Gnuplot

tool A command-driven interactive graphing program. Gnuplot

can plot two-dimensional functions and data points in many

different styles (points, lines, error bars); and

three-dimensional data points and surfaces in many different

styles (contour plot, mesh). It supports complex arithmetic

and user-defined functions and can label title, axes, and data

points. It can output to several different graphics file

formats and devices. Command line editing and history are

supported and there is extensive on-line help.

Gnuplot is copyrighted, but freely distributable. It was

written by Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley, Russell Lang, Dave

Kotz, John Campbell, Gershon Elber, Alexander Woo and many

others. Despite its name, gnuplot is not related to the GNU

project or the FSF in any but the most peripheral sense. It

was designed completely independently and is not covered by

the General Public License. However, the FSF has decided

to distribute gnuplot as part of the GNU system, because it

is useful, redistributable software.

Gnuplot is available for: Unix (X11 and NEXTSTEP),

VAX/VMS, OS/2, MS-DOS, Amiga, MS-Windows,

OS-9/68k, Atari ST and Macintosh.

E-mail: [email protected].

FAQ - Germany, UK,

USA.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.graphics.gnuplot.

(1995-05-04)