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1 #+TITLE: Plotting Tools |
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2 #+AUTHOR: Anoop Jacob Thomas |
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4 #+DATE: 2011-05-10 Tue |
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17 * GNUPlot |
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18 ** About the GNUPLOT |
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20 GNUPlot is a portable command-line driven graphical utility for Linux, |
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21 OS/2, MS Windows, OSX, VMS, and many other platforms. It was |
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22 originally created to allow scientists and students to visualize |
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23 mathematical functions and data interactively, but has grown to |
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24 support many non-interactive uses such as web scripting. It is also |
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25 used as a plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave. |
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26 GNUPlot supports many types of plots in either 2D and 3D. It can draw |
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27 using lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces, and |
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28 various associated text. It also supports various specialized plot |
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29 types. |
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30 |
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31 ** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where GNUPLOT can be used |
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32 - Plotting 2D and 3D graphs |
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33 - Data Analysis and Visualization |
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34 - Vector Science |
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35 - Education, Science and Engineering |
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36 - Data transformations and filters |
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37 - Preparing/polishing graphs for final presentation |
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38 - Publishing graphs in print or on the Web |
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39 - Graphical Analysis |
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40 |
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41 ** Learning Resources for GNUPLOT |
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42 - Documentations: http://www.gnuplot.info/documentation.html |
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43 - Tutorial Learnig and help: http://www.gnuplot.info/help.html |
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44 |
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45 * Xmgrace |
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46 |
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47 ** About the Xmgrace |
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48 |
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49 Grace is a WYSIWYG tool to make 2D plots of numerical data. It runs |
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50 under various (if not all) flavors of Unix with X11 and M*tif (LessTif |
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51 or Motif). It also runs under VMS, OS/2, and Windows |
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52 (95/98/NT/2000/XP). Its capabilities are roughly similar to GUI-based |
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53 programs like Sigmaplot or Microcal Origin plus script-based tools |
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54 like Gnuplot or Genplot. Its strength lies in the fact that it |
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55 combines the convenience of a graphical user interface with the power |
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56 of a scripting language which enables it to do sophisticated |
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57 calculations or perform automated tasks. Grace is derived from Xmgr |
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58 (a.k.a. ACE/gr), originally written by Paul Turner. From version |
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59 number 4.00, the development was taken over by a team of volunteers |
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60 under the coordination of Evgeny Stambulchik. You can get the newest |
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61 information about Grace and download the latest version at the Grace |
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62 home page. When its copyright was changed to GPL, the name was |
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63 changed to Grace, which stands for "Graphing, Advanced Computation and |
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64 Exploration of data" or "Grace Revamps ACE/gr". The first version |
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65 of Grace available is named 5.0.0, while the last public version of |
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66 Xmgr has the version number 4.1.2. Paul still maintains and develops |
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67 a non-public version of Xmgr for internal use. Xmgrace is available |
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68 in Ubuntu repository. |
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69 |
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70 ** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where Xmgrace can be used |
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71 - Plotting 2D Graphs |
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72 - Numerical Analysis |
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73 - Advanced Computation and Exploration of Data |
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74 - Scientific and Engineering |
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75 |
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76 ** Learning Resources for Xmgrace |
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77 |
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78 - User Guide: http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/doc/UsersGuide.html |
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79 - An Xmgrace Tutorial: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/reu/grace.tutorial.html |
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80 - Forum: http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/phpbb/ |
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81 |
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82 * Xfig |
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83 |
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84 ** About Xfig |
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85 Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System |
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86 on most UNIX-compatible platforms, including Mac OS X and any X server |
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87 under Microsoft Windows. In Xfig, figures may be drawn using objects |
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88 such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. It is also |
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89 possible to import images in formats such as GIF, JPEG, EPS, |
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90 etc. Those objects can be created, deleted, moved or |
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91 modified. Attributes such as colors or line styles can be selected in |
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92 various ways. For text, many fonts are available. A three button |
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93 mouse is recommended to work with Xfig, although, one/two button mouse |
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94 can also be configured to work with Xfig. It is possible to embed |
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95 LaTeX mathematical formulae in block diagrams created using Xfig. |
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96 |
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97 ** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where Xfig can be used |
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98 - Xfig can be used in any area including engineering for creating drawing objects such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. |
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99 |
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100 ** Learning Resources for Xfig |
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101 - User Manual: http://www.xfig.org/userman/ |
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102 - Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Xfig_Spoken_Tutorials |
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103 |
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104 ** Where Xfig is used |
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106 - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
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