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<td><br><h2>Notes on using ploticus on non-unix systems</h2></td>
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.TH Notes_on_using_ploticus_on_non-unix_systems PL "28-FEB-2002 PL ploticus.sourceforge.net"
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Ploticus was developed on Solaris, a Unix system, and is used
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without modification on Linux and other modern unix systems.
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If you would like to use ploticus on a Windows/NT system,
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you can use one of the following:
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.SH NATIVE WIN32 PL.EXE
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source code (version 2.01 and later) can be compiled on win32 using mingW.
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Source code and precompiled executables are available from the
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<a href="../doc/Download.html">
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pl is invoked from the command line (console).
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Use exactly the same command line arguments as with other versions.
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The win32 build has pseudo-GIF, SVG, PostScript, and EPS capability by default.
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PNG and other image formats may be added if you have the necessary libraries
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Interactive viewing of results (X11) is not supported.
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The default directory for temporary files is \fCC:\\TEMP\fR.
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No external unix shell commands are automatically issued.
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Under win32, proc getdata \fCfile\fR is equivalent to \fCpathname\fR;
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no shell expansion is applied.
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While we agree that Microsoft NT's use of spaces in file names is an extremely
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innovative and useful feature, ploticus will choke on
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file directory names that use embedded spaces.
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Scripts and data files should be plain ascii text and may be named anything;
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\0recommended file extensions for scripts
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Versions compiled using MingW can handle scripts and data files that use
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MS-DOS CR/LF line termination, but unix builds cannot.
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When tested, PL.EXE is stable for almost all of the examples, but problems may be encountered.
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ploticus may be compiled using the cygwin DLL.
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Advantage: interactive display (X11 emulation) is possible.
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Most of the above notes apply.
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Ploticus has also been reported to compile successfully under DJGPP.
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<img src="../doc/ploticus.gif" border=0></a><br><small>data display engine <br>
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