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/ Gnuplot / ANNOUNCE.txt This is to announce the release of version 1.8 of Gnuplot.py. Gnuplot.py is a Python [1] package that allows you to create graphs from within Python using the gnuplot [2] plotting program. Gnuplot.py can be obtained fromhttp://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/ Prerequisites (see footnotes): the Python interpreter [1] the Python numpy module [3] the gnuplot program [2] or, to use it under Java (experimental): a Java interpreter the Jython interpreter [4] the Jython version of the Numeric module [5] the gnuplot program [2] Some ways this package can be used:
New features in this version: + Various bug fixes + an option "filename" to Data and GridDat This allows saving the data to a permanent, rather than temporary + pdf terminal definition Features already present in older versions:+ Two and three-dimensional plots. + Plot data from memory, from a file, or from an expression. + Support for multiple simultaneous gnuplot sessions. + Can pass arbitrary commands to the gnuplot program. + Object oriented, extensible design with several built-in types of plot items. + Portable and easy to install (nothing to compile except on Windows). + Support for Unix (including Linux and Mac OS X), MS Windows, and Mac OS. The platform-dependent layer is fairly well abstracted out, so it shouldn't be too difficult to add support for other platforms. + Support for sending data to gnuplot as `inline' or `binary' data. These are optimizations that also remove the need for temporary files. + Partly table-driven to make it easy to extend. New terminal types can be supported easily by adding data to a table. + Install via distutils. + LGPL license . + Support for sending data to gnuplot via FIFOs (named pipes, linux only). + Preliminary support for running Gnuplot.py under Jython Footnotes:
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