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href="http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net">Gnuplot.py home page</a>
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<li> Download the current version (version 1.5) as a <a
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tar file</a> or as a <a
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zip file</a> (includes documentation)
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project page</a> on SourceForge.
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current version (version 1.7)</a> (includes documentation)
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href="http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/doc">online
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project page</a> on SourceForge.
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users' mailing list</a>
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plotting different datasets one after another. </p>
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<p> Commands are communicated to gnuplot through a pipe and data
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either through the same pipe (as "inline" data) or through temporary
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files. It has been written and tested on a unix computer but is also
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reported to work on MS Windows and the Macintosh (please give me
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either through the same pipe (as "inline" data), through FIFOs (named
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pipes), or through temporary files. It has been developed under Unix
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and is known to work under various forms of Unix (including Linux), MS
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Windows, MacOS, and Mac OS X. There is now also preliminary support
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for running Gnuplot.py under Jython/Java. </p>
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<p> This package has an object-oriented design that allows the user
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flexibility to set plot options and to run multiple gnuplot sessions
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<p> (26 Jan 2001) Gnuplot.py version 1.5 is out. The development of
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Gnuplot.py went through a lull during year 2000. One reason is that I
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don't use it in my new job. Another reason (I like to think) is that
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version 1.4 worked pretty well and didn't need much work. This month
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I've had some extra time so I incorporated several contributions from
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other users and made some improvements myself. I also moved the
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project to <a href="http://sourceforge.net">SourceForge</a> because of
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their excellent facilities and to open up the development process.
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Version 1.5 has a few new features, a better source code organization,
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a <a href="http://python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">distutils</a>-based
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installation process, and better platform independence. </p>
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<p> To read about changes introduced in earlier versions, read the
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<tt>NEWS.txt</tt> file in the distribution. </p>
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<p> (17 October 2003) Gnuplot.py version 1.7 is out. This version
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includes a change of license from GPL to LGPL, support for sending
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data to Gnuplot via FIFOs (named pipes) under unix, and preliminary
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support for running Gnuplot.py under Jython. For more information,
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read the <tt>NEWS.txt</tt> file in the distribution. </p>
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<h2>Documentation</h2>
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The quickest way to learn how to use Gnuplot.py is to run the simple
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demonstration by typing `<tt>python demo.py</tt>', then to look at the
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<tt>demo.py</tt> file to see the commands that create the demo. One
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of the examples is probably similar to what you want to do. </p>
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<p> HTML documentation is included in the doc/ directory of the
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distribution and is also available <a
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<p> The quickest way to learn how to use Gnuplot.py is to install it
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then run the simple demonstration by typing `<tt>python demo.py</tt>',
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then to look at the <tt>demo.py</tt> file to see the commands that
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create the demo. One of the examples is probably similar to what you
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<p> Don't forget to read the Gnuplot.html, README.txt and FAQ.txt
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files in the Gnuplot.py distribution. </p>
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<p> HTML documentation for the Python classes is included in the doc/
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directory of the distribution and is also available <a
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href="doc/index.html">online</a>. This documentation is extracted
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automatically from the package's docstrings using <a
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href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/happydoc/"> happydoc</a> and is
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known to have some formatting problems. </p>
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href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/happydoc/"> happydoc</a> and is
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known to have some formatting problems. Alternatively, you can look
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at the docstrings yourself by opening the python files in an
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<p> Finally, you can look at the docstrings yourself by opening the
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file <tt>__init__.py</tt> in an editor. </p>
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<p> Finally, there is a new <a
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href="mailto:gnuplot-py-users@lists.sourceforge.net">mailing list</a>
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for Gnuplot.py users. For more information about subscribing to the
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list or viewing the archive of old articles, please click <a
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href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuplot-py-users">here</a>.
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<p> To get good use out of Gnuplot.py, you will want to know something
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about gnuplot, for which a good source is the gnuplot help (run
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gnuplot then type `help', or read it online at <a
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href="http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/gnuplot/gnuplot.html"> this
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href="http://www.gnuplot.info/gnuplot.html"> this
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website</a>). You might also want to check out Bernhard Reiter's <a
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href="http://www.usf.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE/~breiter/tools/gnuplot/index.en.html">
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href="http://www.usf.uni-osnabrueck.de/~breiter/tools/gnuplot/index.en.html">
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gnuplot information page</a>, which has many more links. </p>
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<h2>Installation</h2>
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<p> More detailed installation instructions are contained in
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<tt>README.txt</tt></a>. </p>
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<tt>README.txt</tt>. </p>
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<p> Before you can use Gnuplot.py, you will need working versions of
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<p> Before you can use Gnuplot.py, you will need working versions of </p>
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<li> the <a href="http://www.gnuplot.org">gnuplot</a> program,
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<li> the <a href="http://www.gnuplot.info">gnuplot</a> program,
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<li> <a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a> (version 1.5 or
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<li> the <a href="http://numpy.sourceforge.net/"> Numeric Python
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<p> If you want to run under MS Windows, make sure you are either
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using Python version 2.0 or later or that you have the <a
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extensions</a> installed. Also make sure you have
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<tt>pgnuplot.exe</tt> (see the README.txt file for details). </p>
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<p> To install Gnuplot.py:
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<p> To install Gnuplot.py: </p>
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<li> Download either <a
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href="http://download.sourceforge.net/gnuplot-py/Gnuplot-1.5.tar.gz">
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Gnuplot-1.5.tar.gz</a> or <a
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href="http://download.sourceforge.net/gnuplot-py/Gnuplot-1.5.zip">
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href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17434">Download</a>
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either <code>gnuplot-py-1.7.tar.gz</code> or <code>
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Gnuplot-1.7.zip</code>.
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<li> Gunzip and untar (or unzip) it, which will create a directory
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called ``Gnuplot-1.5''.
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called <code>gnuplot-1.7</code>.
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<li> Refer to <tt>README.txt</tt> in that directory for further
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instructions. Basically it should be enough to type
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<code>python setup.py install</code>.
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instructions. Usually it should be enough to type <code>python
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setup.py install</code>.
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<p> You can also access the latest Gnuplot.py sources via CVS. Click
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<a href="https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17434"> here</a> for
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17434"> here</a> for
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more information. </p>
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<h2>Copyleft</h2>
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<p> Gnuplot.py is released under the <a
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href="http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.html"> GNU General Public
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License</a>, which means that it can be freely copied and used, but
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that there are some restrictions on your rights to incorporate it into
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acommercial products. See the <a href="LICENSE"> LICENCE</a> file for
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more information. (If these restrictions are a problem for you,
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href="http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/lesser.html"> GNU Lesser General
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Public License</a>, which means that it can be freely copied and used,
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but that there are some restrictions on your rights to incorporate it
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into commercial products. See the <a href="LICENSE"> LICENCE</a> file
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for more information. (If these restrictions are a problem for you,
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please contact me to discuss the issue.)
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