RE: [MacPerl] PGPLOT

[Greg Bartlett <gbartlett@metapath.com>]

I had some of the same issues attempting to get PGPLOT running on my Solaris
box.

I ended up using GIF::Graph, which runs under MacPerl.  It fit most of my
needs.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul J. Schinder [SMTP:schinder@pobox.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 19, 1999 8:02 PM
> To:	Joseph A. DiVerdi; MacPerl list
> Subject:	Re: [MacPerl] PGPLOT
> 
> At 8:35 PM -0600 5/19/99, Joseph A. DiVerdi wrote:
> 
> } Greetings list members,
> }
> } I am writing to ask if anyone on the list has had any experience
> } installing and using PGPLOT and to ask if there are any other data
> } plotting packages for MacPerl out there.
> 
> A great deal of experience both installing and using it, but not under
> MacOS.
> 
> }
> } My interest is in generating GIF images containing data plots with
> } labeled axes and some annotation. I've begun to work with PGPLOT but
> } believe that in order to use it I must compile the source with both F77
> } and C compilers. Apparently, the PGPLOT package distributed in CPAN is
> } limited to the Perl interface to the PGPLOT package.
> 
> You definitely need both a C and a Fortran compiler that will work
> together.  PGPLOT itself is largely written in Fortran, but the PGPLOT
> module needs the C "glue" from the libcpgplot library.
> 
> }
> } I was initially attracted to PGPLOT because it provides a very useful
> set
> } of primitives for plotting data (as contrasted to creating drawings)
> } although they aren't really all that primative.
> 
> Yes it does.  But you're going to have to go to a significant amount of
> trouble to get it working under MacPerl.
> 
> }
> } YIP,
> } Joseph
> }
> }
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