makefile to see if you need to make any changes.
- See especially the HELPDEST and TERMFLAGS variables. Edit if needed.
- Alternatively, all these variables may be set as command line arguments to
- 'make'. For example:
-
- make <MACHINE> HELPDEST='/usr/um/misc/lib/gnuplot.gih' \
- DEST='/usr/um/misc/bin' READLINE=
-
- Edit term.h, to include/exclude terminals
- Type
- make
- For further instructions.
- If that works, try
- make install
- For further instructions.
-
- under VMS:
- To compile:
- copy makefile.vms makefile.
- make
- Or if you don't have a suitable make:
- @buildvms
- To tell gnuplot where to find the help library:
- $ define gnuplot$help disk:[directory]gnuplot.hlb
- Alternatively (and preferably) put the help in the main system help library.
-
- under AmigaDOS:
- Using Aztec C 5.2a
- make -f makefile.ami
- Using SAS/C 6.1 or later versions
- smake -f makefile.amg
-
- Using Microsoft C 7.0 and compiling for MS-Windows
- copy makefile.msw makefile
- nmake
- Put wgnuplot.exe, wgnuplot.dll, wgnuplot.hlp and wgnuplot.mnu
- in the windows directory.
-
- under MSDOS:
- Using Microsoft C 7.0.
- copy makefile.msc makefile
- nmake
-
- Using Borland C++ 3.1 and compiling for MS-Windows
- copy makefile.win makefile
- Edit makefile to change TC.
- make
- Put wgnuplot.exe, wgnuplot.dll, wgnuplot.hlp and wgnuplot.mnu
- in the windows directory.
-
- Using Borland C++ 3.0
- copy makefile.tc makefile
- Edit makefile to change TC, BIN, BGI, BGIOBJ. You may also want to turn
- off overlays (See manual for more on overlays).
- make
-
-
- The file gnuplot.gih is needed for help on the PC.
- If the file gnuplot.gih is not in the default directory, then use:
- set GNUHELP={full path name of gnuplot.gih}
-
-
- ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
- See 'help environment'.
-
- If the environment variable GNUTERM is found, it is used as the terminal
- type. Otherwise, in some cases the variable TERM will be used, or the
- hardware may be automatically detected.
-
- The PC version looks for the environment variable GNUPLOT to contain
- the name of the directory from which to load the initialization file
- GNUPLOT.INI. See the help on 'start_up' for more information.
-
- HOME is examined as a directory where a .gnuplot startup file might be
- found. See help on "start-up".
-
- If defined, the environment variable GNUHELP is used for the name
- of the .gih help file, otherwise HELPFILE (defined in makefile or
- plot.c) is used.
-
- The VMS version looks for the logical name GNUPLOT$HELP to locate
- the help library.
-
- The CGI drivers need the CGIPATH environment variable to set the path
- to the CGI agents, and the CGIDISP and/or CGIPRNT environment
- variables to set the output devices.
-
- The CGI drivers need the CGIPATH environment variable to set the path
- to the CGI agents, and the CGIDISP and/or CGIPRNT environment
- variables to set the output devices.
-