Short: Interactive function and data plotting Uploader: Lars Hecking Author: Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley Type: gfx/misc Replaces: gfx/misc/gnuplot-3.7doc.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), and 68020/68040 (68881 math), all compiled with SAS/C 6.58. The online help file gnuplot.gih. All these executables support GIF and PNG output. gnuplot can also be built with the Geek Gadgets environment from http://www.ninemoons.com/GG/. It builds out of the box. 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 ======== The new features added since the last gnuplot release 6 years ago are too numerous to be listed here. Refer to ANNOUNCEMENT, and the NEWS file in the source distribution. Some new features are described in the online help. For the Amiga, pipe support, and a new "window" terminal option have been added. The "window" option is based on the code in Aminet:util/gnu/gnuplot.lha by George Coulouris. 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 Amiga0S 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).